When we arrived on June 11th, we stayed up until it was bedtime here. We were dragging by that time but we knew it would help us get on our new time zone. We are six hours ahead of Eastern Time Zone. On Saturday, the 12th, we went to the island in the middle of the Duna. It is a fun kid area. While the kids were playing a father and son heard us speaking English and came over and said, "oh fellow ex-pats, huh?" We said yes and introduced ourselves. We invited them to church the next day and he said he had been there and they would see us there. We got to meet his wife and daughter at church. We played once with them and our other new friends last week at the park and when we got to the apartment/condo on Sunday night to move in we recognized the stroller parked in the hallway and it turns out that they are our neighbors here!!!! God is good - always going before us and pouring out His blessings making sure we know He is with us!! We are so very grateful!! They are here with the father's company for 18 mos. Their containers have not arrived yet so they are living here until they can move into their house, just like us.
Before we left the US, I received an email from a family that had been here for about 8 mos. doing a similar assignment, and they wanted to extend their greetings and let us know they learned about our family from our pastor's wife at church. They also homeschool and have four children. We conversed by email and then we had the privilege of meeting them at church that first Sunday. We became fast friends. Their boys are who our boys are playing baseball with. We have been with them almost everyday since arriving. They are ahead of us on the learning curve and so gracious to help us. They are certainly ahead of us on the Hungarian language learning curve and we are making lots of plans for school things in the fall. We've met some other families that are here as missionaries and homeschool so we are hoping to have a fun group to either co-op with or just do field-trips with when school begins. Praise you Jesus!!!! Here's a few pictures of the kids with their new friends. We can't tell you how grateful we are for all our family and friends across the world. In this new season, we are especially grateful for these Godly families that we can walk this journey/adventure with.
