Budapest, Hungary

Well today we arrived in Easter Europe at Budapest which is in Hungary...and we were quite hungary...ha...thats a funny pun. We were quite ready to leave Rome. Our hostel there, the Freestyle Hostel, was a party hostel so Phil and I did not get much sleep bc it was so noisy. We did however meet a ton of cool people and now have new friends. I meet this cool Ausie guy named Paul who has been living in Poland for the past 6 months. We might catch up with him for Aussie day on Jan 26 in Warsaw.

Rome was a pretty cool city. There is so much history. On the day before we left we went to a church that sapposely has the chains that were on Saint Peter. We also saw the Vaticin, the Collesum, the Patheon, and some other cool stuff. On our last day a lady tried to pick pocket me. I felt bad bc here daughter was there and I kind of went off on her. How cool would it have been to actually give here money or buy her food even after she tried to do that- but I didnt do that. Maybe next the time I almost get picked pocketed I will do that. I am also thinking about putting small mouse traps in my pockets- that would be funny. If that is the case, pray that I get pick pocketed.

Anyways, we are now in Budapest Hungary. I am really excited about this place. Eastern Europe is so chill, and way cheaper then Wester Europe. There also seems to be so much more history and tradition out here. We are not sure what to do in Budapest, but I am sure we will find something out. Let me know if you have any suggestions. We are staying in this really cool hostel that is so chill. Already the people seem really nice. There is much more space here and they actually have a laundray service for about 4 Euros- thats really good news for me. We are going to tink around this side of the content for a few weeks and end in Prague, where we will fly out to Amsterdam.

I am not really sure what God is teaching me. It has been hard to pray and read the Bible. I have all these things that I feel like I should be doing- like praying, or reading scripture, or journaling- and if I don't do one, I feel a ton of anxiety. This is a lot of pressure to carry around all day. Every time I have free time, I feel like I should be filling it with one of these things. I just feel like my relationship with Him has been all performanced based, me doing things, and not very relational. I dont want morality, I don't want religion, I want a relationship. If you know me you will understand where my heart is on this. I still miss home but this sickness is gradually going away with every new place we go to. I also still worry a little about finances, but it all seems to be working out.

Pray for peace for me. I am learning that I am a really anxious person who stresses out about things. Also pray in whatever way you feel after reading the above paragraph. And then the usual, health, finances, food, housing, ruthless trust on our part- just continual provision.

I miss and love you all. Thanks for everything. I am greatful for the blessings that you have all been. I am sorry if I ever had taken advantage of that, and if I didn't say it enough, thank you!!!

Much Love,
BC

ps. the spell check does not work on this computer so I may have spelled a ton of things wrong.