Above: After Miki’s excellent teaching on God’s word being necessary to nourish our souls like food nourishes our bodies, Val reviewed the week’s memory verses. There are clear signs in the small groups that the children are really understanding the main teaching each day. They are able to explain why the Bible is like a mirror, why God’s word is like a sword. Each symbol refreshes their memory and each verse they have learned reminds them of an eternal truth. One of the leaders reported that camper Sára shared that she truly believed all that we have taught about Jesus.



Above: Robin asked for Gabi’s help at free time to learn the books of the Bible. Even though Robin doesn't know how to read, he was really interested in learning the books of the Bible and the verses from this week.



Above: Dori, seen cheering at game time, was able to recite all the verses from the week and all of the books of the Bible from memory.



Above: Dávid, (who just came to VBS today) is one of the teens I have often had to send out of our church service for being disruptive and disrespectful. About three weeks ago, he was so rebellious when I sent him out of church that He stood by the open window as I prayed and began making disruptive noises. I had to threaten to call the police for him to stop. Last week, he showed up again to church and I was able to have a private talk with him about my desire for him to come, but my passion to protect our time set aside to worship God from disruption. I gave him another chance and invited him to help me with the children’s Sunday school class last week. He did an excellent job changing his attitude and I made sure to encourage him and tell him how proud I was of him. Just yesterday, Dezső saw Dávid as the kids were walking home from VBS and Dezső invited Dávid to come today. With Dávid’s history of stirring up trouble, many of us were paying close attention to see how he would do. Brenda reported that she saw a real fight escalating between two boys at the back border of our camp grounds. She said she saw Dávid come over and convince them to stop fighting. Dávid did not initially see Brenda, and when he saw that he was ‘caught’ doing something good, he seemed embarrassed. We praise God that although we have had to discipline Dávid in the past, he recognizes that we truly love him and he finds acceptance as a person in our presence.


Above: Ben ready to blast off into a sprint at game time. Last night there was a violent storm that woke most of us up around 3:00. We praise God that He sent sunshine for the kids to be able to play outside today!



Above: Anna cheering on her team.





Above: Some fun with tug-of-war.



Above: End of day object lesson taught by Dezső.





Above: One of the songs we have been singing all week became much weightier at the end of the day today. As we sang it, for the first time, EVERY voice joined in. The voices of the children became louder than Miki and my voice combined on microphones. The words to this song are full of what we hoped to share the whole week. Here are some lyrics to the song:

He came to the world, but the world did not love him
He did not sin, but they called Him a sinner
He healed the sick, and made the blind to see
the deaf to hear, the lame to dance.

Whether He loves you or doesn’t is no longer a question.
Look what He did for you, He came willingly.
Whether you believe or not, you have to know what He did.
God loves you, what more could He have done for you?





Above: Miki reports that the teens in his group have formed friendships and they are very interested in joining us on our hiking trips that we have begun this summer with the teens. Please pray for us as we plan to use these night hikes and campfire discussions as a way to follow up and continue to reach out to these teens.

Answered prayer and praise:

- Allen struggled through the day feeling weak, but is now feeling much better.

- All those serving at camp seem to have had abundant energy for the day.

- God continues to maintain our team unity and love for one another while serving together.

- Various kids are either revealing their faith in Jesus, or showing interest in learning more about salvation in Jesus.

- Both Miki and Dezső’s teaching time went well.

- God cleared up the weather after a violent storm last night. The kids were able to be outside in cooler, comfortable weather most of the day.

- With the help of others, Sharon was able to pull together a 4th of July party for all those serving at camp. Hajni also came to the party and was able to listen in on conversations about how we live out our faith in Jesus day to day.

Specific requests FOR OUR LAST DAY OF VBS!

- Pray that many parents would come and have an opportunity to hear about Jesus at camp tomorrow.

- Pray for Peti who will be leading the Bible study for parents who may be hearing about Jesus for the first time.

- Pray for God to direct the weather to be most effective for His plans for tomorrow.

- Pray for connections and relationships to be built.

- Pray that Jesus Christ will be glorified through all that we do and say as a team tomorrow. That as our guests see our love for Jesus Christ and for each other that they may also glorify God.

- Pray for Val who will be presenting the main teaching tomorrow. She asks specifically for prayer for her ability to communicate in Hungarian clearly.

- Pray for Gabi and Zoli as they present the end of day object lesson about the only way to get the stain of sin out of your life.