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I love Hungary! Specifically I love the Hungarian village in which I live -- Mikepercs. It is a little like living in an old Norman Rockwell painting -- only everyone speaks Hungarian.
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First and foremost, I adore the works of Micheal Card whose songs have inspired indepth personal Bible studies and meditation on scripture. Casting Crowns is at the top of my list as well. Their "Love them Like Jesus" captures the essence of what I hope our ministry in Hungary is. And Swing music, just for fun.
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Bible, of course -- Book of Hebrews currently. Any and all CS Lewis -- because he challenges readers to think along new avenues. All missionary biography type stuff. A Skeleton in God's Closet -- because it begs the question how would each of us respond if we had only faith and faith alone on which to stand.
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Shop Around the Corner, Swing Kids, Anne of Green Gables, The Thin Man Series, Shadowlands, All World War II era flicks
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Love&Ashes: A Bible Study of Love, Loss, and Ultimate Romance (2010)
Where is God when love fails? When the prince never comes ... Or when our 'happily ever after' crumbles under the harsh realities of life? Love and Ashes: A Bible Study of Love, Loss, and Ultimate Romance tackles these questions head-on through true love stories of those who have pushed through some of life's most brutal blows. Readers then lay these riveting modern stories against the template of scriptural stories to explore common themes. In the end, Love&Ashes challenges readers to share their own stories and discover a whole new perspective on love and how God works in the stories of our own lives. No preaching, no "how tos," no formulas--just thought-provoking glimpses into real people's lives paired with fresh evaluations of the characters of Scripture. The Bible assures us that love never fails. But our shallow, superficial perception of love quite often does. That's why we need to see love with its ashes. Love&Ashes does not promise stories of happiness, but does present stories of hope--hope that allows us to be honest about the painful blows of love in this life and challenges us to understand that God's greatest goal for our lives is holiness over happiness.
Buy Love&Ashes: A Bible Study of Love, Loss, and Ultimate Romance Online
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Love&Ashes: A Bible Study of Love, Loss, and Ultimate Romance kicked off last night in Debrecen, Hungary! What a great time of learning about love!
Mar 2, 2011 - 3:46 AM
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Trudy Chun is a writer, author, mother of three (one biological, two adopted) and missionary wife living in Mikepercs, Hungary near the border with Romania. The family moved there in 2005 after her husband, Russell, retired from the US Army. She has served as Editor of Beverly LaHaye's Family Voice Magazine and has contributed to Chuck Colson's BreakPoint magazine. Her opinion pieces have appeared in newspapers across the country including the Orange County Register and the Detroit News. She has contributed to two volumes of Cup of Comfort and recently published Love&Ashes: A Bible Study of Love, Loss, and Ultimate Romance. See Trudy's blog confessionsofamissionarywife.blogspot.com. Also check out the ministry blog at goodsportsinternational.blogspot.com.
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Thy Kingdom Come ... even in tragedy
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11/11/2011 - 9:42 AM
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"Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy will be done" --Matt 6:10
"One of the orphanage kids committed suicide," my husband told me after breakfast this morning.
"Succeeded? Or attempted?" I responded, taken aback by the news.
"He's dead," my husband re...
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The Arrogant Christian Paradox
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2/22/2011 - 4:55 AM
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A couple weeks ago my father was in a car accident. He is relatively okay. I mean, it could have been much worse. But when a 78 year old man sustains a whole series of broken bones, injuries and contusions, recovery does not come quickly. We expect r...
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8/12/2010 - 5:38 PM
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"Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.``
--Proverbs 13:12
We entered the summer with hearts dancing with excitement. The adoption seemed to be rushing forward with unimaginable momentum as so many hopes and...
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"Let it be done to me..."
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12/09/2009 - 4:41 AM
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"Let it be done to me ..."
Those were Mary's words in that incredible moment when Heaven came down and kissed earth and the Son of God was conceived in her.
"Let it be done to me ..."
It was the ultimate "Yes, Lord" -- a moment of true and t...
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Spiritual Insights from Hungarian Village Life
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4/28/2009 - 3:47 AM
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Simple.
The word has a derogatory connotation.
When something is simple, it is too easy for me -- not up to my intellectual level.
When a person is "simple," as many times people from Hungarian villages are easily labeled, we mean they ar...
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