After such a great evening last night we woke up early and had a our own debriefing at the cafe up the street from the Paulus Mission. Friday's "Rooster" Rooster Award went to the Mikes, Mike Teel and Michael Tucker for their humble servant attitude. We had a great time this morning reflecting on the work God is has been doing in Hungary and the work He has been doing in us. God has been mighty on this trip. He has worked deeply in our hearts and has given us a better understanding of his love through the passion and sacrifice of the Paulus Movement. The families who run the Paulus Movement give their life to serve God, and do it for so little. It is amazing. They are truly living out the call to love your neighbor here in Hungary and we were so thankful that we could be a part of it. We came to teach, but we were taught. We came to pursue hearts, but God pursued us. This is how he works. The work of God is so antithetical to anything else in this world. He is holy. We don't deserve his blessing, but He gives it to us. Each of the members of the team will express some of their reflections over the next few weeks on this blog, but I can tell you that God is working in each of our hearts.
Following our breakfast meeting we headed out for a day of sightseeing, shopping, and eating. After a long we were tired, but this was a nice way to relax, enjoy each other's company, and continue to see the country God has put on our heart. We spent a few hours at the massive Budapest indoor market. From food to spices to outfits this market had it all. We split up and bought a few gifts here in there. The "Secret Box" was a popular item, so was paprika (they use a lot of it in food here). It was a great opportunity to see both Hungarian and International culture. There were people from all over the world there. We even saw Andrew Zimmerman from the Travel Channel filming his show "Bizarre Foods". After eating some Hungarian stew and listening to some fiddle music, we paid our 50 cents to the use the bathroom and then headed to Hero Square and learned some history from Ildi. She told us the history from the first king of Hungary to Kossuth Lajos (who apparently has a statue in the US Capitol building). Wendy almost bought a wild boar rug from a nice gentlemen. It was also great to see Wendy share the gospel with Lulu, a young lady who attended our English camp this week and spent the day walking around with us. Pray that God will bring Lulu to personal relationship. We then headed over to the castle and the town above Buda. We met up with the Roswell, GA group who is coming in to do a camp this upcoming week. They have 8 people with them. Pray for their week, that God will continue working through the English camps at the Paulus Movement. We walked around and checked out the beautiful Catholic churches and views and walked down the mountain. We then headed to dinner with the Paulus people. We ate at this quaint little family style restaurant in Budapest. It was AMAZING! They brought out the largest treys of food our group had ever seen covered with chicken, pork, potatoes, cheese, and vegetables. We ate until we were filled and spent time with the Paulus families. They have become dear friends of ours and it was a sweet time. We also enjoyed some soda water with elderberry and raspberry syrup, also amazing! Following dinner we brought Ralph and the boys to the train station. They are now on a train to Germany. Pray for Ralph, Clayton, and Will as they travel for the next few days. We headed back to the Paulus Community House, packed up and now we will wake in a few hours and head to the airport. We will post tomorrow when we arrive in the states. Please pray for safe travels, but most of all pray that God will continue to work in our hearts to return to Birmingham on fire for Christ, and that we might be able to spread the good news of Christ and the work he is doing with our brothers and sisters in Hungary. Thank you for checking in this week and being our prayer warriors. You're prayers have been answered. Thank you for being faithful.
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