WEEKLY UPDATE

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Above: Fields surrounding our area are full of a beautiful sea of sunflowers this time of year.

I rejoice in this season of ministry seeing a move of the Holy Spirit that is causing more and more people to discover that Jesus is the Son of God! Our baptism/foundations of faith class that we held months ago has transitioned into a growing Bible study for women in Petofibánya. Those who were recently baptized are inviting others to the study and spreading the Good News. One new visitor who attended this past Thursday is at a place in life of feeling completely lost and hopeless. Our study ‘happened’ to be in Matthew 7 where Jesus reveals the importance of building our lives on the foundation of Jesus Christ and His truth. “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.” (Mat. 7:25) When I asked how God’s word was speaking to us personally, she said, “I realize that I had built my life on sand and now it has fallen apart. I’m in a place where I need to start over.” We encouraged her by turning her attention to the hope in this passage found in Jesus. By His grace, it is not too late to start again, to be saved and led by Christ. Please pray for the new women attending this Thursday Bible study to put their trust in the One who died for their sins and is the only way of restoration with God.

On Thursday, I joined our fellow elders Miki and Dezso to meet with our town’s mayor about the building they have offered that we use in the future. Though we expected the meeting to be relatively short, we ended up remaining for two hours! The majority of that time was not talking about the building but about life and about personal testimony. Dezső didn’t know it before walking in, but this mayor was a neighbor when Dezso was a young man living in Petofibanya. Now years later, Dezso was able to give testimony to how Jesus Christ saved Him. Praise God for this opportunity! As far as the building being offered, we are still discussing details and still praying. It is clear that if we do make this move, there needs to be serious renovation which will require money that we don’t have. The reality is that we already have outgrown our current meeting place and at the rate of growth we have experienced year to year we have a need of a new space. We’re slowly moving forward trusting in God’s provision of wisdom and direction in this matter.

Great news in Apc!


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Above L to R: Vicse, Vivi, (don’t know her name yet) and Istvan. Although I had hoped that Vivi’s boyfriend Robi would come tonight, I was in for a different surprise. One of his close friends, Istvan came instead with his wife. Istvan confessed that he was one of Robi's drug buddies and could not hold off coming to our Bible study any longer. After seeing freedom given to Robi by Christ from drugs, Istvan longed after the same thing and was also set free by God's grace. He came this night with the intention to be saved!

In our study on Acts 17, Istvan recognized that he was like those who worshiped an unknown God and likened me to Paul bringing good news. He also said about himself that he was like those in the story who wanted to hear more about Jesus.

After our study was over, there were more questions asked and Biblical explanations given on what it means to put our faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior. Vivi (who came without Robi tonight) and Istvan both decided to put their faith in Jesus. At one point, with deep sincerity Istvan looked up at me and said that he is one of the worst sinners. I replied, "Then your love for Jesus will be even greater!" What a great work God is doing among these who were enslaved to sin and addicted to drugs being set free by Jesus and discovering the Way, the Truth and the Life! Please pray for these new believers Vivi and Istvan. Istvan said that he used to be the type of guy that pulled everyone the wrong direction. I said, “Now you’ll be helping others to come to Jesus!”

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Above: Please continue to pray for Robi (Vivi’s husband who was set free from drug use by Jesus).

English Camp One Week away!


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Above: Mercedez, who had attended our English Club in Rozsaszentmarton is planning on coming to English Camp this year!

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Above: Réka who just attended our VBS as a teen will also be coming to English Camp this year.

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Above: Réka’s mother Juidit at her baptism this year. Judit has been praying for her daughter and has a deep desire that she would also come to know Jesus as Savior and Lord. After VBS, Réka has been coming to our youth group meetings on Friday and this will be her first English camp. Please pray for first time campers Mercedez and Réka! Of course we have a bunch of others attending from our town who will be ‘salt and light’ campers seeking to reach out to those who were in similar situations of being lost and helping in any way they can in sharing Jesus.

Another way in which they will be serving is in an evangelistic drama that we are practicing this week. Please pray for the teen drama team and pray that God would use the drama along with the various messages given throughout the week to exalt the name of Jesus Christ.

This is the first year where we have had to close registration due the number of campers who are coming! We simply have run out of housing space. Please pray for those busy in preparation and planning to accommodate this number of kids.
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