And the Goodbyes Begin

Already this week we have said goodbye to three groups of people. Yesterday we went to Budapest to minister in the Örömhir Misszió church. We have ministered there occasionally the past couple of years and these fine people have always been open to the Lord when we have been there. A group from the church is also studying INSTE. These dear people wanted us to come "one last time" before we left for furlough in the United States, so we were able to be there yesterday and said goodbye to them for a year.
Two of our neighbors gave us farewell parties as well. Saturday, Anna invited us and a few other friends to her home for a barbecue. Her daughter works in Budapest and wanted to be able to wish us well while she was in town this weekend.
Our neighbors Éva and István invited us to their house on Monday. They were so sad that we had to be gone for a year and were leaving in a week. "What?" we said. "We're not leaving for five weeks!" Everyone had a good laugh. Apparently, the months of June and July (június and július) were misunderstood in earlier conversations!