a magyar feast

One of the biggest blessings of this year has been getting to know our landlords and their family. They are such a strong, godly family, and it has been a joy to spend time with them. I wanted you to be able to see them all! On the left is Kriszti, who works with us at the school (and is expecting little Gabor before too long!) and her husband Gabor. Beside him is the amazing cook, Elzso, and behind her is the other Gabor! He's the one who did the vast majority of the restoration work on the house. The adorable baby is Lidia, and her very proud parents are Dora and Balazs.
This Sunday, we went to their church -- and again, it was like a good ol' Baptist church back home, except for the language! We sang Just As I Am, Amazing Grace, and Blessed Be the Tie That Binds... seriously, just like a Sunday back home. But the best part was afterwards, because that involved the delicious food! I wish we had pictures of that as well, but I'll just list all the things we ate -- keep in mind this is one meal, and all homemade:
*pigcheese -- not really cheese, but all the leftover parts cased in the stomach or intestinal lining. not bad if you could forget you were eating tail and snout :)
*chicken soup
*beef stew over Hungarian dumplings
*mashed potatoes
*veggies
*pork loin with kolbasz sausage cooked inside
*some kind of awesome chocolate cream cake

Notice that this meal involved 4 different types of meat. 4! I didn't eat again until lunch the next day :)