We made it!

Hey everybody!
We made it to NYC with no problems and are very thankful to the Krack family for allowing us to use their driveway. JFK's long-term parking was going to cost us over $400, but we now all we have to do is buy a t-shirt for Steve Krack for driving us to the airport. (Hey, Kevin, thanks for the hook-up)
Upon arrival at JFK, we found that our flight to Dublin had been cancelled.
Luckily another flight was leaving for Shannon, Ireland with a connection to Dublin. To make the flight to Shannon, we just had to get through security and down to the gate in 20 minutes. no problem.
After one long flight and another short one, we arrived to enjoy our 7 hour layover in dublin. A 3 hour flight to Budapesht (s sounds like sh in Hungarian) allowed us to meet with our contact and enjoy an hour and a half ride through the Hungarian country side. We arrived at the Villa Park in time to meet our team and hit the hay.
Day 1, Saturday: I received quite an education working with the 10-12 year olds. Definitely out of my comfort zone considering I spend all my time with high school students. Luckily, I have a great team to work with, and I’m learning a lot about connecting with these young ones. Kristin was put to work right about getting her “salon” set up and finding heads to work on.
Saturday night was the children’s carnival. I was put in charge of the hula hoop competition. Great, considering I can’t hula. I even split the crotch of my shorts trying to out-hula a 6-year old. Kristin had a great “girls-night-in” cutting hair and getting to know these single ladies working on the mission field. Their courage made a great impact on Kristin.
Day 2, Sunday: Happy Father’s day to all the Papas!
I spent the morning running the kids all over the back yard of our villa. I think I wore them out pretty good. I then spent the afternoon (pool time) being the beast of burden, which had to carry multiple kids at a time all over the pool. All these kids are the children of missionaries and really are a great group of kids.
Kristin spent most of the day cutting more hair. It’s a great time to get to know what is happening in the lives of the M’s and all are so grateful to have someone cut their hair. She’s heard horror stories of what it’s like trying to communicate what you want and not knowing the language…
We had a great Father’s day message today and I just watched a boy who’s 9 go up to his father and tell him how much he appreciates him. His father is deaf and it was so touching to watch since there was no sound but so much love shown. He gave his father a huge hug and the dad’s eyes were shining.
I (Kristin) spent some time tonight praying with 6 M’s for the people of Budapest. It was a sweet time of prayer. Please pray for a woman name Agi. She is a translator here and has kept us running with schedules. I cut her hair today and she told me that now her outside was better; she just needed to make her inside better. She is not a Christian but is seeing truth of God’s love all around her here and is searching. Many of us gathered to pray for her tonight for she is loved by all here.
We’ll write again when we have another minute…