Above from L to R: Wife and husband Ági and Tamás, Roland, Győző, Erik and Ricsi.



Above: Worshipping the Lord before baptizing six people God has saved through His Son Jesus Christ.



Above: Győző, the youngest of the six being baptized today. Here is his translated testimony:

“I come from a Christian family, so I’ve heard about God since childhood. We went to church a lot and I talked to my mother about God, but it really wasn’t that important to me. I was more attracted to hanging out with my friends, wasn’t home very much and was disobedient to my mom. After some time, I had to move to Budapest with my mom. I got involved with a bad group of friends, often cursing and doing all kinds of bad things. Later, I was able to move back here to live with my sister and brother in law and began going to church again. I began feeling something but I still wasn’t that interested. My sister talked to me about putting my faith in Jesus, but I told her that I just didn’t want to because if my life didn’t change I would do it in vein. Afterwards, I was able to attend the English Camp by God’s grace. I thought I was just there to have a good time, but then Thursday night came where through testimonies the Holy Spirit touched me. Afterwards, I prayed with Éva and spoke with others. That night, Jesus spoke to me in Matthew 9:2: “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” I was so excited that the One who gave His life for me spoke to me personally. Since that English Camp, I’ve payed more attention to which group of friends I spend time with and have also stopped cursing through God’s grace and help. Since I have put my faith in Jesus, I feel changed and want my faith to be strengthened even more...”

Out of all those being baptized, Győző was unique in that he actually had family with Christians. The other five are first generation Christians.





Above: Before meeting Jesus, Tamás was in bondage to alcohol and his marriage was falling apart. Church member Dezső is neighbors with them and God used Dezső to turn their attention to the only One who could save them. Tamás gave testimony of how God freed him from alcoholism, from smoking and restored his marriage. Tamás said that out of the five brothers in his family he was the black sheep. He said that if God wanted to get His message across to his family, his transformed life would be the way to do it!





Above: Dezső praying for Tamás and Ági.





Above: Győző’s father encouraging his son with Scripture after his baptism.



Above: Ricsi’s mother also attended the baptismal service and shared her thankfulness for this special night. Please pray for her.

This service was a 2010 highlight for many of us, seeing a wave of new believers taking steps of obedience and giving public proclamation of their faith in Christ.

CANDID FAMILY PHOTOS



Above: Sharon with our teammate’s baby girl Emily at a recent team meeting.



Above: Ben ready to strike at daddy in the goal.



Above: Elianna parting with more baby teeth.



Above: Cute Kira.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Please pray for those who have been baptized to continue to grow in their faith in Christ.

• Please pray for the training of a drama team composed of some of the teens from church. We hope to have them perform for a Christmas show that Petőfibánya has invited our church to participate in.

• Please pray for our Family Outreach we will have this Saturday in the neighboring town of Selyp. Please pray for the word to spread through the advertisements we have posted and for new relationships to be built with families in the community. Pray that there would be opportunity to share the Gospel.