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Stepping Stone {Finding Life and Love in a Foreign Land}

7/12/2016

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All the walls around me were stark white as I stood in front of the doctor for my leprosy screen.  Yes, leprosy.  Yes, me wearing next to nothing for a leprosy screen.  I remembered thinking, “ I didn’t even know leprosy was still a thing.  Really?”
 
With a sigh I tried not to roll my eyes when the doctor remarked disdainfully about my red toenails. I guess this Hungarian doctor was not accustomed to such toes. 
 
To live as a missionary in Hungary many years ago, I had to complete a series of medical tests in order to receive my visa.  And you know, when I signed up to be a missionary nobody told me that.
 
Nobody said, “hey, by the way, after you get there you will have to go and take off all your clothes so their doctor can make sure you aren't a leper. You will also have to have a chest x-ray done in a machine that most certainly leaks radiation.”  Of course, if someone had mentioned that I very likely would have changed my mind altogether.
 
Such were my days in Hungary.  For two years I lived in a small Hungarian town sharing the gospel with the the university students who resided there.  Those two years were filled with memorable moments both of the marvelous and exasperating variety.
 
My missions experience there turned out to be . . . not what I expected.  Not in the least. 
 
I certainly did not expect the whole leprosy thing, or the craziness of the post office bill paying system, or riding the wrong trains in the wrong directions, or the mouth-watering goodness of their food, or the helpful nature of its people.  I least of all expected to fall in love while living there.
 
For me, living in Hungary was a turning point in my life, a stepping stone into a future I did not expect.  Those two years turned into eleven years of full time foreign missions.  Now, I'm back.  Back in the land of my birth and itching to tell my story in the hopes that I can encourage other women to step upon the stones waiting for them. 
 
Read my book and journey with me and laugh at me as I share with you the years that changed everything. 
 
With love and thankfulness – Stacy Dyck


About Stacy

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Stacy Dyck grew up in Weatherford, Texas, and later graduated from Hardin-Simmons University. After graduation she moved to Hungary to fulfill her part of the Great Commission. During two years of service she met and fell in love with her now husband, Johann. Eleven years later, after living in Hungary, Czech Republic, and Austria, Stacy is returning to her Texas roots with her husband and two boisterous boys. They live in the Dallas area, where Stacy enjoys a new life as a missions advocate.
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Michele Morin link
7/14/2016 03:52:03 am

We do have a very glamorous picture of foreign missions -- thanks for injecting some reality into our dreams!

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Betsy de Cruz link
7/14/2016 04:15:06 am

Hi Stacey, I spent 9 months in Dallas, just returned to the MidEast in May. Last year my family and I vacationed in Budapest. We fell in love with it. Such a wonderful city. I'm laughing about the leprosy screening and x-ray. Here in our city, every summer twice a week, a truck used to drive around with a huge barrel of like burning oil, leaving a trail of billowing smoke, this was to kill mosquitos. I often wondered how many of my own lung cells were being killed each Tuesday and Saturday. :-)

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Elizabeth Stewart link
7/14/2016 11:00:23 am

I think most of our life experiences are less romantic than we imagine them to be, and yet more rich and sweet in other ways than we expected.

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