VBS UPDATE

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Above: Every year we invite parents to attend VBS with their kids on the last day of camp (Saturday). We had a great turn out and God provided beautiful weather. The parents were able to listen to our morning teaching as we reviewed what we learned throughout the week. Various children would answer questions about the Bible stories we read and the lessons and verses learned. One parent commented on how they were amazed at how much the children learned in one week and how they were able to remember what they were taught.



Every day, a group of kids from the neighboring village of Rozsaszentmarton traveled to our camp via mini bus. I heard the story of one of their parents getting rebuked by others from her village who said, "Why are you sending your kids to that sect's camp?" She was quick to respond defending what we were doing even though she is not a part of our church. We praise God that even with this kind of negative rhetoric going around, more and more parents are sending their kids to our camp each year and spreading the news. Another woman from Rozsaszentmarton who previously said negatively, “You’ll never be able to 'convert' my teenage grandchild’” had a complete change of heart after participating in events in our final day of camp. Later she personally asked that we try to 'embrace' her granddaughter and try to invite her to whatever we are doing throughout the summer.

Edit, a grandmother who talked to various workers throughout the week came to worship service on Sunday for the first time with her grandchildren. Edit is a retired teacher from Petofibanya and some of our workers were her students in the past. Edit shared in Sunday’s small group time that she had a bad religious experience previously but what she experienced in camp is so different that she is now open. Eszti, who lead the small group Edit was in today highlighted the importance of our church's desire for a personal relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ. This is far from Edit's past experience of attending a heartless religious institution and we hope the the Gospel message became even more evident to Edit after today's worship service.

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Above: Réka helping the smaller kids sing along in camp. A last minute camper, Reka, ended up coming to church for the first time as well! Her mother Judit was just baptized this year and has been praying for her daughter continuously. Reka heard about our English camp and has decided to attend! Please pray for Reka to personally encounter Christ and to be transformed by His grace and the powerful Gospel!

We praise God for the many members from our church that participated in various roles in VBS this year. In the beginning, the balance of workers was heavily weighed toward outside workers coming in to help. Now the various aspects of camp were led by local church members. Our goal serving in Hungary is to initiate and facilitate evangelistic and discipleship ministries that EMPOWER Hungarians to lead a dynamic church planting movement. We praise God for seeing not only a growth in the number who attend our church, but the members being empowered to serve in their gifitngs that Jesus has freely given them. Thank you for your prayers and support! We believe powerful seeds of the Gospel were sown among these kids and their families.

Pictures of this year’s VBS small groups



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