A little update

Spring is definitely coming. More and more are the number of those sunny, warmer days. This coming week promises to be beautiful. At least until Friday. They say it is gonna be low 70's and sunny Yay!! :)

I have never experienced a more mild winter before [than here in Southern Italy] but I havent been looking forward to spring this much either. 

I love how everything is coming alive again, the wonderful and "gragrancious" spring flowers are out and the morning sun full of Vitamin D. I like to sit out on our piccolo balconcino in the mornings and study. Also one of my favorite things to do in the morning is to hang clean clothes out to dry. As the breeze softly waves the fabrics, I inhale the wonderful smells of spring, and the sun is warming me up. From the outside in. :)

A tavasz hatarozottan itt van. Egyre tobb a szep, napos, kellemes nap. Jovo het gyonyorunek igerkezik. Legalabbis pentekig. 21 fokot mondanak Jaj de jo!!!! :) Soha nem volt meg ilyen enyhe telem, de ugyanakkor soha nem vartam meg a tavaszt se ilyen nagyon. Nagyon szeretem a tavaszt, ahogy monden eletre kel, a tavaszi viragok bodito illatat es az egyre melegedo nap tele van D vitaminnal! :)Nagyon szeretek kiulni delelottonkent az erkelyre tanulni, ahol melegen sut a nap. Egyik kedvenc elfoglaltsagom, hogy reggelente kirakom a vizes ruhat szaradni az erkelyen. Itt mindenki "kiteregeti a szennyeset" szo szerint! :) 

What has been happening with us since the last blogpost? (which was in February..shame on me)

Well, probably nothing very interesting according to your measure, but for us every day is an adventure, a challenge, a joy. 

Mi is tortent a legutobbi blog post ota? (ami februarban volt...szegyellje magat). Ha't...nem tul sok erdekes a mas merceje szerint, de nekunk minden nap kaland, megprobaltatas, orom. 

Here are some highlights: 

Ime nehany esemeny:

1. On a daily basis we are:

praying in the morning with our team, Benjamin is in kindergarten from 9 to 3:30, Scott and I are studying the Italian language and culture in every free minute of the day, I (Edina) am trying to learn more and more about the Italian cousine, learning the use of the ingredients available here, the usage of the 1000 kinds of cheeses in the deli's etc. 

Napi szinten amit csinalunk: Reggel rovid megbeszeles es imadkozas a munkatarsainkkal, Benike ovodaban van 9 es fel 4 kozott, Scottal a nap minden szabad perceben tanuljuk az olaszt, en (E.) probalok minel tobbet megtanulni az itt kaphato elelmiszerekrol, etelek elkeszitesi modjairol, az 1000-fele sajt felhasznalasi modjairol...

Sunday school for the little ones
vasarnapi iskola a picurkaknak

2. On Sundays we go to church and meet the local believers.

Vasarnaponkent imahazba megyunk es talalkozunk a helyi hivokkel

3. We said goodbye to our beloved co-worker, Emmanuelle who following God's voice went back to Germany to serve in his home church for a while until God directs him otherwise

Bucsut intettunk szeretett munkatarsunknak, Emmanuelle-nek, aki az Ur szavat kovetve visszament Nemetorszagba ahol az otthoni gyulekezeteben fog szolgalni egy ideig

(he is in the far left    o a balszelso a kepen)

4. It is a big deal for me that we have finally found the public library in Termoli. The set-up is a bit different...well..from any other library I have ever been to.... but it is probably just because I dont know the system here yet :) LOL Love it!!! :)

Szamomra nagy esemeny, hogy vegre megtalaltuk a varosi konyvtarat Termoliban. Az elrendezes egy kicsit....hogyismondjam....ma's, mint amit egy konyvtarban varna az ember...de valoszinuleg ezt csak azert erzem igy, mert meg nem ismerem jol a rendszert. :) Haha nagyon jo!!! :)

5. Benjamin is learning so much in school. He understands a lot and his teacher told me that he is speaking a lot in Italian already with his friends. Probably not on Goldoni-level, but perfectly enough for what he needs. We are very excited about this, because we just got a phone call a few days ago that Benjamin cannot do another year in kindergarten (which we originally planned on doing so that his Italian would be much more advanced by the time he starts 1st grade), he is starting 1st grade in the fall!

As intimidating as it sounds we are excited and happy for him. 

Benike nagyon sokat fejlodik az ovodaban. Mar ert nagyon sokat olaszul, es a tanito nenije elmondta nekem, hogy mar sokat beszel is olaszul a kis barataival es tanaraival. Mi nagyon orulunk ennek, kulonosen mert most hallottuk, hogy szeptembertol iskolaba kell mennie es nem maradhat meg egy evet az oviban. Eredetileg azt terveztuk, hogy nem kuldjuk elso osztalyba, amig nem beszel folyekonyan olaszul, de a kora miatt muszaj kezdenie az elsot. Ez egy kicsit ijeszto, de ugyanakkor izgalmas is. 

6. We hit the city a couple times this month again. What for? To do more paperwork of course :)

But Thank God we can see the end now. Other than a couple more things we are "all settled".

Ebben a honapban is el kellett menni ketszer Campobasso-ba hivatalos ugyben. De hala az Urnak mostmar ugy tunik, hogy hamarosan a vegere erunk a sok papirmunkanak, ugyintezesnek. :)

7. Our hearts are bleeding for millions of Italians who dont know the Lord yet. Please pray for them today!

A szivunk nagyon nehez azokert az olaszokert, akik nem ismerik az Urat. Kerlek imadkozzatok ma ertuk!

8. Carnival season is officially done. We had some fun parades in our little town too

A farsangi karnevalok ideje hivatalosan is veget ert. A mi kis varosunkban is volt par erdekes felvonulas

Ciao!