"Welcome Home" Party

(Posted by John)

The past weeks have been pretty crazy for us. In between unpacking the rest of our stuff and looking for a good doctor/hospital (Zsofi is just about to enter her 9th month!!), we've also spent quite a few hours waiting in various governmental offices here in Budapest. Apparently some things (e.g. Eastern European bureaucracies) haven't changed much since we've left...

But the good news is that yesterday, Zsofi and I met with the doctor who we've decided will be the one to deliver our first child! Pretty exciting, and also a welcome relief from what was becoming an emotionally mounting pressure on Zsofi.

Also, one other highlight of our time here was a huge "Welcome Home" party that Zsofi's parents threw for us. Here are some pictures:

Baby Wilson wanted to greet the guests too!

A multi-media "quiz" about what we've been up to the past 18 months.

"For 5 points... What were we doing at 2:30pm on the night of October 22, 2005?"

"I'll give you two more minutes, otherwise, no dessert!"

A Welcoming Rainbow

(posted by Zsofi)

As we were driving back from Slovenia / Germany to Hungary we were listening to a worship CD and then saw this gorgeous rainbow. It was visible for a long time and so I was even able to tape it (check it out here broadband only!). It felt like a welcome sign from God to our new home / ministry / phase of our lives. It was the best welcome we could have asked for. :-)

An Exciting New Beginning

Here we are in Hungary, blowing kisses to you, which is the Hungarian way of greeting friends (not just blowing kisses but kissing each other on the cheek)

(posted by John)

We arrived in Budapest on Thursday, safe-and-sound (with all of our luggage!). It's been pretty incredible to be back in Europe, and my Hungarian has gotten a quick dusting-off... :-) But the food, mmm mmm... I'm going to have to watch it the next few weeks. We also had to dig through all our suitcases to find some cooler-weather clothes, since the past few days have been relatively cool here compared to the warm San Antonio summer we were used to.

And now, after a few days of unpacking in Hungary, we traveled down to Catez, Slovenia (SW of Hungary) to attend United World Mission's bi-annual Euro-Conference, where we are enjoying getting to know all the other UWM missionaries working in Europe and hearing about their respective ministries. It should be a fun week, and then after attending the wedding of one of Zsofi's close friends in Germany, we'll be back in Hungary to finish unpacking! :-)