Weekly Update

Biopsy: We appreciate your prayers for Sharon in this time. She had her biopsy on Tuesday and we will have the test results back on Monday. The doctor's initial observation leads her to believe that the growth is not cancerous. The results on Monday will give more definite answers.

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Above: Some pictures of the various schools our team visited last year for our Puppet Ministry.

Puppet Ministry:
Our team in Petôfibánya has been busy practicing for this year's puppet outreach which will bring the gospel to over a thousand children in various public schools. Tomorrow the team begins in their first series of schools. Teammate Brenda shares the following prayer requests:

• that students would be attentive
• for safety as we drive
• that we would be free from technical difficulties
• that we as a team would be focused and united as we are in the midst of several other big ministry events
• Please also pray for Hugi, a member of our church, as she will be involved in this ministry for the first time.


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A poster Allen was able to design for an upcoming "An Underground Christmas" musical to be held in Petôfibánya.

Christmas Musical:
Pioneers teammate Julie B. has been busy preparing a Christmas musical which will be presented in Petôfibánya three nights in a row. Pioneers teammates Roger and Heidi who are helping with the Petôfibánya's English program and the upcoming Christmas musical have this to report:

"One of those details that God is attending to is the financial needs of the musical. Thank the Lord with us! Someone has offered to give a donation which would cover the remaining costs [of the Christmas outreach musical]! This is a great answer to prayer.

Another encouragement we realized was that even though the musicians were not able to perform live as originally planned, having a recording done will provide a tool for other church plants to be able to reproduce this outreach in the future.

It was inspiring to listen to Julie as she shared stories about how the Lord has been providing for the musical. She shared about one occasion when she went to a theatre in Budapest, walked through the doors where the workers usually go, and started negotiating whether or not she would be able to borrow some costumes for this play. After initial reluctance, eventually they were even showing her areas of their costume inventory that she hadn't asked for...all free for her use.

She also shared the storyline of the play, and it was moving to think about how tailored it was to the Hungarian heart, acknowledging historical wounds, and yet still challenging faith. We prayed that the Lord would use it to heal Hungarians who carried similar true-to-life kind of experiences as continued sources of pain or bitterness. We pray that they would know the hope of Christ instead.

Please pray for the final rehearsal on December 8th to go smoothly." – Roger and Heidi

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Family: Visiting small groups has slowed down in the month of December. Many groups are in a state of transition or have difficulty scheduling due to the holiday season. We hope that this will change in January as we will be returning to Hungary January 30th Lord willing. Please pray that God would raise up more supporters and help us by returning to Hungary fully supported for sustained ministry.

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Above: We enjoyed the first snowfall in Delaware with pleasant enough temperatures to build a snowman and have a snowball fight.

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Above: Kira who has been fighting a cold, just couldn't hold off her nap and fell asleep in her high chair. She usually requests "Jesus Loves Me" before laying down in her crib and even attempts to sing along.
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