Friends!

A quick update from Kristen!

Hi all! We can proudly say that your support has gone a long way and is really beginning to pay off! Patty and I have now been here together for two days, have ordered all the proper camera equipment, and are in pre-production stages. Our goals for the first week were to meet people, make connections, and find people who want to be interviewed for the project.

Well, we already have friends! Not just people who are interested in being interviewed, but we have made connections through church groups and other local connections who are truly interested in the project and its ideas and us, Patty and I. We have learned so much already about differences in how people connect and interact in the United States versus Europe, through conversations with all of these new faces.

Yesterday, a group invited us to join them on a day-trip to Budapest. It was beautiful to see all the new sights, but more than anything it was amazing and energizing to step back and realize how open people are to us, to our project, and how quickly we are already making real friends. Everything is coming together so so well.

So now it is Saturday, around noon, and we have a meeting with someone at three o clock. We have some sort of meeting with new people every day until Wednesday from here on out, so hopefully we will continue to make these great new connections and continue to learn from them. Soon, we will start the actual interview process. Thanks again for following along! It's great to feel the support from back home.

Kristen