Sorry I missed last week. I just plumb forgot! Looks like I should do a better job at Remembering Romania đ The picture below was taken on one of our many hikes. I loved the little cabin in the valley there. Every time I do one of these posts I wish and regret the fact that we didnât take more pictures while we were down there.
November 13, 2003
Sunday, Fedi was on to have the service. He had forgotten all about it. He was so nervous and opened the Bible to Jesusâ red letters in Acts 18:9 âDo not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silentâ. Well I think the service went well but as it was in Hungarian I didnât understand a word.
Later when we stopped at the cow rancherâs for milk, Fedi told them about this. The cow rancher said maybe he would start to read the Bible too.
November, 19 2003
Fedi had a good talk yesterday with the captain of the prison. They are a little leery because they had to throw the Jehovah Witnesses out. He actually didnât seem to care about any material things we could provide but was open to set up a schedule of Bible studies or meetings. It has to clear with some others as well though. Fedi had the thought of visiting their families with Christmas packages and tracts. Hopefully things wonât move too slow, so Christmas will pass before we can arrange this.
November 22, 2003
Well, I racked my brain how to make Thanksgiving special. When the day arrived we had to spend the day in town to have the car repaired. So I gave the kids a day off school, took them to a cheap restaurant for some chickenâŚtotal for the 6 of us $11.00. When we asked for ketchup for the fries, the waitress came and squirted some on the plate and then asked for extra money. Every squirt was extra. Then as a final splurge I called Mom and Dad for a short visit. Thatâs when Mom informed me Thanksgiving was the next week. Brother! Csilla had even found a duck we could buy and eat-Turkey is almost impossible to find. Well the duck has another week to live.
The village mission has gotten a little discouraging. Fedi went in yesterday evening and for the second week in a row there was no one to go with him. There is some follow-up that needs to be done. Fedi said that Leventa and another guy were going to try to talk to some of the people on Saturday. I donât think Fedi can go in again for this.
He has been working on the bunk beds at the rate of one day a week. He made the comment that you sure can stay busy when you try to do the right thing. Meanwhile the kids are sleeping on the couch as their room is about an inch deep in sawdust.
Fedi had a strange experience this evening. He stopped at our little town after the failed village mission to find the guy with the horse. Fedi has been told he should try to get more stocked up on firewood before it snows too much. The man with the horse wasnât home but some people told Fedi if he waits at such and such a tavern that he always goes there when he gets down from the mountain. So Fedi sat down with a Pepsi to wait. A man who is in the Police criminal division came to talk to him. He said that there was a picture of Fedi poaching with the cow rancher. He wasnât being threatening; in fact he told Fedi that he certainly wouldnât do anything about it. Fedi kept explaining that it was impossible since he hasnât been hunting at all with anyone and the Police kept telling him not to worry he wouldnât tell on him. Not that Fedi wouldnât love to go hunting. He saw two elk today. As a sort of rubbing the salt in the wound a group of hunters come up our way every Sunday. Fedi gets to watch them drive past our house.
Iâm going to skip the Childrenâs program this Saturday. It is going strong and has great support from the church. Last week 5 newcomers came. Heidi has been passing out personal invitations at the schools and putting her heart and soul into it. We go mostly to morally support her work. Fedi and I had the lesson last week, but honestly, she does a much better job. I donât think it will hurt the program if we are not there and there are a bunch of little reasons I want to stay home. Laundry, make up school, the long drive to get there in a car that is not even legal right now. (We still need to get the parts to have it repaired to pass the inspection, but that is a whole other story.)
Speaking of which, we have been trying for six weeks to get the parts for our car. They finally got here from Hungary via acquaintances of friends, So & So knew So & So who was going to the Hungarian border and could take the money and meet some other So & So who could bring the parts that far. Americans-appreciate U.P.S. and appreciate the computer systems and communication abilities you have. When we got them they were all the wrong parts. Now we have to figure out how to return them and get the money back. Another mechanic says he can get the parts for us from a different source. So we are driving as little as possible and praying whenever we pass a police inspection point. We were pulled over once but that was when we were still legal on our temporary registration.
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