Szia!

Szia! (Hey!) This is Tim Sanderlin, one of the three dudes on the trip this year coming to you with some tales of our adventures in the over-sea country of Hungary. This past weekend our team and myself spent around two days with the Hungarian team just fellowshipping and planning for English camp occurring the upcoming week. It wasn't easy getting to know the Hungarians because of the language barrier but it was clear both groups had the common goal of spreading the Good News of Christ. (For the record, Hungarian is the 2nd hardest language to learn behind Japanese.) Over the weekend the Hungarians had some games planned for us to play, such as soccer (the video above) and volleyball. Later we had small-group time to become familiar with one another on another level. Yesterday after much planning we were sent out in groups of three or four to literally tell random strangers on the street about Christ. My group was Frannie Bice, Jena Delaney and myself. We didn't have much luck as none of them spoke a lick of a English but we did get some small booklets from the guys from the Paulus Movement that were in Hungarian and handed them out. My team and I were nervous to say the least about this whole experience, but after just one simple prayer of "Give us boldness", we felt up for the challenge! I mean... We had Christ on our side! What could stop us? After about an hour or two of this and good night's rest we did a little more planning this morning. Troy, Sarabeth Melick and myself lead worship this morning for Hungarians and Americans. While playing the song "How Great is Our God" you could hear the sound of not only American voices (Mary Prater above the rest) but also Hungarians started to sing in their language as well. There is nothing more humbling then realizing that there is an ENTIRE WORLD out there singing praises to our Lord and Savior! This experience opened my eyes to realize that God does not need me. He has PLENTY others to sing His praises all the day! But He genuinely wants me. Anyways, afterwards we headed back to the mall in Diosd for dinner then back to the Hotel Romantica. Tomorrow we have to awake at roughly 6:30 for breakfast and then start out day working with the kids. Please pray for rest for our team along with wisdom and patience. We have had certain things go awry and we just need a sense of peace that the Lord has it all under control.