Ordas- straight from a story book!
we have just got back from a week of outreach in a small town and what can we say other than it felt like we were living in a story book. along the winding road leading into town u pass the local grave yard which is guarded by this knarly 300 yr old tree. we stayed only a couple houses away from this and what did we have as neighbours but a giant storkes nest complete with 4 storkes! we would awake to them clapping their beaks as mom came home with some food, as u can see the kids ain't exactly small anymore! amazing the 4 could even be in the nest without bumping each other out, i learned to mimic their clapping beaks and had a good time confusing them.

we were taken care of like royalty by the mayor who invited us to his town. we could see he has a heart for the people of his town and it is so evident in ordas, it's the cleanest town i've seen in europe, and one of the few places in hungary you see gypsys and hungarians living in unity. lynnette lead english again and i lead baseball, we both had a great time with the kids! we also did crafts played games, had movie club and even hosted an open air concert on one of the nights, a ywam team from montana was passing through so the played and shared, although the mayor was very apprenhsive to begin with due to the loudness but soon we all realized that it was reaching many people who would never have been exposed to the gospel otherwise. We were also invited for another cook out, yes pig fat again! we headed out to the river unknowing what lay ahead for us. we along with a girl from holland who came to help us on outreach walked out and of course not speaking the language we were quickly given 3 sticks complete with fat! not just small pieces, but like full on cubes of fat! no way out for lynnette this time, well ok she thought there may be a way out... dropping it in the fire "accidently"... and i must confess i thought it may work but as soon as that fat hit the fire a roar came from the crowd of elderly, who were watching us closley and soon as you can say "szalona sutes" another piece of fat was on the way! as you can see by the pictures we had a great time "partying" with the elderly! and had to leave before they forced too many drinks and pure fat down our throats, but before leaving we asked the mayors wife for a couple shots and heres what we got back, basically this picture alone describes our evening...very funny! We also spent many lunches and house visits with the locals and had some really good talks. God is definately working in the hearts of the people in this town, it was so cool to see and be a part of.



we are now home for 2 weeks, and getting ready for our next outreach (which will be for 2 weeks) this week we will also be helping with a short term team that is here from switzerland...working in a small gypsy town near here. but tomorrow we are off to the lake near by for 1 day of rest...its been so hot here, so thats the best place to be when its 35-40 degrees!