Middle school Outreach

A few weeks ago we went on middle school outreach. What a wonderful group of 7th grade students I got to hang out with. On Friday we went to a facility for people with severe mental and physical disabilities. In the morning we planned a program for the young adult residents. We sang songs, played games, ate lunch and had a joyful time together. In the afternoon, we raked leaves and picked up trash. The next day we went to a local sport outreach day. Here are some pics of our experience:

Singing songs


Playing ball


This guy (I don't remember his name...difficult Hungarian) was very verbal and super friendly. I helped him make his pillow and he was so gracious and thankful. Later he asked us to teach him some songs and he belted at the top of his lungs! It was great :)

Raking leaves

Sport outreach day

High School Retreat

Here are some pictures from the high school retreat. We were at Word of Life from October 2-4. It was an encouraging time of fellowship and fun with students and staff. It was also beautiful. This retreat center used to be a summer home for a count!

Here is the castle...yeah..not so bad

Worshipping together

Some of the girls!

Me and my roomie Emily @ the bonfire

The Clap

So, I decided to contribute a post about a fun aspect of Hungarian culture. When attending an event that involves clapping, one will discover"the Hungarian clap." I love it. Basically everyone gets on to one solid beat of clapping so it is almost like a clapping chant. I went to the opera a few weeks ago and I have never experienced so much clapping! I am pretty sure there were at least ten clap chants. I hope everyone someday gets to experience this applause phenomenon.