Texas

It is often said that everything is bigger in Texas. I certainly think that the hoopla the media is turning this rain and snow into is bigger than anything I have ever seen in my life. I am not saying that it is not dangerous, I know that lot of people have already died because of the weather, but it is also true that the road conditions today were more than satisfying. However our friends made us stay at the Hilton near the Austin airport anyway, so if the roads are absolutely horrible in the morning we can even walk to the airport to catch Delta 1680 flight to Atlanta (then Delta 192 to New York, and Delta 98 to Budapest). We should be in Pécs in about 24 hours after we get up tomorrow morning.

We went to see a couple of sites here in Austin today. There was certainly something that was bigger than anything else we have seen in America so far, it is our friend's Dodge RAM2500. Andi needed a push to be able to step (up) into the car.

Here are some pictures of our time at the capitol in Texas, where George W. Bush used to be a governor.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths.

We are staying at a Holiday Inn at Georgetown (Texas). The weather here is not the best, since it is raining and freezing. Church services at Calvary Chapel of Georgetown and Calvary Austin were canceled, so today is a slow day for us. We are reading, sleeping, and I am watching some television.

Please pray for the weather, we would really like to make our connection to Budapest in New York on Tuesday. If we can't make it on Tuesday, the next available flight is on Thursday only.

Thank you for praying for us.

Albuquerque

We are still in Albuquerque. We are leaving for Texas, but all flights to Dallas are either cancelled or delayed. Thankfully, it seems that ours will make it, albeit a bit late.

We had a really good time here in Albuquerque with our friends Sheridan and Sondra. We met with a group of believers who regularly pray for us and for the church, they are from a cool little missions organization by the name of Called Christians. We were extremely encouraged by our time with them, it was probably one of the coolest evenings we have had on this trip.


We are pretty tired by now. It is a blessing to see all the people, but we are ready to go home.

OC 2.0

Today we went to the beach again, this time to Huntington Beach. It was so much fun. 27° C (80°F), sunny and clear skies, although this made the smog so much more visible. Here are some pictures.

Disneyland

Yes, we have to admit that we went to Disneyland. I used to think that it is for kids only, but I had to realize that it is for kids and grownups alike. We went to both Disney's California Adventure park and Disneyland park as well.

Since dear friends found free tickets for us we went, otherwise we would have never paid $83 per person to go to an amusement park, no way. Thank you Lori and Robert.

OC 1.0

We are in Orange County now, staying with our friends Doug and Anna, here. They live really close to the ocean, so we went to Balboa today. It was very windy, nevertheless we enjoyed walking around and gazing at God's creation. The sunset was beautiful. You look.

70°F (21°C)

We are at the Calvary Chapel Conference Center in Murrieta Hot Springs (California) right now. The annual Calvary Chapel Mission Conference is a great blessing to both of us. We are enjoying our time here very much. The studies are encouraging, challenging, and very helpful.

It is great to meet fellow missionaries, pastors, other servants of God. Some of the stories are incredible, like the one of Saeed. He is a pastor of underground churches in Iran, he was trained by Hezbollah when he was 14 to invade Israel, and he wanted to kill the preacher who talked to him about Jesus. Also incredible is the story of Heather Mercer, a missionary rescued from a Taliban prison in Afghanisthan.

Of course, the weather is not bad either. It is warm, sunny, and very pleasant.