The Ball is Rolling!

Hey all!
Everything seems to be rolling now here in Hungary! I feel like I at least kind of know what will be happening as baseball and everything gets rolling, and I am quite excited!
First off, we had another tournament last weekend and the first day we took first in the youngest age group! It was really fun and I enjoy watching the kids play baseball, especially when I see them having fun. The evening tournament we took second in the adult softball, and it was a bummer cuz we were the first seed going into the finals, but, maybe cuz a few of us had been there for 13 hours, we couldn't hit in the final...oh well, it was fun to play instead of coach! The second day I helped Suzanne coach the Giants and we were able to pull out third by only a couple points! The older team from Erd, the Pirates, ended up getting second. Over the whole weekend I was able to get bronze, silver and gold, so it was pretty sweet! Most of all, though, it was really good to spend time with the players and start to build relationships with them! A few of them can speak english, but they don't like to tell me that until I find out for myself. It makes it a little difficult, but its exciting to know that they can at least understand me a little! They also seem to enjoy laughing at my pitiful Hungarian, so I'm glad I can bring them joy in that way too... :)
Last night was my first in the youth group at the local church I have been attending, and I really enjoyed it! I was a little nervous going into it because of the language barrier and not knowing if the students would be excited for a new person to join them, but it was a really good time! We played some games (Sequence and another I can't remember), I introduced myself and they had no idea where Oregon was until I mentioned California, and the pastor shared a message. I love games because it allows for relationship building without the need to be fluent in each other's language, so I am excited to keep working with the church in that way! It was a really important thing for me to get involved in the local church, so that is a huge answer to prayer! Oh and next week we have an all nighter on Saturday! I am looking forward to playing games, watching movies, and just hanging out with the students, and I get to make them breakfast, which means I have an excuse to buy a lot of bacon! Always a win... :)
Thanks for all of your continued prayers! I have a few for the next few weeks too! Tomorrow I am helping Terry by filling in for his English teaching class in the morning. Apparently it is easy but I have a solid ability to worry, so pray that it is just as simple as I was told! Also, pray for the friendships I am building with the players and students at the church because that is my purpose in being here! Finally, we start school visits on March 4th, so pray that we would be able to draw kids into baseball!