When we arrived back from Split, we began our final week in Croatia. The morning of our final midweek, I went to the park that is in our neighborhood for a jog and my prayer time. As I prayed by one of the lakes in the pond, I cried tears of thankfulness and sadness. I thanked God over and over for the incredible time we have had. He truly did bless us beyond what we had even asked of Him and could have foreseen to be possible. I also cried tears of sadness because I truly feel like the Zagreb church became family to us in such a short time. The thought of leaving them and not being to see their smiling faces was heartbreaking. As I closed my prayer time, I asked again, as our family had done many times before, to use us to invite someone to church and have them study the Bible. As I made my way out of the park, God answered our prayer. I met a professional soccer player who is from Gabon. He is yearning for friendships with other English speakers and wants to find a church that speaks English. Derek and our children, along with a few others from church, met him for lunch and dessert later that afternoon at the Square. He is very eager to visit church and get to know more of the singles. We said goodbye to the church at last week’s midweek. Derek and I shared how grateful we were to have given been the opportunity to spend our summer with the Zagreb church. Of course, this was filled with tears and emotion as we knew this was the last time we would see many of the married couples we had spent time with. Everyone has been so gracious and helpful to us while we lived here. They were very kind to give us a historic replica of a Croatian baptismal as a gift. It is beautiful. The girls were given famous chocolates which they were delighted to receive! The next night day we took our first train ride to Budapest, Hungary to visit the church and spend the last few days with Shawn and Lena. Budapest is a historical and architectural masterpiece of elegance and beauty. We gaped at each and every building, castle, monument and bridge we encountered. On Saturday, we were able to meet the church at a karaoke party. It was a blast! There were wonderful acts all night long. I sang a few songs and the girls sang a few songs too. Derek chose to pass on this and encourage us from his seat! On Sunday, Virog and Peti Szabad, who are the church leaders, graciously asked Derek and I to give the Communion talk. The spirit of the church was fun, friendly and warm. Even though most could not speak English, they made such strong efforts to express their love to us. They also gave us a gift bag filled with Hungarian paprika which most dishes are made with and yummy truffles and chocolates. We spent Sunday afternoon touring the city with several of the singles and saw several castles. On Monday, the Efstathions, the other Wootens, and the Szabads traveled to an outdoor water park that is filled with many pools and slides. All of us had a fun filled day splashing and giggling with each other. Wednesday night we will be teaching at our final midweek with the singles in Zagreb. That night we head to Venice, Italy via the train.