Csókolom!

Greetings from Nancy! This is a picture of the kitchen of the apartment we are staying in here in Hungary. God bless Sandor and Eszter for allowing us to stay in her mother's vacant apartment while we were looking for our own place to live. We are in the process this week of getting the papers signed to move into an apartment. It is in a good part of town with room for an office for INSTE in it. I am especially glad to be moving into a place a little more permanent than any we have lived in during the past year. Praise the Lord! Please pray our move is successful.

Anyway, back to our present apartment, this is a picture of a typical older woman's kitchen. There is beautiful lace and needlework throughout the apartment. Thought you'd like to see it.

Speaking of older women, there is a practice here in Hungary that we are learning about. It is customary for men to greet women, particulary older women with "Csókolom" which literally means, "I kiss your hand." It is a greeting of respect that dates back to the days of royal courts where men actually kissed the hands of their rulers and ladies out of respect. Mostly now, though, we hear men say "csókolom" to women quite a bit older than themselves. Well, guess who is hearing a lot of "csókolom" these days?