Hello!

My name is Ivan Havassy. I’m 26 years old and am studying theology at the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty at Comenius University.I’ve finished my fourth year at seminary and am spending this summer as an intern at the United Lutheran Church in Swiss Alp, Texas.

I’m originally from Košice, Slovakia. Košice is the second largest city in my country. I have one older sister. She is married and has two little boys. Both my parents work in a lab as chemists.

I am very excited that I am here in the U.S. and very thankful for this opportunity. Never once did I think that maybe one day I would come to the United States, yet, here I am.I was worried and had some concerns before coming here, but now I’m very glad I did come. I have had many new experiences. This church may not be big, but the people here have very big hearts. Things also work a little differently here than in the churches at home and that has been a great inspiration for me.

The first two weeks I stayed with Pastor Lemae Higgs and her two daughters. She is a pastor in the Swiss Alp church.
They took me on many trips. We visited Houston, Galveston Island and many others amazing places. On the 4th of July I was in a parade in Round Top. Next week I’m going to camp at Luterhill and really looking forward to it.