Dear Friends, Here in Hungary I believe spring has arrived. 🙂 As I sit here and write this post, the sun is warming my cheeks and the birds are making sure I know they are out there. I love spring. 🙂 Unfortunately although the weather is nice, Joshua is still sick. I was really hoping we will be done with …

Dear Friends, Amy celebrated her 8th birthday (which happened to be her Golden Birthday) a week ago. She was so excited to turn 8. (For those of you who are not sure what a “Golden Birthday” is: it is when someone turns the age of their birth day. Amy was born on the 8th, so her’s was now, when she …

Dear friends, This past winter break we had great plans visiting with family, friends, going to places, but Joshua’s unexpected sickness changed our plans quickly. He got sick with fever and cough that made it hard for him to breathe on Christmas Day and he just now is getting fully over it, praise the Lord! So we had to cancel …

Dear Friends, We had a good month, and I am definitely feeling more energetic! Yay for sleeping! I cannot wait for Amy’s winter break and not having to wake up early in the morning. 🙂 Let me share our month in pictures this time.                   We are looking forward to some family …

Dear friends, Joshua is turning 1 in ten days. We are so excited to have him in our family and we are so thankful for the joy he brings us. He is a goofy little boy, and he is spoiled by his sisters. He can’t walk yet, but he can stand for a longer period of time without holding onto …

Hi there, It’s been a while since we mentioned our house we bought last September. We moved in on May 20, with no sinks inside the house, so we had to go outside to get some water, but we had a working toilet! 🙂 Since then we have all of our toilets, sinks, and showers installed, and this month we …

Dear friends, Joshua Joshua is 9 months old, he has (only) two teeth on the bottom, he crawls everywhere, loves to chew on all his toys (and anything else he can get), and he absolutely loves to go up the stairs. He can be very cheecky, but in general he obeys. We are teaching him basic sign language (like we …

Dear Friends, Another summer has ended and another school year is about to start. The girls were able to spend a week with my parents at Lake Balaton, and they both really enjoyed it. One of my cousins from Canada, Claudia, also spent a few days there with them, and we had the privilege of having her at our house …

Hi there, Is it really the middle of July? Crazy! Amy was a camper a couple of weeks ago and she absolutely loved it! I didn’t realize how much I will miss her while she is at camp. She, on the other hand, had so much fun she wanted to stay at camp for another week. 🙂 I am involved …

Dear friends, Chris and I got married a little over 8 years ago, and since then, we had to pack all of our stuff and move into a different house 7 times. This time we hope we won’t have to move ever again. We all love our house and are extremely grateful for it. What a privilege to own a …

Dear friends, We have internet at our new house as of today! The plan is that we will move in on Saturday. We don’t have any working toilets yet, or sinks, so we will see if we can or not, but we are at least moving our stuff over. We are really excited to live there! Amy has exactly 1 …

Dear Friends, We are super excited to report that our house renovation may be done in a month! Our hope is that the next time you read our new family blog post, we will include pictures of the done house. Would you please pray that if God wills we would be able to move in soon? We cannot wait!!! My …

Dear Friends, After a very mild winter, we had a crazy cold week the end of February (5-10 F), and then spring has arrived. Or so we thought… After a few wonderful, warm, sunny days, it seems like we will have another week of freezing temperatures. 🙁 Unfortunately this can also slow down the renovations at our house. We would …

Hi there, These past months we had at least one sick child. Unfortunately Joshua got so sick that he was admitted to the hospital last week. We spent 4 days there and although he is not completely healed, he is doing better and the doctors were confident they can send him home with some medicine. He still coughs forcefully a …

Dear Friends and Family, Can you believe it’s 2018 already? We have a lot to look forward to this year: Spending time with the students for another few months, Missions Conference, graduation, summer camps, the beginning of another BI year, and Lord willing moving into our house. Amy is excited about turning 7 in a month. She likes her school …

Dear Family and Friends, As you have most likely saw in our previous post, Joshua Brendan James was born on November 25. He is 3 weeks old already! My due date was December 13 (my parents’ wedding anniversary), so he came 3 weeks early. The hospital experience was interesting to say the least, but thankfully Joshua was born without any …

Dear Friends, Thank you so much for your prayers! Our little Christmas present is here. 🙂 We couldn’t be happier. To God be the glory for this new life. Name: Joshua Brendan James Date of birth: November 25, 2017 Weight: 7 lbs Length: 21″ Hair color: Brown Eye color: Dark blue Please keep him and us in your prayers. We …

Dear Friends, One of my favorite holidays, or actually possibly my favorite holiday, is Thanksgiving. I never did it the “right way” (watching football and eating a lot of turkey), when we celebrated it, it was always about family & friends and just counting our blessings. While we should often thank God for all the wonderful people in our lives, …

Hi there, Chris Chris got his Hungarian insurance card this past month, was able therefore to make an appointment with a specialist, and already has medicine! Please pray the medicine works well, and he won’t be so sleepy. He is still busy with BI stuff, but he is reminded over and over again of the wonderful opportunity he has. This …

Dear Friends, We had a very, very busy month. Amy started 1st grade, Haley started pre-school, and Chris had many responsibilities at the BI. So far I didn’t forget to drop off the kids at their schools or to pick them up in time, so I count that as a victory. 🙂 Amy likes school, she has 2 good friends …

Hi there, Last month, Amy and Haley spent 5 days at Lake Balaton with my parents. They had a lot of fun and did very well. I am so glad they got to go. Haley wants to go back to “Balaton” ever since. While I missed the kids terribly, it was nice to be with Chris alone for those days. …

Hi there, We are at Word of Life Hungary! We arrived last Tuesday, our flights were on time, everything went really well. We had an amazing trip, thank you for praying! The kids slept less than 2 and a half hours in 31 hours, and as you may imagine, we slept even less, but to our surprise we were able …

Dear friends, We have a Kindergarten graduate! Our big girl had a wonderful year at school and we are very proud of her. She is ready to be in first grade, she says, but I am glad I have her home for the summer. 🙂 She had the opportunity to go to a wonderful camp, called Camp Navigate last week. …

Dear friends, Can you believe it’s May again? Here is a quick update on us: Amy has her Kindergarten graduation this month. She cannot wait to be a first grader in Hungary. We are so excited for her! She will have a busy summer moving to Hungary, learning how to talk fluently in Hungarian, (hopefully) making new friends, and getting …

Hi there, Amy enjoyed her last long break before school ends on June 1. She was able to meet a dear friend of hers whom she hasn’t seen for a long time during spring break. 🙂 Amy is excited that they only have 2 more months of school. She is ready for first grade, and for the summer break. 🙂 …