pot holes and those that fill

for this weeks instalment of our lives in hungary we thought we would fill you in on the roads of erd and the lack of road crews! Erd has the great rep as one of the few larger towns in hungary that still has dirt roads, and of course with dirt roads comes dust, mud and of course pot holes, it was just election time here so of course many roads were quickly re done but that involed a steam roller and some loads of gravel. a great band aid but not too helpful. the locals also have their own remedies to this problem, grass, roof tiles, branches and basically anything that fits is put into the holes. the pics dont do justice as this is something to be truely appreciated in person,.......hint hint (come visit one and all) now this may also be a local way of trash removal but it seems to not exactly solve the problem. erd is formally a summer home place for people looking to escape the concrete jungle of budapest. so the roads are very sporatic and really not a ideal place for those relying on bike for transport. cautious travel is the name of the game and shocks would defiantly be a plus, lynnette claims that on the way home for language study all knowledge attained had been shook out of her head.
on the way home yesterday we were treated to a man just down the roads weeding in only his underwear, not exactly an expected sight, i guess its not so strange for the locals, maybe he was taking the scare tatic on the weeds, lynnette had a hard time not laughing and lets just say she failed miserably, he didnt seem to understand what was the problem, wish i had a picture but then again you probably are grateful for that! he was probably in the process of bringing the weeds out to fill some holes!
this past while we have been busy preparing for our upcoming outreach in june (11-24th). lynnette is in charge of the english classes/lessons, and preparing for all of them. she is feeling a little overwhelmed since she has never done such a thing....so if anyone has any good/creative suggestions on teaching english to people who have no previous knowlege...she would greatly appriciate it! and i am generously (this is now lynnette talking) helping her in her plans. but i will also be invovled in the sports activities...socccer/baseball, so we have kept busy with that stuff.
one huge answer to prayer that happened in the last week.....we found a hungarian family that we can practice our language knowlege with!!!! we are so grateful for this family (we met with them last week), we will be going there once a week to just practice talking with them. so thanks to all who prayed for that...it is much appriciated!