Weekly Update
November 25, 2006
Above: Miki giving Eszter some tips on playing guitar. A few weeks ago, Dezső invited Eszter to our weekly worship practice. Eszter is one of Brenda's students and Brenda has had opportunity to develop a relationship with her and her sister Monika (also a student). She told Brenda that she enjoyed the time with us and hopefully she will continue to come to our worship practice.
On Thursday, we celebrated thanksgiving in Budapest with the entire team.
Above: It was a blessing to be together (and it didn't hurt to have a delicious turkey dinner. Elianna dug into her pumkin pie with great joy!
Above: 'Grandma Karen' visits our family on Friday bearing gifts.
Above: Eighteen teens came to our Friday night sports outreach. I mentioned a few weeks ago that our devotion time that we hold at the break in between halves, was full of distractions. We decided to change the format of our night to allow for a devotion for only those who were interested. We ended up playing for an hour and a half, leaving the last twenty minutes to study the Bible. We allowed those who were not interested to pack up and exit the building. I was thankful that eight out of the eitghteen stayed for the short Bible study.
Above: On Saturday night, we held an Advent wreath outreach in the neighborng town of Selyp.
Above L: Julika (far left) helping Niki and Hugi. Julika started the night by explaining the symbolism in the advent wreath and turning our attention to Jesus Christ. Above R: Gabi S. and Gabi K. teamed up to make an advent wreath for our church. Gabi K.'s sister is Niki (above L). Years ago, both Gabi and Niki attended children's bible studies that Miki and Erika held. Now (years later), we are reconnecting with them and hope to continue directing them to grow in their faith in Jesus Christ.
Above: Anita with her family. Anita who lives in Selyp helped us in our VBS this year. She has been helpful in inviting others to the Bible study that Miki hold in Selyp.
Above L: Andi with her son Milán. Andi, who is a regular attender of our church was asked in a small group setting why she chose to attend. She said, "Since I have been coming here, I sense that God speaks to me." Praise Him! Above R: Dezső helping his daughter put the finishing touches on their advent wreath. Dezső has committed to helping Miki in his initial steps into Selyp. This is a type of 'hands on' mentoring.
Above L: Pastor Feri with Dezső. Feri is the pastor of the Baptist church in Selyp. He allowed us to use his church facility for this outreach and we are continuing to seek ways in which we can work together to reach Selyp and Lőrinci which has double the population of Petőfibánya.
Above R: Miki building new relationships in the community. The man speaking with Miki is the husband of one of Ben's preschool teachers (hope you could follow that connection). He will be meeting with us tomorrow discussing ways in which we may partner in a children's camp next summer. Please pray for this meeting. We do not know if he is a believer in Jesus Christ.
Above: Benjamin presenting his work of art (with a little help from mom).
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