Weekly Update

FRIDAY NIGHT VOLLEYBALL

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Above: A sunset produces beautiful skys as I make my way to Friday night’s volley ball game.

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Above: Evi returning the ball with a smile. Evi is the daugher of our previous landlord, one of our first contacts in Petőfibánya years ago. It is great to continue have contact with her through volleyball once a week.

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Above: Other regular attenders include Timi (left) and Jenifer (right). Jenifer is actually German and moved to Petőfibánya with her husband years ago. Timi was kind enough to teach her Hungarian and they are close friends. We hope that through these community events, there will be more doors of opportunity to share Jesus with both of them. Their children regularly attend Miki’s Bible classes in public school and they have also attended our children’s camp every summer. Please pray for Timi and Jenifer to come to hear and understand the gospel.

FRIDAY TEEN OUTREACH

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Above: Gyula, who first came to know us through our English classes, listens to Dezső talk about 1 Corinthians 9:25-26: “Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.” After showing clips from an old documentary of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s weight lifting days, we talked about the pride of life and the fading quality of investing in worldly things. Dezső then turned their attention to Jesus, and the life that is imperishable in Him.

SATURDAY JÁTSZÓHÁZ

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Above: Elianna holding our invitation to Saturday’s Children’s Evangelistic Ministry called “Játszóház”. Ellie was excited to be able to invite all of her classmates from school.

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Above: Ben looking to grab someone as we play some ice-breaker games and wait for more kids to come.

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Above: Hungarian church planter partner Miki making the kids smile.

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Above: Miki’s wife Erika brought the teaching from God’s word. I was glad to see that some parents that also attended payed attention to the teaching.

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Above: Church member Eszti teaching the memory verse for the day: 1 John 5:12 “Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

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Above: Craft time! We had more than 30 kids show up for our Saturday outreach. Praise God.

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Above: Eszti (who was saved at our English Camp) helping out at the registration table. The mother speaking with Eszti was very thankful for Saturday’s Outreach and plans to attend the next one we hold in just two weeks in the neighboring town of Selyp. A grandmother also told me how thankful she was that “somebody was doing something in the community for the kids. People just don’t seem to care anymore and only care about themselves.” May this outreach be a good work that points to the Father.

Matthew 5:16 “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”

SUNDAY WORSHIP

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Above: Sisters Lidia and Eszti are part of our Sunday worship team. Both have been with us from the very early stages of our church plant and continue to grow in their faith.

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Above: Eszti’s daughter Alina practicing with us before worship service.

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Above: Eszti’s younger brother Győző (which means Victory) also comes to musical worship practice every Sunday. He is getting baptized next week! What a joy to see God working through entire families who come to put their faith in Jesus Christ.

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Above: The beautiful mix of all ages in this local body is encouraging to see every week.

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Above: Anita who is the daughter of church member Marika suffers from schizophrenia. She is currently struggling with various health issues and I ask that you pray for her this week. Pray for healing and for freedom from confusion when considering Jesus Christ. Anita has still not made a definite decision to put her faith in Him.

FAMIILY PIC

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Above: Kira just making me laugh.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Please pray for Erik, Roland, Ricsi, Győző, Tamás and Ági who will all be baptized this Sunday! Pray for God to encourage them throughout the week and to speak deeply to them as they spend time in His Word. Pray that the baptismal service may bring glory to Jesus and that friends and family would be drawn to Him through this public declaration of Jesus Christ’s work in their lives.

• Pray for Eszti and Sharon who are already beginning to call schools and organize our schedule for this year’s Christmas Puppet Ministry in public schools.

• Pray for Sharon and Allen as they meet one-on-one with various members of the church seeking to be encouragers and mentors to those growing in their faith.

• We ask that you continue to pray for our Father to provide new supporters and bring our support level out of deficit.
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