Zagyvaszántó





Above: Roger grooming the puppets behind the scenes before the kids arrive. This is only our third time serving in the neighboring town of Zagyvaszántó. On multiple occasions, this school has either turned us away when we had a scheduled puppet show, or completely forgotten what time we had agreed to in advance to present the show. Today was no different as they expected our show to start half an hour later than what we had agreed to weeks ago. Because we have shows in multiple schools in one day, a half an hour slip in schedule throws everything off. Thankfully, they were gracious in allowing the show to go on earlier than they expected.











Above: Because Zagyvaszántó is just a 10 minute drive away from our village, we saw many familiar faces of children (like Luca above) who have attended our VBS and other children’s outreaches.







Lőrinci Preschool (WITHOUT POWER)



Our next stop is also a town that is just 10 minutes away from Petőfibánya. Although we have served in their middle school in the past, this was our first opportunity to present our show in their preschool. As we were almost done setting up, going through our custom of checking lights, a teacher gasped and said, “Oh, I forgot, we don’t have power right now. We won’t have it until 3:00.” With that, I sped off to our home to find some battery powered speakers while Miki taught the kids our Christmas song. Thankfully the room was small enough that the speakers were adequate for us to present the puppet show.



In the most important part of our show, the lights are needed for casting a high contrast shadow. Without power, we simply put the shadow puppets in front of curtain to tell the story (instead of behind the curtain with casted shadows). Although it wasn’t the most professional looking presentation, we were able to present the entire show without power! Praise God in providing wisdom in improvising.





Above: Children and teachers in Lőrinci join in with the motions as Miki, Brenda and Roger present our Christmas song. Some teachers and even kitchen workers crowded around the door to peak in while we were singing. They commented that they would have gladly stayed to watch the entire show if not for other responsibilities. Praise God for such a warm reception!

Jobbágyi

Our third and final stop for today was the town of Jobbágyi. The maintenance man running over to hold open the schools gate said with a smile, “You guys again!”













Above: Miki distributing magazines and CDs after the show. With all three schools combined, we saw around 300 kids today!

Thankfully, we’ll have tomorrow off and I feel all of us on the team need it for rest. Today team members reported that they had a better nights rest (thanks for praying). Our next show will be on Saturday in the town of Heréd where we have also already taken children’s ministries multiple times. Please pray for us!

Here are some ways you can pray:

• Physical HEALTH and stamina.
• Safety in traveling to and from schools everyday.
• Unity, patience, good communication among members and abiding love.
• Protection from the enemy (The team including our children)
• Restful nights of sleep.
• Spiritual stamina. That we would be daily built up in prayer and fellowship with one another.
• That God would equip us to be the brilliant light of Christ in these spiritually dark areas.