Visiting Hungary

Hi,

So now I can tell you all about our surprise visit. In February, we decided that Amy and I would like to go to Hungary with Dave (my father-in-law), who was planning on being in Hungary for 3 weeks. He goes to Hungary every year; he is one of the guest teachers at Word of Life Hungary. Chris could not plan on coming because he does not have any vacation days yet at his full-time job (he only worked there for 6 months).

So when we bought our tickets, I thought it would be awesome if we just showed up in Hungary and not let anyone know that we are going. So I didn’t tell anyone :). I had to make sure that BBC is fine with me being in Hungary for almost a month (I have 2 classes starting on May 21), I also had to make sure that the doctor is fine with Amy getting her shots in Hungary (she needed to get 4 shots in May), there were some other minor issues I had to deal with before we left, and finally I had my driver’s skill test.

with Grandma and Great-grandma

April 18

Chris and Amy took me to the BMV in Terre Haute and although I love driving, parallel parking is not my favorite thing (especially because I never had to do it for real, so it wasn’t something I was comfortable with).  We did go practice parallel parking a few times, but I definitely didn’t feel that I could do it anytime.

So I got in the car, did what the instructor asked me to do, and by God’s grace I could parallel park without any problems! So I did pass! My driver’s license came in the mail a week later. I am so very thankful for it! I cannot emphasize enough how much I love driving!

May 3-4

We started our 26-hour journey on May 3rd. We had 3 flights and arrived May 4th. Amy did not want to sit and only slept 2 and a half hour on the long flight and another hour on the last flight. I wasn’t able to sleep at all, and right after we arrived, we went to see my niece graduate from High School. We had time to take a shower and change our cloths and we were off to see her graduation.

When we arrived at my parents house (right after we landed), only my grandma was at home, and my dad came a few minutes later. Both of them were shocked to see us and first didn’t believe their eyes. We called my mom at school who came home running to see us. Then we went to see the rest of my family at the graduation (who had no idea we are coming), so I met my siblings and their families and some other relatives the same day we got to Hungary.

Amy let me go to sleep at 3am (for the first time since we left America) on Saturday. I was up for 39 hours straight. Amy was gracious enough to sleep 4 hours and then she was up for the day. That meant that by the end of Saturday I was up for 60 hours with only 4 hours of sleep. She didn’t take any naps the first week at all, but she did sleep at night (for 6-8 hours). It was a huge change from what I was used to, she normally sleeps 12 hours at night and takes several naps during the day.

Many of our friends came to visit us, we had Mother’s Day on May 6 (it is always the first Sunday of May in Hungary), my dad’s birthday on the 9th, and we went to have Amy’s 15 months check-up. She is 20.5 pounds and 31.5 inches (almost exactly half my height).

We had the “American” Mother’s Day on May 13 (it pays off to be multicultural) : ). Amy got her shots and we had more people over! She seems to be sleeping more (even taking naps!) and feels more comfortable around my parents. She loves being outside, and enjoys our beautiful garden every time we take her out.

I also started working on my school papers and assignments, I will start my Summer classes May 21. The two courses I have are Astronomy and Understanding Science. I know almost nothing about either, so it will be a huge challenge. I love how Chris knows everything about everything, so I just need to call him and ask him about the different subjects and he explains it right away. I cannot wait to be with him again and study with him. On that note, I would have never thought it will be this hard not to be with my hubby. I hate it!!! I was crying almost every night before I would go to sleep. It’s awful being without him.

I am so thankful to all the people who could come and see us and all the people who invited us to their homes. I am so blessed! We are going to visit Word of Life Hungary for a few days and cannot wait to see all the people there! Please pray for our flight back, Amy didn’t like the “fun” on the way here and I would love for her to cry at least a little less. : ) Also, please pray that we would fit in our suitcases. When we left for the States 8 months ago, we left many things here (we didn’t have space for them) and I will try to bring as many things back as possible.

Have an awesome day! Thank you for reading our blog!