Above: Kitti and Eszti seen above at Friday’s Teen Ministry came to church tonight! For many people, one of the greatest challenges is to break through the initial fear barrier of stepping foot into church for the first time. Kitti and Eszti already got to know many church members at our VBS and also through last week’s hike and last Friday’s game night. After church, teamate Brenda and Sharon invited them to our house this Friday night as well. We are so grateful for being able to follow up after VBS and having a new balance of teen girls and teen boys involved in the life of our church. Please pray for God to do a gracious work in their hearts and to give them understanding of the Gospel.



Above: Tonight, Istvan Jr. (ee-sht-von) also visited our church for the first time. His father, Istvan and mother Marika attend many of our other ministries, including our marriage Bible study. The whole family visited our church after many months of ‘almost’ attending (something always came up). Marika is a very mature Christian and is seeking a church home for her whole family. They have four kids and live in the neighboring town of Zagyvaszantó where we also hope to do church planting work in the future.



Above: Pastor Jonatán from a larger city in our county called Gyöngyös came to oversee our church’s official vote to become united with the Baptist Church in Hungary. Though we believe we are already established in God’s kingdom as a local body of believers, we beleive it is wise to be officially recognized by the governement and the community as a Baptist Church. This serves as a legal protection for our local congregation and has also brought various blessings to us. Those church members who were present signed a paper stating our intent which will be presented to the Baptist Church leadership for approval. Baptist Church Leaders have already spent adequate time meeting and praying with us as we go through this process. We are blessed to have their support, not only in establishg this local church, but in pursuing our vision of church planting.



Above L to R: Dezső, Peti and Jonatán. Dezső, who preached tonight on Romans 5 and the blessing of justification by faith through Jesus Christ continues to use his giftings to bless the church. When the time is right, it is our desire to see Dezső become an elder in our church. Peti continues to seek God’s will for provision in his life as a pastor. Please pray for God to completely provide for him and to give him and his wife Edina direction as to the next steps to take.



Above: Our Hungarian partners in ministry, Miki and Erika had to take their daughter Anna (above) to the hospital on Saturday. Anna was suffering from a high fever and unique rashes that turned out to be pinpoint areas of bleeding under the skin (petechiae). These are very disconcerting symptoms and Anna will remain in the hospital for treatment and observation. They ask for your prayers for healing for their 7 year old daughter.

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