Family Life

Tonight’s youth group was small. We had six leaders and three youth. The evening’s speaker had wondered about canceling altogether. But no, we went ahead anyway. Many or few, we bring God’s Word to those who are willing to listen. A small group is always a concern though. Usually you need a certain critical mass, [...]

I’d been asleep for half an hour already when Debbie came to bed at about 1:00 am last night. We’re not terribly good at going to bed at a sensible hour. Sometimes we blame it on the kids, but mostly it’s procrastination. Anyway, Debbie was drifting off to sleep when she heard something that woke [...]

Rub a dub dub Three boys in the tub And who do you think they be? There’s Daniel and Joeley And Micah the baby Scrub them up, kids all three Rub a dub dub Who jumped in the tub? And said “Please fill it up Mum” ‘Twas Daniel that said it And laughed when declared [...]

I managed to get off work early today again. I could get used to this! Today’s catching up involved a trip to the bank, where I discovered quite by accident that the government had made a substantial deposit to my account. A week-and-a-half ago I’d been in an awful rush trying to file my tax [...]

Today was my last day at work here in Hungary, a relief and a worry at the same time. It has been a good week, simple, with easy-going people, good weather, good food, plenty of sleep. But I’m keen to go home. Debbie and the boys are sick and really need some support. I’ll breathe [...]