Puppet Day 7

GYÖNGYÖSOROSZI

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Above: After a half hour journey through the valleys and hills leading up to the city of Gyöngyös, we safely arrived in the small town of Gyöngyösoroszi. This town was gracious in providing the use of their local community center which allowed the young school kids and preschool kids to all see the show together.

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Above: At various times in the puppet show, the main character Panov Papa asks kids questions and it is great to hear them respond with the right answers. These kids were glued to the show and once again (which is not always normal) there were no distractions.

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Above: Sharon enjoying the Hungarian coffee offered to us after the show. The teacher pictured above talking with Miki shared the school’s need for a special education teacher. Once Miki’s wife Erika revealed her qualifications, the teacher was close to begging her (with a smile) to come teach there. The neighborhood is comparable to an inner city, low income community. There are many family problems which negatively affect the kids and how they behave in school. In a word, the teacher said, “It’s tough”.

ZAGYVASZÁNTÓ

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Above: Since our next show in Zagyvaszántó was later in the afternoon, Niki was able to join us after school. Niki has been through our baptism/foundations of our faith class and will be baptized this Sunday. We praise God for His work in her life and how she has matured in her faith over the past two years.

Because I had to double back to pick up more people, I had to drop off Niki and Norbi at the community center with all our puppet gear. Niki told me afterwards that a car stopped offering help, thinking that Norbi and Niki were a married couple kicked out of their home with no place to live. Hilarious.

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Above: Miki continues to press on even though he has struggled with sickness since last week.

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Above: For the past few years, Zagyvaszántó is one of the few towns that has not allowed us in the public school. For that reason, we have had to organize the show in their community center and advertise with posters throughout the town. As you can see in the photo, the majority of those that came are our own kids. But thankfully, their were around 10 others who came from the town including Klári who attends our English Bible study. It was a joy to see Klári see more about what we believe in a different context and also a joy to see her daughter singing along with us.

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Above: Miki’s son Bence and our son Ben. Both of them are improving as they have been sick for the past week.

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Above: Illustrations to accompany Erika as she speaks about Jesus coming into the world as the light of life saving sinners from darkness. After each show Miki asks, “So what do we remember when we see a candle lit at Christmas.” The kids yell, “Jesus.” We are thankful that they are hearing these basic yet monumental foundational truths at a young age.

PRAISES:

• Cold weather, but clear and great for traveling.

• Kids slept through the night and Ben was feeling (and looking) better today.

• Norbi’s mother is out of surgery. She will remain in recovery at the hospital this week.

• Kids overjoyed receiving magazines and CDs which contain the puppet show and teach other truths from the Bible.

• English Bible study student came with two of her kids to our Zagyvaszántó show.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Please pray for those who are still struggling with sickness (Miki, children Bence and Anna and Sharon is not feeling 100 percent.)

• As we enter the middle of the second week, please pray for stamina and sustained joy as we bring this message to hundreds of kids this week.

• We have a tight schedule tomorrow because of having to get various kids to other programs throughout the day. Please pray that we could work out the traveling/picking up/dropping off and getting to various places in the times we need to.

• Ellie and Kira are scheduled for a flu-shot in the afternoon. Please pray for them.

• Please continue to pray for Norbi’s mother Kati to fully recover from surgery and to be drawn to God.
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