As most of you have heard, Sharon rushed back to the US with Ziva to be with her mother Evelyn in the final days of her life here with us. Evelyn had a stroke and also was found to have cancer in her liver and lungs. Her body was in critical condition from all of these things combined. Sharon was able to return in time to sing over her mother, speak to her and even show some special pictures the kids had prepared for her. We praise God for allowing this special time before Evelyn went to be with Jesus early Friday morning.



We appreciate the words of encouragement and assurance of your prayers over these past days. With the generous donations that came in from many of you, I will be able to join Sharon on Tuesday and we can be together as a family in this difficult time. We’re very thankful for all of you, and most of all thankful for our Risen Savior Jesus, who gives us a sure hope of resurrection and reunion.

PUPPET MINISTRY DAY 6 - 10

With the flurry of events that have come unexpectedly, I haven’t been able to keep you all up to date on the Christmas Puppet Ministry. I have continued to travel with the team and am thankful that God had me as a driver and set-up person this year and not a puppeteer. The team will be able to handle the final leg of the Puppet ministry without me and I’m thankful for their servant hearts.



Above: Faithful friends and puppet teammates, Timi, Jennifer, Eszti, Erika and Miki.





































I hope these pictures give you a sense of what God is doing through this ministry. What a blessing to be able to go from school to school telling about our hope in Jesus Christ. The materials we are distributing allow the message to continue to be heard in families all over northeastern Hungary.

Please pray for the final week of this ministry which will be a bit more work for the team (doing stage set up and packing) in my absence.

Please pray for our final ESL class Christmas program in Rozsaszentmarton on Monday night. We’ll have Christmas songs, I’ll give my testimony and share the Gospel and a team from church is preparing an evangelistic drama.

Please pray also for the kids (Benjamin, Elianna and Kira) and I as we fly to the US on Tuesday. When Sharon flew out a week ago, her initial flight was canceled because of it being stuck in another country. By God’s grace she was able to fly with another airline without delaying her return to the US. Please pray that we would have no problems getting back in time for Evelyn’s memorial service.