Baptist Youth Conference in Szeged
On March 1st early in the morning we (Laci and Szandra) dropped our two sweet girls at Szandra’s parents house and left for a long day. The city of Szeged is on the southern border of
Hungary with Serbia. Laci has many nice childhood memories of Szeged at his grandparents' house. We were representing Word of Life Ministries at this youth coference and got to talk to many of them in person. Laci also showed them a short WOL Hungary dvd and shared about some of the ministry opportunities for the upcoming camp season. Some of the questions were related to the Bible School and some for the Born Again for a Living Hope Drama presentation. All in all it was a great day and by the time we got back to grandma’s and grandpa’s house it was pretty dark and quite in there.
Next Sunday Laci preached in our church, Reformed Church ins the city of Nagykáta. The passage was from Ephesians 2 as he continued what the pastor started the previous weeks. We are so thankful and blessed for the developing friendships in our new church. The pastor and his wife are young and have two small children. Fanni gets very sad if for some reason (such as sick kids) we can’t go on a Sunday morning. One time she even said: Is today church day? (I answered: yes) Mommy, I am not sick (she was). Can we go now? The same Sunday when Laci preached in our church in Hungary our beloved Redeemer Bible Church from Dallas called us through skype and included us in their morning service. What a blessing it was to us to hear them sing, pray, read Scripture etc.
March the 10th we were hosting our dear DTS proffessor and his wife dr and mrs Toussaint for the day and Laci decided to take them to see the Born Again for a Living Hope Drama presentation in a state orphanage in Fót. located in the historic Károlyi castle. Laci played the main narrator, he was more than excited about it. Let me tell you why. Many years ago Szandra councelled a young girl on decision night in camp and weeks or months later she felt that she should look the girl up. We found her name and address and we kept in touch for many years. Her name is Edit and she has been to our camp many times. During the years we visited her in the orphanage several times too. Just a day or two after Laci’s visit to the orphanage we received an email from Edit. One of the teachers contacted her and told her that we asked about her. She seems very happy and has her own little family. Her little daughter’s name is: Fanni. Isn’t that special? God is amazing.
Laci had great two great evangelistic opportunities in March. Just before Easter a Christian School group from a nearby town came for a day of fun and Bible time. Laci gave a gospel message about the resurrection of Christ and an invitation. Some 30 students indicated a decision. The good thing was that right after the meeting they went into small groups, where they could make sure they understood the Gospel (1 Cor 15:3-5ff) clearly. That is more important than numbers. Thankfully they went back to an environment that supported their decisions.
Then on Good Friday and Saturday we had a very very special group here. About 14 teens and 4 helpers. The weekend was organized by a foundation that evangelizes, mentors and helps socially disadvantaged orphans (mainly gypsies) from the poorest region of Hungary. These kids are usually on their way to crime, prostitution, and eventually prison. Almost all of them smoke and they looked rather beaten up. But they needed love and they could love so much. It was a privilege and perhaps a highlight in my life to spend time with them and with their dedicated leaders. Now the leadership of that foundation worked it out with Laci that all those from the group who wanted to come to camp will do so this summer.
On March 1st early in the morning we (Laci and Szandra) dropped our two sweet girls at Szandra’s parents house and left for a long day. The city of Szeged is on the southern border of
Hungary with Serbia. Laci has many nice childhood memories of Szeged at his grandparents' house. We were representing Word of Life Ministries at this youth coference and got to talk to many of them in person. Laci also showed them a short WOL Hungary dvd and shared about some of the ministry opportunities for the upcoming camp season. Some of the questions were related to the Bible School and some for the Born Again for a Living Hope Drama presentation. All in all it was a great day and by the time we got back to grandma’s and grandpa’s house it was pretty dark and quite in there.Next Sunday Laci preached in our church, Reformed Church ins the city of Nagykáta. The passage was from Ephesians 2 as he continued what the pastor started the previous weeks. We are so thankful and blessed for the developing friendships in our new church. The pastor and his wife are young and have two small children. Fanni gets very sad if for some reason (such as sick kids) we can’t go on a Sunday morning. One time she even said: Is today church day? (I answered: yes) Mommy, I am not sick (she was). Can we go now? The same Sunday when Laci preached in our church in Hungary our beloved Redeemer Bible Church from Dallas called us through skype and included us in their morning service. What a blessing it was to us to hear them sing, pray, read Scripture etc.
March the 10th we were hosting our dear DTS proffessor and his wife dr and mrs Toussaint for the day and Laci decided to take them to see the Born Again for a Living Hope Drama presentation in a state orphanage in Fót. located in the historic Károlyi castle. Laci played the main narrator, he was more than excited about it. Let me tell you why. Many years ago Szandra councelled a young girl on decision night in camp and weeks or months later she felt that she should look the girl up. We found her name and address and we kept in touch for many years. Her name is Edit and she has been to our camp many times. During the years we visited her in the orphanage several times too. Just a day or two after Laci’s visit to the orphanage we received an email from Edit. One of the teachers contacted her and told her that we asked about her. She seems very happy and has her own little family. Her little daughter’s name is: Fanni. Isn’t that special? God is amazing.
Laci had great two great evangelistic opportunities in March. Just before Easter a Christian School group from a nearby town came for a day of fun and Bible time. Laci gave a gospel message about the resurrection of Christ and an invitation. Some 30 students indicated a decision. The good thing was that right after the meeting they went into small groups, where they could make sure they understood the Gospel (1 Cor 15:3-5ff) clearly. That is more important than numbers. Thankfully they went back to an environment that supported their decisions.
Then on Good Friday and Saturday we had a very very special group here. About 14 teens and 4 helpers. The weekend was organized by a foundation that evangelizes, mentors and helps socially disadvantaged orphans (mainly gypsies) from the poorest region of Hungary. These kids are usually on their way to crime, prostitution, and eventually prison. Almost all of them smoke and they looked rather beaten up. But they needed love and they could love so much. It was a privilege and perhaps a highlight in my life to spend time with them and with their dedicated leaders. Now the leadership of that foundation worked it out with Laci that all those from the group who wanted to come to camp will do so this summer.
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