Late...Exciting News!

Well, so much for trying to keep in touch through this blog. I apologize to those of you who have been looking for updates about this mission and have not found anything in almost 2 months. Hopefully I can make up for it.

While Angela was visiting over the Christmas season, we made sure to have plenty of time to catch-up on what God is doing in our lives and enjoy the beauty Europe has to offer. We had great weather and a chance to travel to visit Tomas and Zorka’s families in Slovakia as well as travel to London via Budapest, Hungary. Angela had to fly in and out of London, so I planned to travel with her on her way back so that I could meet my parish priest from Kansas who would be in London and with a fellow missionary, Antony Elliot. Antony is from the U.K. but is a missionary with Kerygma Teams in Ghana. Between Antony, Angela, and myself, we tried to find a cheap place to stay in London, which is almost impossible to do, but thanks to some old community friends of Angela’s who now live in London, we were able to have a free place to sleep and eat. God is so good! The VanScoy family in London graciously invited us to stay with their family for as long as we needed. The 3 A’s (Antony, Angela, and Ann) all had a wonderful time with the VanScoy’s and were incredibly blessed to meet such beautiful people who know, love, and serve the Lord in all they do!

Traveling through Budapest, Angela and I were blessed to feed the homeless, go to daily Mass in the center of the city, and evangelize 3 Jewish American men whom we bumped into and spent most of our waking hours in Budapest talking with them and sharing about what God is doing in our lives. This was my first time to have a chance to sit down and talk with Jews. These guys were my age and traveling around on their break from Medical and Law school. Ang and I were surprised to know that they could speak Hebrew and this is what lead us to discuss our religious beliefs. It was obvious that these men were searching for a God who could give them a reason for living. I was blessed to share about my Beloved Lord who cares for and loves all His creation. Wow…talk about a tremendous anointing that weekend. I believe each of us left each other with many things to think and pray about. I wish you all could have been a fly on the wall where we discussed our faiths!