The view from Budapest

I’m here with my friends Ella, Andrei and Mark here in Kiev and we are learning about blogging. Isn’t this easy? Everyone should blog!!!

Above Wolfgangsee in AustriaOriginally uploaded by Budapest Tom.

This past weekend our family went to the mountains of Austria. We stayed in a Christian guesthouse that is about 30 miles from Salzburg.

While we were there, we had a chance to visit Salzburg and take the “Original Sound of Music Tour” (accept no imitations). We were [...]

TexasRangersOriginally uploaded by Budapest Tom.

Last night my beloved Texas Rangers completed a 3 game sweep of the division leading Oakland A’s in dramatic fashion. They came into the 3 game series 5 games behind Oakland with 13 to play. From anyone’s perspective, it was looking pretty hopeless.

Even after winning the first two, a loss [...]

Hungarian Electric Companies seem to have a different view of the importance of their service than I do. A couple of weeks ago, the power was out for two whole days in the city that my office is in. This was planned and everyone knew about it. It wasn’t an emergency, just [...]

I’m reading through Acts a little bit each morning. This morning I was in Acts 5 where Peter and the apostles were put in jail, miraculously escaped, and then were questioned by the religious leaders. After the religious leaders questioned them, the let them go, but only after flogging them. [...]

This weekend marked an incredible milestone in sports history for me living in Budapest. It marked the first two live American Sports events that I could watch from the comfort of my own home!!!!

The Hungarian ESPN finally carried something other than soccer, team handball, darts, or snooker.

The Ryder Cup aired live most [...]

On Saturday, Texas A&M beat Clemson 27-6. After a few weeks of ignoring the Aggies for fear that they were going to have another losing season, I’m back on the bandwagon. They might still have a losing season, but it is nice to see two strong victories in a row.

Gig ‘Em!!!!

Yesterday, I went to seminar put on buy Andrew Jones. It was part of a conference by the Alliance for Saturation Church Planting. He was discussing how “new media” is used in reaching the 20 something generation in Europe. He wrote a paper to prepare for the time.

I was very encouraged by [...]

Tom & Valerie in Venice Originally uploaded by Budapest Tom.

Valerie and I just got back from a wonderful trip to Venice!! My parents are visiting from the US and graciously took us to Venice. It is a beautiful city and incredibly unique.