Happy Mother's Day Mom

My mother is one of the most amazing people I've ever met. Since I've moved overseas I understand her sacrifice to live in a different country more than ever.  I cannot imagine coming to Hungary, married to a Hungarian with my langauge level 27 years ago and raising two kids. 

She has been a prime example of a woman who follows hard after God's heart. She has shown me what it means to work hard and live well.  She rises every morning and sits in her chair and spends time with her one and only Saviour. 

We have had our ups and we have a def. had our downs but I wouldn't trade our life together.  I miss her so much and I'm so thankful for her support and prayer while I've served overseas. She's my biggest cheerleader in life and wants the best for me! 

Thanks mom for being so incredible. I love you and look forward to living only one hour away!

less than 2 months

Time is running out..so is my free time.. but its worth it.. here's a picture of Joanna's Travels for the next 8 weeks. 

May 13-16th  Vienna to get Matt

May 22-24th Szeged for the last time :(

May 29-June 1 London for vacation ;)

June 5-7 Budapest/Team Arrives

June 12-14 Team Comes to Budapest-End of School

June 17th - My bestest friend comes!!

June 25-29th- Vienna/Prague with Sami

July 2nd- Fly home. 

I want to be like my dad

He has belief thesis' to grade and I have end of the year compositions. Its no where near the amount.. 

I'm also finishing up Grad school this weekend!! Hooray! After Sunday midnight I will have completed 12 hours this year. (4 classes)

Karen Coppage is also coming to spend the weekend with me. That should be fun! We are going to paint some pottery and go to coffeehouse. 

Here's to a busy but fun weekend!!

Class Trip

There is nothing like 96 hours to make you love students more than you already do.  I really enjoyed every moment of our time together. They were behaved and helpful and I was so proud of them because they spoke a lot of English. 

I got to see some beautiful places that made me love this country even more.  I was in Koszeg which is the jewel box of Hungary.  They were telling the truth. 

My favorite part of the whole trip was sitting in the girls room just talking for more than two hours about everything in the book.  We talked about boys, health, beauty, my life, their life and everything in between.  I will always cherish that time with these girls.  

Today was back to school.  One of the girls came up and gave me a big hug. I loved it. 

Class Trip in Pictures

May Day Fun

A great time with girls. Lots of laughs and fun! ! :)

13B-summing it all up

This picture truly represents how fun this class was:

A chapter has ended in my ministry. As I continue to pursue this passion for high-schoolers I continue to learn the ups and downs of it all. I've had to say good-bye to a great group of kids. I will miss them terribly. After all of the closing ceremonies on Wednesday afternoon I had such a strange feeling in my heart. I was just feeling a bit numb and not sure what to feel. Then it hit me. I was grieving and sad. I was sad that my kids were leaving and that I wouldn't be apart of their daily lives. I started asking myself the "what-if's" which are never good. What if I didn't do a great job. What if they didn't see me living out the gospel. What if I didn't teach them well enough. Then I remembered that I didn't have to worry about what God was going to do. He is in charge and he would take care of each of them. As long as I did my best he would be pleased. As I went to sleep I specifically asked God to help me feel that he was pleased with me and my time with that class. I felt much better when I woke up, but I'm still sad that they are gone.