Weekly Update

For the first time (I think), I don't have any pictures with this post (sorry). In any case, it has been a full week as we prepare ourselves for upcoming ministry events.

Starting on the 25th (Sharon's birthday), we will resume our ESL community classes with an exciting change in format. Last year, we split our time into two 45 minute sessions using a English workbook as our guide. This year, we will be using the first 45 minutes for book/classwork and the second 45 minutes for small group conversation on topics from the Bible. We hope that this new change in format will allow for more opportunity to understand where people stand spiritually and also to share the gospel. In preparation for these classes, we ordered Bibles from the Bible league in Budapest. As the Bibles were being transported, the truck toppled over. Thank the Lord, the driver was not injured, and we can always get more Bibles:) Guess who doesn't want these people to get their hands on the living Word?

On Thursday, I spent some time with Zoli and Dávid for our weekly discipleship meeting. It is always a blessing to pray together with these guys and see them in the process of a growing faith. Dávid continues to have opportunity at school to defend his faith among those who are involved in the occult. Please pray for him to have wisdom and strength as he seeks to share the hope that he has in Christ.

Zoli, Dávid, Gabi and myself are looking forward to a new opportunity to serve in an orphanage/home for kids with behavioral problems in the neighboring town of Selyp. We hope to be able to visit this home once a month and spend time with these troubled kids. This is a great opportunity for us to bring God's love to a group of people that have been in many ways completely rejected in society.

Our Hungarian partners in ministry, Miki and Erika have been praying about work for some time now. God answered in an amazing way! The public middle school of PetÅ‘fibánya 'out of the blue' called Erika and offered her a job working with children with learning disabilities. This is exactly the type of work that Erika prepared for in college. Instead of jumping at the opportunity, Miki and Erika began praying, to know for sure if this was God's will. They decided if the woman calls back from the school and asks again, they will take further steps. A few days later, the woman called back, but Erika was busy with one of her kids and couldn't answer the phone. She thought, "If it really is God's will, she will call back." And she called back again. After working out the details, Erika took the job, and we rejoice as a team that God has placed a light in this school through Erika. This school has a terrible reputation, and from what I have witnessed doing puppet ministry in this middle school-it was definitely one of the worst schools. A few days after Erika accepted the job, the news got even better. A woman from Selyp who served with us in our recent VBS will also be taking this job part time. Her name is Anita and she is also a Christian. The light just got brighter! Praise God for his sovereign work to provide at just the right time and in just the right place. Please pray for Erika and Anita that God would use them to display His glory and draw many to Himself through their Christian lives.

O.K., so I'll throw in some pics of the family for good measure:

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