Yesterday morning, as I was riding my bike down a muddy field road to get to the Children’s House in Gorogszallas (the Roma village), I thought about how that field road, with its ruts and mud puddles, represents life.  Life is messy.  Some parts, of course, are messier than others and then there are some […]

I am finally settled in!  I arrived at my placement site in Nyirtelek on Thursday, September 13.  I was greeted by Pastor Mihlay; his wife Panni; and Cata, a young woman who works at the church.  They showed me to my lovely room and left me with the task of making the space feel like […]

Last week Pastor Zolt invited us to one of the Szarvas church’s outreach programs in order to make plum jam with the elderly.  Under the tent in front of the program center, we got to see the jam-making set-up and the brick oven where they make cookies, bread, and other sweets for the people in […]