Home Sweet Home

After 6 weeks of hotel living, we finally moved in to our new home in Budapest. It was so much fun to see the movers arrive with all of our belongings. Truthfully, we didn't miss much other than our bed and some kitchen stuff. That is a post for another day. But, having our own furniture and stuff makes it feel much more like home.

The Lord has been so gracious to us throughout the whole move. Moving across the world with two small children is no easy task, but overall things have gone extremely well. We are amazed at the wonderful home God has provided for us. The house hunt was an interesting journey. We looked at a lot of houses before narrowing it down. Ultimately, we decided on a location that would be halfway between Chelsea's school and Larry's office. At that point, there were two houses we were strongly considering. One we had seen the first day, and the other came in on the last day. The second was newer, larger, fresher, and had walk in closets (unheard of here!). I loved it. Larry was fine with which ever I wanted.

We were ready to negotiate the lease on that one, but suddenly we both didn't have peace about it. We both felt like God was leading us to the first one. It was older, had smaller bedrooms, and we were not sure if all our furniture would fit...still plenty large and plenty nice, just not as nice in comparison. But we both had a peace about it, so we proceeded with a lease on house number one.

God has continued to confirm this is the house for us. We feel so blessed. The landlords agreed to all of our requests in the lease. The maintenance man for the house comes by weekly, and he speaks English! That is a miracle around here. :) All of our furniture fits just fine. We have a great backyard and a long, flat, gated driveway that the kids love to play on. There is a park down the street. In coming to Hungary, we desire to serve the Lord wherever He places us. Just today, I realized that about 3 houses down is some kind of children's home for young children with special needs. Coincidence? I think not. Pray that the Lord will overcome the language barrier and I can find a way to serve there.

We are overwhelmed with God's grace to us!

A few pictures of our home sweet home -

Front yard

Back patio and yard
Living and dining areas
Kitchen. The refrigerator is the upper cabinet on the right! Thankfully there is a US fridge in the laundry room
Bottom floor with jacuzzi/sauna/exercise/play area
Guest room - bottom floor
Guest kitchen - bottom floor

Laundry room with fridge, washer, and dryer! Having a dryer is a luxury here!

Top level has 4 bedrooms - all similar to this

We are getting settled slowly but surely - will post "after" pics once everything is in place!