Praises All Around!

This past week has been a week full of praises! Let us share some with you...

1. The picture to the left is from last Friday night's Young Adult meeting. We are so blessed to have such an amazing group of young people coming to our home for dinner and a Bible study each Friday night. Some of them attend the OMS church and others were invited by their friends or Jonathan and me. Praise God for their desire to know more about God and the crazy American family that moved in only a few short weeks ago!

2. This past week, Jonathan and I completed our first intensive language course. Fortunately we did learn some Hungarian, and we both passed our final exam with flying colors! Praise God! We will be taking a short break from language study so we can participate in the upcoming English camps and plan to continue courses in August and into the fall. We both have already had many opportunities to practice our new skills as we are out and about in the city.

3. Jonathan received a call last Tuesday that our residence permits had been approved for two years! (This is a huge praise, since often they will only approve one year at a time.) Thursday of last week we travelled back to the immigration office to receive our official "stamps" in our passports to say we are legally residing in Hungary. Praise God!

4. Just yesterday we received an email from our property manager (that is handling the home we own in Indiana) to indicate he had signed a lease with a tenant for our house. And much to our surprise she was beginning the lease on July 1st (only 2 days from the time we were notified). This is a huge praise as we were concerned the house would remain empty the entire month of July and thus burdening us with paying our house payment an additional month in the states. God does provide - even at the last minute!!

5. On a personal note, we have been blessed this week with the visit of Jonathan's brother and family to Budapest. They were able to join us for the Young Adult group on Friday night and for church on Sunday morning. It has been such a joy to share with them the beautiful Hungarian people and their culture. Carter has especially enjoyed the visit of his two older cousins.

Only a couple weeks ago, I struggled to see how God could provide for us in all our areas of need. I was reminded during my devotional time that "in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us" (Romans 8:37) Through Christ we cannot be defeated! Praise God! What a reassurance we have. When trials seem to get us down, God has already won the battle and we will overcome! He has proven this to me once again!

Still conquering,

Corinne