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.

The Many Travels of Kim

So, the other day a dirty rumor was spread that I was in the Czech Republic (Sorry Sharon ;)). Anyways, I have not left the country yet. I thought I would update you on my planned travels. At the end of October we have two days off for the Day of the Republic to commemorate the 1956 Revolution. Three other girls and I will be headed to Dubrovnik, Croatia for the weekend. I am really looking forward to seeing more of Eastern Europe. For Thanksgiving, we are hoping to visit Krakow, Poland. My roomies and I really want to go there and we hope to visit Auschwitz when we are there. Obviously a lot of this is dependent on saving money and finding a cheap place to stay! Thankfully the cost of travel is very minimal. The one other trip I have planned right now is Ireland in February. One of my friends from AH is traveling there and I am going to meet here there and spend a few days! I promise to post pictures of my various adventures!

ACSI Accredidation

ICSB is going through the reaccredidation process this year. That means a lot of paperwork for us, but it also means that our school is accredited in the States which is important for our students who are continuing on to university. To "kick-off" the accreditation process the staff went on retreat to Vajta, a college and retreat center an hour from Budapest. We spent time worhipping and fellowshipping together and we also spent time working in committees. I am on the personnel committee. We have the task of reviewing all things related to school personnel. It is a big, but important job. In November, we will be taking a full day to continue accredidation work. In March, the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) will be sending a team to review our findings. Please be praying for this process and for the many things that need to be accomplished! Below I have posted some pics of our time at Vajta!

Hannah and I getting ready to leave :)

My first live family feud experience

Me and my great friend Lianna

The dorms where we stayed

The entrance to Vajta

The college, where we had our meetings

Does anyone see Mr. Darcy?

View fromt behind the building

One of the best coffee shops ever!

Our room (notice my pink suitcase)

Borfesztivál

So clearly I am a sporadic (sp?) blogger! I tend to do a few posts every couple weeks as opposed to one every few days. My goal here is consistency. We'll see what happens... Anyways, two weeks ago I went to this amazing wine festival (Borfestival) on the top of castle hill. It was beautiful. The whole castle was lit up and there were booths and live entertainment. It was a relaxing night with friends to enjoy the city and some great wine from all over the world!

View from Castle Hill

Castle Hill

The festival

Roomies

I thought you would all appreciate a picture of me with the roomies. From left to right, meet Laura, me, Emily and Andrea! The she-she ladies!