Above: Teaching a song in public schools about the BIGGEST Christmas gift–Jesus Christ. In Hungarian the lyrics are: “The biggest gift that I have received from You...the biggest gift is that You came for me (too)... For me, Jesus is truly the greatest gift!” We praise God for His gift to us, and that we are able to tell these students about Him! Our first stop, Héhalom actually scheduled us to perform on their last school day before break. This day is usually reserved for special events. It was a great privilege to serve their.

In Héhalom, we were surprised to see a student that had attended an English Camp in 2004. Students who attend the English camps come from all over Hungary. Now a year and a half later in the midst of the drama ministry, we see God’s sovereignty at work! Heidi (who also served in the English camp in 2004) was able to reconnect with Greta and ask her about her relationship with God. Please pray for Greta, as she has not made a decision. Please pray that this sovereign appointment would lead to fruitful follow up.



Above left: Greta in 2004's English Camp. Above right: Today’s surprise reunion, Heidi and Greta.



Above Left: Praising God in drama. Above Right: Teenagers in Jobbágyi.

Our final destination for the day was the town of Jobbágyi. Here, we performed one of our most stirring and direct drama's called 'hands.' This drama journeys from creation to the rebellion, to the consequences of sin, to our hands being one with those that nailed Jesus to the cross. The narration says: "the soldiers hands, "Pilate’s hands" "your hands." It also pictures the death and resurrection of Jesus and His invitation to all to believe and receive forgiveness. In the end of the drama, two receive Jesus and two reject Him. And the question is posed to the audience, "what about you?"

After this drama a history teachers (Below Left) came to Miki and said, "There's a mistake in your drama. Pilate didn't nail Jesus' hands to the cross!” This gave Miki an opportunity to explain the gospel. Later we were invited to the principals office as a gesture of hospitality. As usual, the teachers were curious as to how an American ended up in Petőfibánya. Through their questions, God was swift to lead the conversation to Jesus. Once the conversation settled on God, more questions-deeper questions arose. “Is Jesus the only way?” “The God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament seem like two different God’s...why?” “Where is God when life hurts? If God loves us, then why do evil things happen?" I can't express how excited I get when I hear these questions! It was as if the principals office was transformed into a seekers forum. God provided the words and the wisdom to answer these questions from my heart and from His word. This was an encouraging way to end the week! And I am quite sure that this is God’s answer to many of your prayers! We are seeing more of a spiritual openness that we didn't see last year.



Above Left: One of the teachers from Jobbágyi who we spent time discussing Biblical truth with after the performance. Above Right: Bernadette, an English teacher in Jobbágyi, exchanges contact information with Heidi. Bernadette would like to keep in touch and practice her English. She even suggested bringing her students out to Petőfibánya to visit (a 10 minute drive from Jobbágyi)

After today’s Puppet and Drama ministry we headed home to prepare for tonight’s Film Club. We had a good discussion after the film about the culture that we are born into when we become Christians. The culture of God’s kingdom. We are thankful to continue to see growth in the teenager’s faith who have recently become believers in Christ.



Tomorrow, we have special plans to.....REST. Please keep us in your prayers as we will have a special Christmas service on Sunday that is evangelistic in nature. Peace in Christ!