over the past year I did every parttime job I could find .this summer I gained something priceless when I got off the plane in Hungary to meet Alice face to face for the first time . I'll never forget that moment or the hard work it took to get there . we have had many difficulites to overcome , like the distance and lack of money . but we kept hoping and never lost heart . when Alice showed me around her hometown , we realized that the road to a friend's house is never too long or too difficult to travel .