Above: Our little munchkins, Benjamin (8), Elianna (soon to be 6) and Kira (3).

For the few of you who are following our blog, you may have taken note of an extended time of no updates. Our family needed some time to recover from the summer full of intense ministries and outreaches. We also needed some time to recover from the loss of our child (16 week old pregnancy). We also had to deal with an outbreak of lice, and mice (isn’t that nice)... o.k. enough ryming.



Above: After three weeks of evading multiple traps, Mr. Mousey could not escape a tube, peanut butter, gravity and a tall trash can which he fell into.



Above: Elianna learned how to ride her bike this summer, Ben learned how to swim and Kira learned how to hold her breath and go underwater by herself.

We also wanted to spend some time together on vacation. Well, a new semester is upon us when as a team we reevaluate current ministries and seek God’s direction as our children start a new school year and we start a new term of joining the Father who is always at work. Life following Jesus is the best life, and we look forward to where He will take us and what He will teach us these coming months.



Above: Our church planting team. Top L to R: Dezső, Marcsi, Erika, Miki and Brenda. Bottom L to R: Roger, Heidi, Allen and Sharon.

WESTERN WEEKEND



Above: A few weeks ago, members from three different church plants joined together for a weekend of camping. I was able to take Ben who had a great time (his first time) camping. Each night we had a camp fire, sang songs of worship and had many other educational activities.



Above: Peti with his child Elianna. God used it to help us build better relationships with those we are reaching out to and we trust that many of the one-on-one conversations will bear fruit in peoples lives. I was able to take Peti (who recently put his trust in Jesus Christ) home on Sunday. It was encouraging to hear him share the events of the week with his wife Eszti, of how he was encouraged by other Christians and how he prayed out loud for others for the first time.





Above: On Sunday, the last day of Western Weekend, we had the combined gathering of members from three church plants and guests for worship service. We also were privileged to be able to dedicate Roger and Heidi’s daughter Emily to the Lord. Heidi’s parents (visiting from the US) also were able to attend this special dedication.

ENGLISH BIBLE STUDY



Above: Edina and Timi. Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to Timi a few weeks ago as she has moved to England for work and financial stability. We praise God for the short time we had with her and how we saw God revealing Himself to her through His Word each week. We took time to pray for her and right after I closed our prayer time, Edina said, “Do you mind if I pray also?” Edina has also grown is so many ways through our study and I was thankful to see this young woman who initially was too shy to speak up in class join us in praying for Timi publicly.

Just last week, Edina brought her daughter Betti to our study. We invited Betti to our Friday night outreach and we were thankful that she came for the first time!



Above: Klári (above left), who regularly attends our English Bible Study, found out recently that her teenage daughter has celiac disorder just like our children Ben and Elianna. This gives us an even greater opportunity to minister to her and to build a friendship.

FRIDAY TEEN OUTREACH





Above: As I mentioned above, Betti attended our Friday night outreach for the first time and also brought with her Enikő (grey shirt center). We have a discussion and teach from the Bible after game time each Friday night. From here, we invited the teens to church on Sunday. Both Betti and Enikő (to my surprise) came to church for the first time in response to this invite!

SUNDAY WORSHIP



Above: Sharon arriving and catching-up with Eszti.



Above: Enikő who recently put her faith in Jesus Christ at English Camp attended our worship service today. We praise God for the work He continues to do in her heart and for the decisions she is making. Please pray for her as there are many modes of opposition for her to attend church and grow in her faith. God has been gracious to change the heart of one parent who was initially opposed to Enikő attending church. Enikő is now allowed to attend!

Sharon and I taught children’s Sunday school, and Enikő (not the one pictured above) and Betti (9 and 10 years old) attended. Towards the end of our time together, Enikő shared her disbelief that God loved her. She was close to tears in sharing some personal things that were going on. I sought to encourage her from God’s Word that He does love her and is the source of the greatest love that we all hunger for in life. This was the first time that Enikő heard any of these amazing truths and I am thankful that through God’s sovereignty, an invite that happened in our English Bible Study, and then an invite that happened in our Friday Teen Outreach led to a time where Enikő could open up and be honest about life and her needs in the church. Please pray that God would continue to reveal Himself to Enikő and that she would come to understand the amazing work that Jesus did on the cross to die for her sins because of His great love for her.



PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. Pray for our team in this new semester as we seek God’s will in adjusting our lives to join Him in His work. (Clarity of vision, wisdom and unity in decisions)

2. Pray for teammate Miki’s success in forming Bible classes in public schools in our area these next two weeks.

3. Pray for teammate Dezső who will be beginning Bible School this Saturday as he pursues his calling to serve as a pastor.

4. Pray for the spiritual growth of Peti, Niki and Enikő. (Peti and Niki are currently attending our class on preparing for baptism)

5. Pray for our children who start school Tuesday. This will be Kira’s first experience in school!

6. Pray for a Thursday meeting with a mother and son who are seeking. The son recently attempted suicide and thankfully was not successful.