Thankful List :: February 2013

• 4 euro jeans from a thrift store that fit perfectly,
• Brittany's successful foreign police visit,
• Erik's new "role model": Tevye  (from Fiddler on the Roof)
• Heather's back from Cali and fully supported,
• The 2000 piece puzzle is finished- and Erik helped,
• A ride to Bible study (lots of these, and several rides home that we were also very thankful for),
• Erik passed his driving test!
• The sun is shining on a Saturday morning,
• Erik still has weekends off,
• Our new rice cooker (we named it "Blahoslav," meaning "Blessed") 
• A perfectly pleasant Sunday,
• The Melos driving us home after church,
• The weather is nice enough for a light jacket,
• We have that special piece of paper that I thought would take weeks to receive,
• The foreign police actually accepted that special piece of paper and only asked one question- which I understood and knew the answer to,
• Out of the foreign police by 9am on a Wednesday morning,
• A mid-week date to the city center with Erik,
• The sun is shining another day,
• Our living room, warm with sunshine,
• Another meeting with my Slovak/English conversation partner,
• The foreign police are very, very sorry for rescheduling our appointment again,
• India documentaries,
• All the wealth we didn't know we had until we watched the documentaries about India,
• A person doesn't necessarily need an education in order to make a living,
• A visit with Katie,
• Katie's available to do worship while we're in Hungary,
• We get to get out of town next weekend,
• Perfect weather,
• A couple short conversations at the grocery store (and one very long amusing one)
• Dish soap on sale,
• Weather nice enough for a grill party,
• Jakub's mom is willing to translate for me,
• Our mint plant is still alive,
• Leftovers (so we don't have to eat at Divny Janko)
• Erik cleaned our kitchen,
• We got to sit down on the bus when we were so tired,
• exercise 
• My legs aren't sore,
• The used Slovak book that we bought months ago finally doesn't smell like cigarette smoke any more,
• Lots of people at Friday night Bible Study,
• Danka agreed to do my taxes,
• Erik's driver's license is finished and ready to pick up after just a week or so,
• We didn't get stuck in the snow drifts while driving in Hungary,
• The new CD from Scott Cunningham,
• Getting to meet some of Erik's old friends in Budapest,
• Home, safe and comfortable again,
• Spring is "technically" here,
• Erik's free business training,
• A trip to Ikea when it wasn't crowded,
• Coffee date with Brittany and her encouraging words,
• A house full of friends,
• Left over pizza dough,
• A clean house again,
• Good news in the mail- I have permanent residency!
• Girl time with Heather,
• A smooth medical exam,
• Erik- my electric mixer ;)
• A bunt pan for 50% off,
• Passover with our really big "family,"
• Good Friday ecumenical service wasn't toooo off,
• Songs in Slovak that we didn't know could be sung in Slovak,
• A relaxing day just with Erik,
• A nice day with friends on a drizzly Saturday, getting blessed all day long,
• The glass cooking dish on sale,
•  I won Bang!
• Simon is visiting,
• Brittany's new flat,
• Vacancy listings in the English I can understand,
• Time to sleep in,
• The History Channel's Bible Series, despite the inaccuracies,
• Our new Irish/Slovak friends, and their encouraging words about Slovak medical care and child birth,
• Time for dinner with friends after church, and perfect bus connections on the way home