Greetings to all our family and friends as we celebrate the birth of our
Savior while serving in Hungary for the fourth season!
We have some exciting news to share with you regarding the months ahead. Our
sending church’s leadership, Calvary Chapel of Fredericksburg, and our serving church,
Calvary Chapel of Esztergom, along with our family, have been in prayer regarding how to
raise the additional funds necessary to continue this ministry for many more years to come.
We all have agreed that it is necessary to return to Virginia for the spring and summer
months in order that we raise the additional support necessary to fully fund Kids’ Club
Ministries. We are also excited to announce that we will be transitioning to and trained by
Saving Grace World Missions (www.sgwm.com). SGWM will provide us with the
resources needed to do even a better job in sharing our kids’ ministry vision globally,
which your partnership has been so faithful. This transition will offer convenient ways to
give online and through monthly bank account debit. Here are some ways you can help
make these transitions successful: continue your monthly support during this time; pray
we would be able to share our vision with those to whom the Lord leads; pray for
committed monthly donors; and most importantly that our return to Hungary can be
accomplished quickly while being 100% funded. We truly appreciate everyone’s
faithfulness!
Below is a summary of what the Lord has been doing in our mission work with the
youth in Hungary and Slovakia these past few months. As you recall, while on our
furlough in the States we were blessed to serve with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
during their Power Camp this past summer. Many of the kids brought in their loose change
as a service project to help fund the building of a basketball court in Hungary and more
than doubled their goal. We were very encouraged by this and also deeply touched by one
girl who gave her entire savings. Construction has begun on the basketball court and soccer
area. Our hope and prayer is to use this to reach out to the older youth in the area. This
past October there was a large festival in Slovakia that provided a great opportunity to
share the gospel. We were blessed by a number of Bible college students that came to
assist us with street outreaches.
Halloween is not as big over here as it is in America, but while some were engaged in
this celebration, we took the opportunity to share about the love of our Savior. So, during
Kids Club we used the “pumpkin prayer” to teach the youth about getting sin out of our
lives and allowing more of God in.
Thanksgiving season is a great time to reflect upon and thank God for His many
blessings. This year, our language teacher and her family came over for Thanksgiving
dinner. It was a mixture of American and Hungarian foods. Our favorite was the wild boar.
We had a wonderful evening of fellowship and making new friends.
Kids Club continues to grow and flourish. We now have a steady translator and worship
for the kids on Friday nights. We continue to encourage these young people in the church
to never give up, because they are the future missionaries, pastors, and worship leaders.
We are looking forward to reconnecting with many of you in the upcoming months, plus
for the opportunity to make new friends! Thank you for impacting so many kids’ lives!
