EUROPE, baby!!!

Well, the Handel's are officially here!!! We thought the day would never arrive when we actually boarded the plane to move to Europe for two years but if finally did. Spending more than 3 months with family and friends made it hard to leave but we knew the day would come when we would have to say good-bye. It was bitter sweet. We had been staying with my mom the last few months and it was hard to leave without bringing her along. She put up with us and our mess, not to mention our dog, Hannah, who she agreed to keep until our time here is done.

I'm too ADHD to blog/write but I'm going to try and update regularly (ha!) Eventually, I will turn this job over to the kids. Maybe I will become a better blogger by doing it more frequently. Right now our focus is on learning the language here.

We arrived on Friday, June 11th. We have been all over the city from the moment we arrived. Here are some pictures of our weekend.

Szent Istvan Bazilika

The kids engaging in a friendly game of soccer with three Hungarian children
at one of the local parks.

All the restaurants have outdoor seating and checked tablecloths. We really like all the different foods we have been eating.
Our church. There were so many nationalaties represented on Sunday morning. Russian, African, Romanian, Hungarian, American, Israeli and British just to name a few. It's amazing to worship with people from all over the world and be singing the same songs to the One and Only Lord of all!!!
The boys first baseball game

Thanks For Hanging In There

Well, we posted a LONG time ago that changes were coming. You've been patient and we thank you for that. Tried to keep you in suspense the funny thing is that we've been in suspense too!!! Our next location to move to has been hanging in the balance for awhile now and we're working on the details to make it final. We will tell you this much for now: We're going to Europe!!!!!! We are beyond excited, also nervous and all the normal feelings in between. Honestly, the biggest negative feeling is homesickness for our family and friends but we know God wants us to go for two years. He just keeps opening more doors every time we ask His guidance. John and I had the privilege to go over and spend some time checking everything out. We can't say thank you enough to our friends and my mama for keeping the kids for us. It's a beautiful city that we will be going to and we will reveal more in the weeks to come.

We covet your prayers as we get ready and pray that we will be God's hands and feet while we are there to share Him with everyone we come in contact with ~ all glory to Him!!

We're Here!!!

Long delay in posting, so sorry about that!! It was a crazy few weeks of packing and then making the commute and getting settled in. We've been here since last Thursday and the kids arrived on Sunday night with Grammy :) We still have some boxes to unpack and LOTS of things to get rid of but we are loving it here!!! It's like being on vacation 24/7 ~ we're looking at it as a retreat with Jesus. The weather has been beautiful and thank God the wind doesn't blow hardly ever here:) Can't wait for our dear family and friends to have a get-away from everyday life and come spend some time with us!!

Here are the kids showing off their "treasures" from the lake (no pun intended - ha!) And a view of the lake from our back deck. We are on the cove so it's small and quiet back here. We are anxious to blog a little more regularly and keep you updated!

It's Official.......

Well, we've been waiting to share our news on our blog until we had some more time to be sure and now we are sure.......we're moving!!!!!!!! We are excited, stressed, overwhelmed, thrilled, sad - all those things. God is good. We knew we would be needing to pick a new location for John to keep things going, as his company desires. We've been praying it would either be a location that puts us right in the middle of both our families or eight hours or less to mine. I really have the need to spoil my nephew :) God has answered our prayers and we're moving to PA. We will be 6 hours from Cincinnati, 2 hours from Pittsburgh, 4 1/2 hours from Washington DC (which is very high on our field trip list!!) and 5 hours from NY. So, it's good vacation spot. We expect some visitors. We are going to dearly miss our friends and family here just like we miss our family and friends from Cincinnati, here. God is good and is pulling this all together beautifully and we know He is faithful and has always provided. We are trusting him and can't wait to see what work He has for us to do there. We are busy packing and plan to be there by the end of the month so we may be absent on the blog for awhile :)