Update on Amy

Our baby is extremely cute!

This is gonna be a quick update but I feel like it's time we had a blog post specifically on Amy.

She was born with less than 4 pounds and was 18 inches.

Now that she is 6 months old, she is about 15 lbs and is over 27 inches.

She could roll from her belly to her back when she was 3 months old and could roll from her back to her belly when she was 5 months old. She started to hold her bottle while drinking the same month.

Now that she turned 6 months old, she can crawl, sit, stand and walk while holding onto something (like the crib). When we put her down, the first thing she does is crawl to a place where she can stand (she finds something she can hold onto). 

She is a very happy baby. She listens to people talking, smiles at people, she loves to jump on people's lap or just talk. She is a very active baby.

We have been at my parents' house for the past 2 weeks, and my mom keeps telling people how Amy was an infant when we came and now she is a toddler. She definitely learned a lot of things she didn't know how to do before.

My sister and her kids also like to play with her and spent a lot of time entertaining Miss Amy. I'm very thankful for my family being so awesome and taking care of Amy when I'm too tired and Chris is working. It's a huge help!

She gives us a lot of joy! Chris loves her so much and tells me how cute and wonderful she is. She truly loves her dad.

The beauty of all this is Amy is supposed to be 2 months behind. Her whole story is amazing. She had 2 cysts, both 6mm when I was pregnant with her. The doctor offered abortion to me. Obviously I refused. Both cysts disappeared before Amy was born. The doctor didn't believe the ultrasound and asked another doctor if it's possible. God was with us then as well.

After that I had pre-eclampsia (it's a pregnancy sickness that can be very dangerous if not treated) and my doctor didn't realize it. By God's grace I measured my blood pressure one day and went to the hospital because it was extremely high. Amy was born 4 days later (a month before my due date), because my situation was so serious the doctors had to induce labor. She was shrinking in my belly day by day. She was a month behind and a month early when she was born. Amy was born healthy (though underweight), and didn't need oxygen. She was in an incubator for a week because of her weight. She was never sick (except for a runny nose), she has been developing very well.

God showed His grace through Amy's life from even before she was born until now, and we are sure He will continue to show His grace even after. Many people prayed for Amy and still pray for her. We are very thankful for them! As you can see, God answered their prayer this way. 

I learned a lot of lessons this past 6 months. I definitely understand more and more how much God really loves us, and how prayer is a huge tool in our hands, and how hard it must have been to sacrifice His own Son.

Amy is a good reminder of God's love to me. We love her so much!

Left Tóalmás (WOL Hungary)

Hi there,

it has been a wonderful blessing to be at WOL for the past 2 decades, to grow up and learn and serve with the amazing staff there. A little further down the page, Lili wrote about the great camp season we had, but I would just like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for supporting us in so many ways so far.
As for the future? Well, we are at Lili's parents' house until Sept. 13th, when we fly to the US for the next few years. There we will be studying to finish college, and seeking God's will as to the next steps He has planned for our lives. Please be praying that the transition would go well, and that I would be able to find work when we get out there. Thanks again for everything!

- Chris

Yes, we just arrived at my parents' house (about 40 minutes from WOL). Wow. To be honest with you (and why wouldn't I be) it's very weird. We packed all of our stuff this morning, cleaned the house we rented and with the help of many WOL people and my dad we were able to leave Tóalmás. Thank you so much for all your kindness, time and help! We wouldn't have been able to do any of these by ourselves!

We would like to especially thank the Deli family for letting us rent there house, use their fridge and other stuff, for all their help in everything! They made our life a lot easier many times.

Lili's parents

We would also like to thank Annette and Axel for providing us a bed, it was very comfy : ). Also thank you for the furniture we could borrow for the 6 months we were in our new house.

We would also like to mention all the help we got from the maintenance with all the packing.

Thank you for Timi for always being there and helping even at the last minute. We really appreciate you and you will be greatly missed!

But lets go back to the middle of camp. Since then we had the youth camps. They were all very cool especially because we had a "full house" for almost all the weeks. My niece and my mom and another relative of mine came to the 5th week. I really enjoyed spending time with them.

We had many salvation decisions and dedications (over 200 camper went forward at the invitation and about 100 dedicated their lives to Jesus Christ).

It is amazing to see "your campers" (the ones who got saved when you were their room leader or just were in your room before) grow, mature, become real women. I love to talk to them and see how they changed.

The last two weeks Chris was the "cameraman". You can see one of the videos a friend of ours (Eszter Ágoston, the "cameralady") made - you can see Amy @ 2:15

I have to say that the camp season went by very fast. Just as I though it would. It is strange though that this might have been our last one. Well, God only knows.

(If you would like to see the rest of the videos made this summer - or just other WOL Hungary videos - click here.)

Tricia and Amy

Tricia Hood, a very good friend of mine came to visit us! I haven't seen her in 2 years and I was so very happy to see her and finally be able to hug her! Also, it was her first time seeing Amy. Thank you so much Tricia for coming! We love you very much!

Farewell party at the Konya's

We had our farewell party yesterday. It was really nice that the staff thought of having a party for us. We didn't think so many people would show up (it was 2 days after camp was over and that's the time people usually go on vacation) and we were very glad to see so many friends. We received a HUGE amount of financial help from all the staff and interns as well as prayers and encouragement. It was the best way to say goodbye to all the people. Chris spent mostly all his life at WOL Hungary (18+ years) and I lived there for the past 5 years. It is going to be hard not to see all the staff everyday from now on but on the other hand we are really thankful for all the years we could see them everyday : ). They are always gonna be a big part of our lives and prayer life. We love them all and are gonna miss them.

Now we look forward being with my family. It must be very hard for them to "lose" a daughter, a son and the youngest granddaughter. We will try to spend as much time with them as we possible can. They love us very much and we love them too.

Amy turned 6 months old this month and she is such a cutie! She holds her cup by herself, she started to crawl and she talks and talks and talks : ). We really enjoy seeing her grow. She is a lot of fun!

We will update our blog more often from this time on (at least for a while) because there are many exciting new things happening to us these days and we want to share it with you. Please feel free to contact us and tells us how you are and what you are up to these days! We would love to hear from you (we mean it!).
- Lili

God bless you all!