Christmas Puppet Ministry Update
December 11, 2017
Last Tuesday, we set off to the small town of Péteri close to Hungary’s airport where fellow missionaries are planting a church. God has been gracious to us in our preparations and worked it out so that if someone can’t make it, an extra member can take their place in the puppet show. This has already happened multiple times for various reasons like car trouble or sickness.
Over the past week, we’ve visited 11 locations and are reaching our midpoint of ministry. I’ve attached some photos from each location to give you an idea how we are being received and how much of a blessing this is to these kids (and also to us)!
This has not been an easy week and we ask for you to lift us up in prayer. Multiple family members have been sick through this time and Puppet team members are also struggling with sickness. There have also been car problems, technical issues (our speaker stopped working and is being repaired) and some issues with arriving on time at different schools. God has been gracious and helpful through all these things and we have had success proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ! Please pray for healing, for the technical equipment to function properly (including vehicles) and for safety in traveling. Pray for physical strength and for all of the teachers and children who are hearing this good news to be drawn to God.
Above: Erika sharing about Jesus the Son of God and Savior of the world.
Above: Every year at this Christmas outreach, we offer families free portraits. As families have been returning each year, God has been opening more opportunity for conversations that are helping them see the light of Christ. Please pray for these families, most of whom come from non-believing homes.
Above: New parents, church members Gabi and Eniko with their newborn Alíz.
Above: As this puppet show was worked into our monthly Children’s Playhouse outreach in Jászfényszaru, we also had a craft for the parents and kids. We were thankful to see some new visitors and also those who have attended our VBS in Jászfényszaru in the summer.
There are various ways that we seek to proclaim the Gospel in Hungary. The Puppet Ministry is a seed sowing ministry that we don’t have much ability to follow up on as compared to other ministries that we have a much higher degree of follow up. It is our prayer that these seeds of the Gospel planted in these kids’ hearts will produce a harvest of Hungarians that are reconciled to God through the saving work and grace of Jesus Christ.
We are often invited for snacks and coffee after each show in the teacher’s lounge. In Kálló, we noticed that the principal was new and as we talked more we found out that she along with her husband had churchplanters hearts. They had recently moved to this village and have started a weekly small group. God has positioned the wife as the principal in the preschool and she is steadily building new relationships in the community. We asked if we could pray for her (in the teacher’s lounge) and she not only accepted, but also prayed as another teacher entered and left the room as we were praying!
May the Lord continue to send out more harvesters who will be able to follow up with these children who are hearing the Gospel twice a year (every Easter and Christmas) through puppet ministry and may he bless those already in position to be the light of Christ and His ambassadors in the various towns and villages we are able to visit.
We still have 21 schools ahead of us as we complete this year’s Christmas Puppet Outreach. We highly value your prayers for us and for this outreach!
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Over the past week, we’ve visited 11 locations and are reaching our midpoint of ministry. I’ve attached some photos from each location to give you an idea how we are being received and how much of a blessing this is to these kids (and also to us)!
This has not been an easy week and we ask for you to lift us up in prayer. Multiple family members have been sick through this time and Puppet team members are also struggling with sickness. There have also been car problems, technical issues (our speaker stopped working and is being repaired) and some issues with arriving on time at different schools. God has been gracious and helpful through all these things and we have had success proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ! Please pray for healing, for the technical equipment to function properly (including vehicles) and for safety in traveling. Pray for physical strength and for all of the teachers and children who are hearing this good news to be drawn to God.
Péteri
Lorinci Preschool
Gyöngyös Retirement Home
Mothers of Preschoolers Outreach
Above: Erika sharing about Jesus the Son of God and Savior of the world.
Above: Every year at this Christmas outreach, we offer families free portraits. As families have been returning each year, God has been opening more opportunity for conversations that are helping them see the light of Christ. Please pray for these families, most of whom come from non-believing homes.
Above: New parents, church members Gabi and Eniko with their newborn Alíz.
Gyöngyösoroszi
Szarvasgede
Gyöngyös Community Center
Pusztamonostor
Jászfényszaru
Above: As this puppet show was worked into our monthly Children’s Playhouse outreach in Jászfényszaru, we also had a craft for the parents and kids. We were thankful to see some new visitors and also those who have attended our VBS in Jászfényszaru in the summer.
Csécse
Kálló
There are various ways that we seek to proclaim the Gospel in Hungary. The Puppet Ministry is a seed sowing ministry that we don’t have much ability to follow up on as compared to other ministries that we have a much higher degree of follow up. It is our prayer that these seeds of the Gospel planted in these kids’ hearts will produce a harvest of Hungarians that are reconciled to God through the saving work and grace of Jesus Christ.
We are often invited for snacks and coffee after each show in the teacher’s lounge. In Kálló, we noticed that the principal was new and as we talked more we found out that she along with her husband had churchplanters hearts. They had recently moved to this village and have started a weekly small group. God has positioned the wife as the principal in the preschool and she is steadily building new relationships in the community. We asked if we could pray for her (in the teacher’s lounge) and she not only accepted, but also prayed as another teacher entered and left the room as we were praying!
May the Lord continue to send out more harvesters who will be able to follow up with these children who are hearing the Gospel twice a year (every Easter and Christmas) through puppet ministry and may he bless those already in position to be the light of Christ and His ambassadors in the various towns and villages we are able to visit.
We still have 21 schools ahead of us as we complete this year’s Christmas Puppet Outreach. We highly value your prayers for us and for this outreach!
Mercer Support Information
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