I love Christmas break.

It truly is amazing.

Yesterday I went to the Christmas Market, which was a little bittersweet, since I'm still not sure if this will be my last time there -- but I compensated by buying a little souvenir for myself, just in case! (Thanks, Granny!) Then Austin and I went to a coffeeshop run by a missionary family at the school. I really enjoyed it; it was a great little place. The food and drinks are provided free, and they provide outreach to the visitors in Hungarian. Last night, it was a Christmas poetry reading done by local actors. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I could understand! I'm really glad I got the chance to see more of what our school families actually do in the community. Austin, Minkee, and I will be performing there in January, and I'm excited!

Then today I relaxed! I watched Elf this morning to get into the Christmas spirit, and then I did a little cooking. Mostly, though, I tried to set aside time to really seek the Lord. I realize now that I kind of had a militant attitude: ok, God, You're doing to tell me what to do next year, and I'm not getting up until You do! But it turned into a really great time of being reminded of God's faithfulness. So all that to say, I still don't have an answer, which is really frustrating, and I certainly still covet Your prayers! but I am not quite so stressed as I was before.

And I've been looking forward to this all day: I'm putting It's a Wonderful Life in my computer, which is currently hooked to Lisa's awesome LCD projector from the school! So I have a giant, wall-sized screen for my viewing pleasure, and I'll enjoy some tea and Ikea cookies while I watch George Bailey remember that life is, in fact, wonderful.

And it is.