Lets have a sing song.... la la la la

We have been asked to sing English Christian songs at the Sunday services of the Hungarian church we will be going to be working with. So we thought it would be a great idea to practise some - these included Lord I lift your name on high, Far and Near, Only by Grace and also a song called God is so Good which included singing some verses in Welsh (why it was not Irish I do not know!) Malay, Korean, Chinese and Hungarian... this is a lovely wee song but I found it hard saying some of the Korean words, but am sure on the day it will be ok!

Such a harmonious crowd... I hope the church aren't expecting All Souls Choir, because we are definately not them, but we're not too bad!

Games Time

Well no children's camp can be complete without games, and you can't go to without practising the games, so thats what we did... we praticised some cricket, french cricket, skipping and of course the famous parachute - have you ever played in one of these, they are fantastic, you can do anything with these - play cat and mouse, sit underneath it, play ball games on it, and of course as we're taking it with us, if our plane has problems on the way over then at least we will have a parachute we can cling onto!

Looking forward to game time in Hungary, the kids will not be bored and will be very tired by the time we have finished with them!

Drama Time

The drama we learnt yesterday was called 'Hands' and was all about what the good hands can go and also the bad hands can do - and then ended in God's love and all hus hands have done for us - took nails, picked us up, loved us etc etc

Preparation Day - 26th July

10am on Saturday 26th July saw us 12 Hungary Wetfooters gather in Waldesgrave Hall, All Souls for a Hungary preparation day. This consisted of sitting around, drinking coffee, eating lunch - oh and a bit of singing, drama, playing games (parachute being the best fun ever!), learning how to teach English to kids and adult, hearing more about Hungary and just generally getting to grips with the trip and what will be involved when we get there.

I personally feel more motivated about going and its only two week away so thats always a good thing... it seems real now. I know that the things we have got planned may not exactly go to plan, but life is like that, but with God watching over us everything will be ok. The one thing I am going to struggle with is the heat... I feel that I am melting in 29 degrees in London whats 40 degrees in Hungary going to be like!

At the end of the day, Dave just could not take anymore!

At the Car Wash Photos 2

At the Car Wash Photos

At the Car Wash

Sunday 13th June saw the Hungary Wetfoot team arrive at All Souls Church at 8.45am (so early!), barely awake, but ready and willing to wash people's cars for them whilst they were in church.

Agi and I were placed in the rotunda, so when everyone came past us, they heard the shout, "do you want your car washed,?". Some did and some didn't, altogether we washed 32 cars, most of them were parked near the church but one person parked in Cleveland Street and we had to walk there and wash his car.... but hey it was all worth it in the end, as we raised £700 (including gift aid).

Am sure people walking and driving past Langham Place/Riding Street that day were wondering what we were doing - I think some of the tourists on the big red buses thought it was a tourist attraction, cos they were taking pictures of us!

There was one car, which was so caked in dirt that it took Ava and Jan one hour to wash... hope the owners appreciated the time and hard work put into it! Did they do a good job, judge for yourself with the before and after pictures below:


BEFORE



AFTER



Everyone seemed very appreciative for the work that we did: one person said "You guys did an excellent job yesterday ! It hasn’t been as clean as that for ages" - so there you go. Hard work for those washing cars and a clean car for those sitting in church whilst car was being washed.....

Hungarian Lesson

On Saturday 5th July, we all met at my house for a BBQ and also to learn some Hungarian - this was a fun night. I am not very good at learning languages so am bit scared that what I learn will go in one ear and out the other and when am in Hungary will get toungue tied - but will live in trust and hope this does not happen.

Here are some key phrases that we learnt:

Igen - Yes

Nem - No

Szia - Hello (to an individual)

Sziastock - Hello (to a group of people)

Viszontlátásra - Goodbye

Köszönöm - Thank you

Isten - God

Jó reggelt - Good Morning (say before 9am)

Jó napot - Good Day (say after 9am)

Jó estét - Good Evening

Jó éjszakát - Good Night

So my name is Jó in Hungarian, said like Yo.... and it means good which means I must be good! Wonder if anyone would agree with that!

August Prayers

I put up prayer requests for June and July, but here are some prayer requests for the time we are away in August:

• For safe travel (by plane and road) to Nyirtelek
• For the Sunday Services at the church in Nyirtelek
• For the team as we begin work
• For the annual children's camp that the church runs
• Team health and unity
• For the children's enjoyment of the organised activities
• For the children to begin to understand who Jesus is
• Thanks for the Church in Hungary
• For the team as they rest at the weekend in Budapest
• For the relationship with the Church family
• For the gypsy work as it begins
• For the gypsies to understand more of the love of Jesus and to see that through the team
• For continued blessing for the Church ar Nyirtelek
• For the large service to be held as the gypsy holiday finishes
• For safe team travel to London
• For those who help with translation
• For church leader: Misi Gyorfi