Benjamin`s Birthday Party

Benjamin turned 3 on November 20. 

We had the family over for some celebration. 

                                     

Opening presents from the Hungarian grandparents, Mita and Pita. 

Continue

Cool things in 1Thessalonians!

 I love to just read through an entire book of the Bible. There are always so many things God opens up my eyes for. Here is a few encouragements that stood out to me from reading 1Thessalonians this week. 

You are LOVED by God!
Become a MODEL to all believers!
Let`s not try to please men, but please God who tests our hearts!
Live lives WORTHY to God. 
The WORD OF GOD IS AT WORK IN YOU WHO BELIEVE.
Become imitators of God. 
It is God`s will that you should be sanctified. 
God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. 
We will be WITH THE LORD FOREVER.Encourage each other with these words. 
You are sons of the light and sons of the day. 
We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.
ENCOURAGE one another and BUILD EACH OTHER UP, just as in fact you are doing. 
Warn those who are idle.
Encourage the timid.
Help the weak. 
Be patient with everyone. 
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each othee and to everyone else. 
Be joyful always.
P r a y  c o n t i n u a l l y. 
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God`s will for you in Jesus Christ.
TEST EVERYTHING. HOLD ON TO THE GOOD. 
The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it.


And what a promise to close with! God  pledges Himself to do this work in me. Wow!!!!!! :)

Continue

August update

Family News
This summer has gone by very fast. It is the middle of August already which means that Edina`s mom is coming to visit from Hungary in 2 weeks!!! We are all very excited to see her.

Scott has been working long hours this summer.
Benjamin and I (Edina) are home a lot. I am teaching him the Hungarian language and a lot of other things. He is healthy, active and loves to learn new things.
Deputation News
We are working on putting our ministry portfolio together that will contain information about us and our future ministry in Indonesia. We will send these portfolios out to churches who are interested in hearing about this ministry.
Our new 2011 ministry video is now available to view. We would love your feedback on it!

Our departure goal: November 2012

Thank you so much for reading our update!!!!!! 
Please pray for all those missionaries who are working overseas already!!! 


Until the last tribe comes to Him in faith,
Scott and Edina Lough


I want to give!

Continue

Discipleship

.

Continue

Edina~s weekend trip

This was a special time with girlfriends. Kind of a last minute idea, but it worked out. A couple of my friends were doing a road trip from Missouri to Michigan and they picked me up for the weekend. 

We went up to Glen Arbor, beautiful little tourist town in Northern Michigan with little shops and restaurants.... and an unbelievable  beach with turqouise blue water and white sand. When I first saw how beautiful light blue the lake was I thought it could have been the Carribeans and not Lake Michigan. 

We stayed at my friend`s friend`s cabin on Lake Michigan. It was so nice and comfortable, a real treat!

To see all my pictures CLICK HERE

In the background: Glen Lake
A hatterben: Glen To

Mary and I on Lake Michigan
Mary es en a Michigan tonal

Lake Michigan
Michigan to 

Sherry and I
Sherry es en

At a ghost town
Egy kisertetvarosban

Sunset at Lake Michigan
Naplemente a Michigan tonal

At the ghost town
A kisertetvarosban

Continue

Our house in Michigan ----Hazunk Michigan-ben

It is so cool to finally settle down again and not live out of the suitcase for a change. We are almost unpacked. This house is such a blessing to us. We are grateful to be here. 
It is the 4th of July today. We decided to take the day easy since there is so much travelling and cleaning and packing and unpacking behind us. We took a bike ride in the morning, then Scott took Benjamin to see Cars2 in the cinema. It was Benjamin`s very first cinema experience and he loved it! 
Later in the afternoon we grilled some chicken and burgers and hotdogs and watched cartoons with Benjamin. 
Then Scott took Benjamin out for fishing while I am catching up on some emails and paperwork at home. 
I dont know if we are gonna go see some fireworks later. But either way it was a nice day. 
Olyan jo vegre megint megallapodni egy kicsit es nem a borondbol elni. Mar majdnem mindent kicsomagoltunk, amire szuksegunk van. A haz teljesen felszerelt, igy nem kell mindent eloszednunk. Nagyon szeretjuk a hazat, es halasak vagyunk erte!
Ma julius 4-e van, Amerika fuggetlenseg napja. Ugy dontottunk, hogy kenyelmesen toltjuk el a napot, mivel sok takaritas, csomagolas, koltozkodes, utazas all mogottunk. Reggel kimentunk biciklizni, majd Scott elvitte Beniket a moziba, a Verdak2-ot neztek meg, Ez volt Benike elso mozizasa. Nagyon tetszett neki!
Kesobb delutan grilleztunk csirket es hamburgert meg hotdog-ot es rajzfilmeket neztunk Benikevel. Aztan Scott elvitte Beniket pecazni en pedig itthon maradtam, van egy kis papirmunkam meg email-eket kellett elinteznem. Lehet, hogy kesobb kimegyunk majd valami tuzijatekra, de meg nem tudom biztosan. Jaj de jo nap volt!

Continue

Our FUNNY CRAZY trip up to Michigan!

 Yeaaa.... we just got our fast internet hooked up a few minutes ago! GOtta love it! 

We made it home safely to Michigan on Monday night.. actually Tuesday morning, just after midnight.

It was a CRAZY trip, it ended up being a 19 hours trip instead of an 11 hour one. 

We had a loaded trailer and a loaded van and they seemed to run fine, then when we got to Illinois, the van (or the trailer) (we couldnt figure out which one) started making weird sounds. 

Scott was really worried and stressed.... he didnt want to keep driving and potentially blowing the transmission or something serious like that.

So from then on we pulled over at almost every exit on the hwy. Scott basically pulled the van and the trailer apart, changed the wheel bearings, checked everything etc..... but nothing seemed to make a difference. 

It was really windy that day too by the way. 

After a while we noticed that the sound would stop for a few seconds every time a semi truck would pass us or when we would pass a group of trees or housing.........

It took us a few hours to put it together..... All the sudden I got a thought, IT WAS THE SOUND OF THE WIND!!!  From that moment on I was watching the sound, it would stop again and again when we passed bigger objects. I was totally right!!!! 

It took me a few hours to convince Scott too that it was only the strong Illinois wind that made the weird sounds...Poor guy, he was so stressed and suspicious that it was hard for Him to believe it first. But then we just kept driving in spite of the sound, and guess what! When we got out of the Illinois, the noise stopped completely. And the van and the trailer ran fine!

But by then we were 5-6 hours behind schedule. So it was a little after midnight when we rolled into our drive way in Hudsonville. 

We are so happy to finally be here close to family and friends and our church. And the house..... the house is fantastic!!! I will post some pictures tomorrow. Thank God for this house! 

We are so blessed to have gotten it! 

Until tomorrow then.

edina

Continue