Puppets Day 11

RÓZSASZENTMÁRTON RETIREMENT HOME

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Above: Entering the neighboring town of Rózsaszentmárton with it’s entrance marked by iconic machinery once used for mining. This town is just over a small mountain from Petőfibánya, and once again, because of the snow fall last night, we had to throw snow chains on my vehicle to make it over the mountain in the slippery conditions.

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Above: This is the first time we have been able to present our puppet show in Rózsaszentmárton. In the past years, we have been turned down by the public schools and pre-schools as our show was ‘religious’ and not connected to the Catholic Church. It has actually been easier to enter into towns to share the Gospel through this show that are completely atheistic than towns where there are Catholic churches. Thankfully, through a few connections, we were invited to this elderly retirement home and asked you to pray for this to open up more doors of opportunity in the community. Little did we know how God would answer so swiftly and powerfully. More on that in a moment...

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One of the elderly men in this home recognized teenager Norbi who travels with us to help in with our puppet show. He was quick to tell Norbi, “I can’t believe you are with these good people. What a change!” Apparently this man knew Norbi’s background and how deep Norbi was in with the wrong crowd. We are also thankful that Norbi chooses to spend time with us and really considers us his closest friends.

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Above: The elderly really enjoyed the Christmas songs and the show. There were many that thanked us afterwards and asked us to return at Easter. The woman pictured above in the white shirt standing on the right approached me after the show and said, “This was so special, would you be willing to perform this in Rózsaszentmárton’s preschool as well?” I told her that we have attempted for years to enter into their schools, but we need to be invited. She said, “No problem, you’re invited.” She talked to a co-worker, who then made a phone call. My hope was that by Easter we would be invited into Rózsaszentmárton’s preschool, but moments later the women approached and said, “I just called them, are you guys able to go there right now to perform?” What an answer to prayer! Since we had no other shows lined up for the day, we were completely to say yes.

RÓZSASZENTMÁRTON PRESCHOOL

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Above: Praise God, our first opportunity to perform our show in Rózsaszentmárton’s preschool... an amazing answer to prayer!

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Above: Adrien, who attends here, is the daughter of Dezső, one of the Hungarian leaders in our church plant.

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Above: After Miki explained at the end of the show that we wanted to give a gift of a CD and a magazine, one of the Preschool teachers said in amazement, “To all of the kids?” She was so surprised that we brought the show without charge and also went further to give gifts to the kids. This was a great first experience in Rózsaszentmárton and has now opened the door for us to return at Easter. It also opens the door for more to hear about our VBS in the summer and more kids to hear the Gospel from Rózsaszentmárton. Praise God for this awesome answer to prayer!

SUNDAY’S BAPTISM

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Above: Church member Gabi’s sister Niki (above) was baptized on Sunday in our special Christmas service held at Miki’s house. Niki was initally introduced to the basic truths of God’s word and the Gospel as a child when she began attending Miki’s Bible class. After drifting away as a teen she returned and began attending church after seeing that her brother was being transformed by Jesus Christ. She wanted what her brother Gabi had. After a few years of faithfully attending, Niki came to understand that she needed Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior. What an encouragement to see God’s work in the life of a 15 year old who has so many years ahead to experience life as His child.

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Above: Dezső preaching about peace being only found in Jesus and not found in circumstances.

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Above: Closing service by singing Silent Night with sparklers (culturally acceptable here) instead of candles. Sharon is standing next to Niki’s mother who attended to witness her baptism. Niki’s grandmother also attended and had an enjoyable time. Please pray that as the Gospel has begun to spread from Gabi, to Niki, that it would also go further through his family for their salvation.

Thank you for your continued prayers for our puppet ministry!

Tomorrow we will hold our last show in our hometown of Petőfibánya. Please pray for God to draw kids to come as this is an optional presentation since kids will have already been finished school for winter break. Please pray also for Elianna who had a mild fever tonight and for Miki’s son Bence who is recovering from an ear infection.
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