The view from Budapest

Yesterday, the Hertzlers took my kids for the day so that I could have a break. I didn’t even have to ask them, they asked me. They’re some great friends!

The goal for the day was to do NOTHING in large quantities. I think I did a pretty good job. I spent [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m reading through the Bible this year (or at least I’m starting). Currently, I’m in one of those sections where it is easy to get bogged down. It is the passages in Exodus where God tells Moses how to build the tabernacle, and the ark of the covenant, and [...]

I haven’t been blogging much as we try to get ready for surgery next week. Here is an update with information on how you can pray for us.

The day is almost here. On Monday, December 5th, I will have surgery in Straubing, Germany. The surgery is an artificial disc replacement where they [...]

The Surgery is taking over my life! I’ve found that most of my activites focus around it. We leave for Germany 2 weeks from today and the surgery is 15 days away (You can follow the countdown over in the sidebar with the nifty countdown tool that I found).

Here’s [...]

Mexican Dinner with English Family!!!

Originally uploaded by Budapest Tom.

I’ve been having a great time hanging out with my sister Amy and her husband Grant. Here we are at a Mexican Restaurant in Plano, Texas called Ojedas. You can see my neices and nephew [...]

Well, I made it. I’m in Dallas safe and sound and awaiting my doctor’s appointment in the morning. The flight was uneventful and I didn’t have much pain. After my last experience on a plane coming back from Kiev, I feared the worst. The flight was a little long, but my [...]

Valerie ran in another race today!! She and Jessie ran in the Coca-Cola Women’s 10k. They ran a relay where Jessie started and Valerie finished. It was a beautiful day on Margaret Island (an island in the Danube river right in the heart of Budapest, sort of like New York’s Central [...]

Just wanted to let you know that I was able to confirm my doctors appointment. It is at 7:45am in Dallas on Tuesday morning, Oct 18th. Please keep me in your prayers and pray that the doctor will have wisdom. I’ll be sure to post after the appointment and let you know [...]

Yesterday was a turning point in trying to make decisions about my back. In talking with some friends yesterday, I came to the following conclusions:

1. ) I don’t want to have the surgery here in Hungary – I realized that if there were complications with the surgery, then I don’t want to be in [...]