William Penn Life, 2015 (50. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2015-09-01 / 9. szám
For Starters General Convention The WPA’s 38th General Convention will convene in Washington, Pa., in about a month. Everyone at the Home Office is eager to welcome our delegates to Southwestern Pennsylvania. Our staff is working hard to ensure a pleasant and productive stay for all involved. Please turn to Pages 23 to 25 of this issue. On these pages you will find the official listings of elected delegates, alternate delegates and ex-officio delegates to the General Convention. Please read this list. The men and women listed there will be deciding the direction our Association will pursue for the next four years. We congratulate those elected to represent our members and look forward to seeing them this October. Practicing their heritage Students of this year’s Hungarian Heritage Experience practice Hungarian songs under the leadership of instructor Emery Marcus. They would perform the songs later in the week during the annual “graduation” ceremony at Scenic View. The Experience ended just before the deadline for this issue, too late to prepare a full report on the week’s activities. Look for more about the Experience in our October issue. In the meantime, we want to again thank all those who made this another successful fraternal event: Mr. Marcus and fellow instructor Tamás Markovits; Ilona Martincsek and Ursula Markovits, our marvelous cooks for the week; David Kozak, who did whatever needed to be done; the Scenic View staff who prepared the facility and grounds for our arrival; the WPA Board of Directors, without whose support the Experience would not be possible; and, last but certainly not least, our wonderful students, who make it all worthwhile. We hope to see you again at next year's Experience. Rebecca and Jacob have some fun with two residents of the orphanage they visited during a mission trip to Honduras this June. Sharing the fraternal by Jacob and Rebecca Horvath In June, we traveled to a small orphanage in Honduras on a mission trip. This was our second trip, having traveled there last year as well. Every time someone asks us what we thought of the trip, our only response is "amazing." It is hard to put into words the experience and everything we learned, but it has truly had a large impact on our lives. We went down to Honduras to help the children at the orphanage and the other native people, but in reality, they helped us even more. They welcomed us into their homes and their culture, and in doing so, taught us so much about the importance of the little things in life. The children, who had very little, were always happy and smil” ... 2 ° September 2015 0 William Penn Life spirit in Honduras ing. They called everyone "friend" whether or not they knew the person. Even though the children did not speak English, we still found ways to communicate and form strong friendships. Our experiences in Honduras reminded us to never take anything for granted and to be thankful for what we have in life, including our family, education, homes and other possessions. What we have many others do not. There are so many great things we could say about our mission trips to Honduras; they have truly been amazing experiences, and we wish everyone could participate in one. (Siblings Jacob and Rebecca Horvath are members of WPA Branch 28 Younstown, Ohio.)
