Above: Our first stop for this year’s Christmas Puppet Ministry was in the town of Heréd, a ten minute drive from our village. As a result of doing puppet shows in the past in this town, we have been invited to participate in various community events and have even held an evangelistic Bible study in the past. Although we have yet to see any immediate results from these past opportunities to sow seeds, we trust that God can cause any of those seeds to flourish in His timing. Heréd continues to be on our hearts as a possible place for future church planting.







It is always great to see kids taking part in our time of singing. One of the songs we sing simply uses the words from John 3:16; “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”





Above: Erika teaching about the meanings of the names given to Jesus and sharing the Gospel. Our show was not void of glitches. Our speaker system which has traveled all over Hungary in extreme conditions is showing signs of weird behavior. At one point, the main mic went out, then I switched to our secondary mic. Then the secondary mic went out and I found that the main mic was working again. Thankfully, we were able to switch out mics quickly for the show to go on.



Above: Miki talking to some families after the show outside of Heréd’s Community Center. Unlike other shows this year, this one had entire families attending as it was done in cooperation with Heréd’s family day celebration. We’ll be returning to Heréd’s public school in a few weeks to perform again.

Thank you for your prayers! Our next show is on Thursday the 6th. If you would like to download a specially designed prayer calendar PDF file, you can find it by clicking here: PRAYER CALENDAR PDF

ADVENT

We took some time to remember and rejoice in the hope we have in Jesus Christ by lighting our first Advent candle on Sunday. Jesus says in Revelation 22:20, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!  The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.”





Above: Gabi (preaching above) who we have known since arriving in Petofibanya in 2003 is growing into a mature man in Christ. One of my greatest joys is seeing God’s miraculous work in people like Gabi who had no means of hearing the Gospel through his dysfunctional family living in an atheistic town. Gabi is now finishing his fourth year of theological training and continues to have increasing opportunity to use his giftings (of preaching and teaching) to build up the body of Christ. His wife Eniko (teaching Sunday School Class) is also in a two year theology course which we hope will give her opportunity to work in Petofibanya’s elementary school teaching Bible classes. I’m grateful to see their growth and how God is using them to share the Gospel with others.

MERCER SHOTS

Above: Kira adding some final touches to the Mercer’s Christmas tree.



Above: Baby Ziva anxious to get in on the ornament hanging action.



Above: A recent shot taken at Eleven Park in Hungary where we celebrated Ziva’s first birthday together.