Hannah's Art Work

Hannah's first semester artwork was shown--private family viewing--yesterday. Donna took pictures of some of her favorites. The 1st picture is "tempera painting" around leaf imprints, and then she had to design the leaves - pretty contrasts! The 2nd is a drawing of a story, where the kids listen to the teach describe the meeting of a cat and a rabbit, who live in separate houses, but to their surprise, they are related somehow - notice their similar coats of hair, as Hannah imagined them! The 3rd painting began with looking at a picture of a parrot, and then they had to use various color paints to create their own - isn't he a cute one!

Sarah in the Village News!

This just in! The monthly Kübekháza Kurir village paper had a picture and short article about the American girl singing at the big village Christmas event. Rob has translated to English for your reading pleasure! We are proud of Sarah!

Sarah George Left the Audience Spell-bound

The church audience at the “Everyone’s Christmas” event was enthralled by the delightful 11-year old American girl Sarah George, who between the echoing walls of the church first sang Amazing Grace, a well-known Christian song, then sang her own composition as well.

The Virginia-born girl lives with her family and sister in Szeged and studies at the Juhasz Gyula (Jules Shepherd) School. Her parents accompanied her to the performance, and even her grandparents came all the way from New York to visit Hungary, spend Christmas together as a family, and be a part of their granddaughters’ Kübekháza success.

Christmas Day in Szeged

What a great surprise to get snow Christmas Eve and enjoy a White Christmas in Szeged with Dad and Louise here. We had a special day of celebrating, present opening, walking to Mátyás tér and pictures with Saint Francis of Assisi. Donna made many wonderful dishes and we ate very well!

Pre-Christmas Events

We had some fun pre-Christmas activities, including Sarah singing solos at the Szeged Christmas Market and in the Kübekháza village Christmas event. Her choir also sang in the Cathedral downtown. There was the annual Zion Church Family Christmas service, which the kids especially enjoy. We were very glad to have Dad George and Louise here to be a part of our Christmas preparations as well.