Saturday, September 24, 2005

Curt and Shay

We have been married for 23 years. Both of us graduated from Decatur High School and then went to separate colleges. We dated for four years and then were married in 1982. We have lived most of our lives in the North Alabama area.
A few years after we were married, Curt began a small trade show exhibit design company called Southern Convention Services. It is currently located in Madison, Alabama. God has blessed this company by bringing wonderful people to work there and for allowing it to help support us while we're on the mission field.
Shay worked for several years in the business world before becoming a stay-at-home mom when Olivia was born. Soon after Meredith was born, we began praying about the possibility of homeschooling both girls when the girls were older. The decision was made to begin this journey of home education and we are currently in our 11th year of this adventure.
In 2002, we believed that God was calling us into full time Christian ministry as missionaries. After almost a year in prayer, we made a public commitment in March 2003 to this call. Through a series of events, we decided that Bible Study Fellowship was the organization that we would serve with in overseas missions. Bible Study Fellowship trained us to be "class planters" for BSF in Budapest, Hungary. The hope is that a ladies and a men's class will eventually be thriving in this city.
The Brannons have been in Budapest for a year and a half and we are continuing to learn how to live in a foreign culture. God has graciously provided a very comfortable home, many new friends, and opportunities for the girls to be involved in ministry, too. Recently, a ladies' BSF class has begun and we are praying for growth in that class-numerically and spiritually.

Feel free to contact us through our family email address: brannons@scsonline.com We would love to hear from you!

Friday, September 16, 2005

A New Blog Site For The Brannons


The Brannon crew is playing around with a new blog site that would allow us to post pictures and other fun things to our blog. We really do think that blogs are the "way to go" in keeping people updated with what we're doing on this side of the world. At the risk of boring you to death, we hope to post regularly some of our daily activities! We're just a normal family like you. We just happen to live in another country. This picture was taken outside our home in Budaors, Hungary. Left to right, that's Tessa our new toy poodle, Meredith, Olivia, Shay, and Curt. Not included in the picture is our other dog, Zsani, and our big orange tabby, Sydney. On the next blog, we'll "introduce" each member of the family and give you some background on each member. Thanks for reading our blog!