This past week my dad and his wife, Pam came to visit and they leave tomorrow. It's been a blast so far and I'm going to be very sad to see them leave. Two days before they got here I was hit (HARD) with some sort of flu thing and had a temperature hovering around 100-101 for 2 days (the highest was 101.9). So, I was really scared that I was going to be stuck in bed for most of their visit which would have been a huge bummer all around. Through a lot of prayer, though, I recovered and was only lagging the first full day they were here.
We got to spend time seeing the sites (we spent 5 days sight-seeing and still didn't get even close to all of it) and just had a lot of fun hanging out. Tonight I cooked dinner for everyone and 3 of my students came over to join. My dad had a lot of fun interrogating them, essentially. It was so nice to be able to catch up with people from back home and just spend some quality time with them. I also loved being able to show people from America my new home and showing them what I get to experience everyday.
Now that my dad has spent almost a week here, he's also told me that he's much more comfortable with me being here. Budapest is a lot nicer than what he thought it would be, I suppose. I head off to Amsterdam tomorrow as they head back to America. I'm spending the rest of my break with my friend Esther (the Dutch girl who used to live here) and I'm beyond excited to see her again! I'll make sure to try to post a few pictures of Dad and Pam's visit when I finally get the pictures uploaded.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Child-like Faith
I love the little reminders that God gives us throughout our lives through the simplest things.
I was sitting on the tram today watching this little girl with her grandparents (who absolutely adored her, of course). This little girl was sitting on her grandmother's lap looking out of the window with so much amusement and awe. It was like she was discovering the world for the first time. She couldn't really talk, so she was squealing with delight at every new sight that came into view.
It reminded me how Jesus called us to have the faith of a child. To sit there in awe of his creation and of Him. That child had no cares in the world other than what was happening right at that moment and she was relishing in the love of her grandparents. She had no worries about what tomorrow holds or even if she was going to be safe. She completely and utterly trusted nanny and papa to protect her.
I pray for that sort of faith. That I would have no cares or concerns and that I would just be able to sit in awe and complete trust every single day.
PS: My dad comes in less than 2 weeks!!!
I was sitting on the tram today watching this little girl with her grandparents (who absolutely adored her, of course). This little girl was sitting on her grandmother's lap looking out of the window with so much amusement and awe. It was like she was discovering the world for the first time. She couldn't really talk, so she was squealing with delight at every new sight that came into view.
It reminded me how Jesus called us to have the faith of a child. To sit there in awe of his creation and of Him. That child had no cares in the world other than what was happening right at that moment and she was relishing in the love of her grandparents. She had no worries about what tomorrow holds or even if she was going to be safe. She completely and utterly trusted nanny and papa to protect her.
I pray for that sort of faith. That I would have no cares or concerns and that I would just be able to sit in awe and complete trust every single day.
PS: My dad comes in less than 2 weeks!!!
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