EASTER PUPPET DAY 5

ZAGYVASZANTO MIDDLE SCHOOL

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Above: It’s great to see familiar faces in these different towns like Réka. Réka is the daughter of one of Sharon’s friends Klári that she initially met through our English Bible Studies years ago. Klári has been such a help to our family, even coming over to help clean when Ziva was born. We’re very thankful for her friendship.

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Above: Eniko keeping the kids in suspense to find out what is in each of the eggs and how each symbol tells an important part of the Easter story.

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Above: Not only do we give evangelistic gift packets to each child, but we also have a special gift packet for the teachers as well. What a great opportunity to pass on the Gospel not only through the puppet show and teaching, but in written form as well. We continue to be in need of support for the 1,600 gift packets we have purchased. Each is a little over 55 cents bringing the total to close to $900 we hope to raise. If you would like to give toward these evangelistic gift packets that we hand deliver in each of our puppet shows, please contact us for more information.

LORINCI PRESCHOOL

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Above: When we come to this preschool, we praise God for power. More than once, we have come here only to find out that there was a power outage because of construction or other reasons. But today, all was well which helped our puppet show and it’s message to be heard loud and clear.

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Above: One of the kids goofing around with her friend just before the show.

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Above: Thankfully Eszti (above) had no fever this morning and was able to serve full of strength this morning. Thank you for praying for her! Unfortunately, Eszti’s little brother Gyozo who lives with Eszti’s family came down with a very high fever last night and continues today. Also as I wrote about yesterday, Eszti’s husband Peti suffered a sprained ankle last night at volleyball. Needless to say, Eszti has her hands full at home. Please continue to pray for her and her family through this intense time of ministry.

Eszti said that while walking her child home from preschool today, she began a conversation with another mother from the same preschool. The mother shared how much her child enjoyed the puppet show and how her daughter sang the song she learned for her family and in stores along with the motions! The song that we sang in her preschool is simply the Gospel message. Praise God that it remained in that child’s heart and mind and that she shared it with others.

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LORINCI MIDDLE SCHOOL

Because of a complaint of one of the parents a few years ago regarding our puppet show, for a time we were not invited back to the middle school in Lorinci. God allowed us to return once again, but with the condition that we don’t distribute the evangelistic packets that we did in the past. We’re saddened by this restriction, but thankful for the continued opportunity to teach after our show. We are often invited to serve in events in this neighboring town and have kids that have attended our VBS from Lorinci in the past. So even though one avenue of sowing seeds was closed, others remain open by God’s grace.

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Above: The eggs with different symbols inside have been very effective at keeping the kids attention and helping them remember the important parts of the Easter Story. It is very encouraging to hear the kids give the answers after each show when Eniko reviews and holds up each symbol asking what they represent. It is also encouraging to hear kids respond to Miki when he asks what is Easter about. Of course we hear murmurs of bunnies and eggs, but there are more and more schools where we hear, “It’s about Jesus being raised from the dead!”

The puppet show continues to go well and the team is also doing well. We praise God that no one on the team is sick and each one is doing a great job serving in their various responsibilities. The kids, even when in larger groups, have payed attention to the show and the teaching time and they have all enjoyed learning and singing with us. We praise God for His continued help in this ministry and we continue to ask for you to pray for us.

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Please pray that each team member would have sufficient rest for a new day of ministry tomorrow.
• Please pray for Eszti’s husband Peti and her little brother Gyozo’s healing.
• Please pray for protection for the team members from sickness, and that we would have the strength we need to serve.
• Please continue to pray that God would protect our children in this time of ministry.
• Please continue to pray that the children would understand the Gospel and that the seeds being planted would bear fruit in their lives and their families lives.
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