.ministry.update.

We apologize for the long silence during the last few months regarding ministry, but we have literally been trying to keep our heads on our respective shoulders, and between the busy moments, have been attempting to use every free moment for sleeping.


It is almost four months ago now that we moved from Pécs to Vajta (you can read more about that in our earlier blog posts), and our lives have changed so much since then! First of all, on the 24th of June, we became the proud, blessed parents of Nina!

When we left Pécs at the end of May, we knew that the Lord was at work and that He has a purpose in bringing us to serve at Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe. Now, four months later, we can honestly say that His purpose is manifold, and we are confident that we have just begun seeing the surface of all the various reasons for this move.

Teaching and Discipleship

After moving to Vajta, and while assuming his new duties as one of the pastors here, Árpi has continued traveling to the city of Dunaájváros, to teach at the home fellowship there, every Tuesday evening. Árpi has been teaching through the book of Hebrews. The group of believers there continues to be faithful in coming, and there have been a few new faces recently as well.

At Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe (the new semester started two weeks ago), Árpi is teaching the Epistle to the Romans and Inductive Bible Study this semester to the Hungarian students. There is an almost completely new Hungarian student body this semester, most of whom are very young. What a great opportunity to shape young lives and raise them up to serve the Lord!

Andi has been meeting the girls (Nina is a great conversation starter), and our heart is to be used of God to build up and encourage these young lives in His Word, and in serving Him.

The Office

Árpi spends most of his time with documents, numbers, financial reports and legal papers in the office. He loves doing it, he has a God given talent to organize and to make things happen. He loves it so much that on occasion he has a hard time leaving his tasks behind.

Translation

In our last newsletter, we mentioned the Hungarian translation of Under His Influence, a Lloyd Pulley book Andi worked on. Well, the translation is done, but the logistics of dealing with the printer and publisher got a bit sidetracked by Nina’s arrival. However, we are nearing finishing it, praise the Lord! We are excited to see how God is going to use this tool in the lives of Hungarian believers.

Also, Andi is translating one of the classes at Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe this semester. It is a class on Galatians and Ephesians, taught by pastor Mark Walsh, twice a week. It has provided a great opportunity for Andi to interact with the Hungarian student body, while Nina is blessed with really cool baby-sitters :)

Bosnia

You remember that when we left Pécs, we did so knowing that sometime in the future, Lord willing, we would be going to Bosnia to serve the people there. God had also showed us that Vajta would be – other than an interim place – a point of connection for us with others who are serving there or involved in ministry there in some way.

Well, God is certainly not wasting time! He has already brought our way a missionary family and a lovely young woman who are serving there. They visited us here in Vajta, and we had a wonderful time getting to know them, and continue to curiously watch God unfold His plan, in His time.

English teaching

A young woman from the village (her name is Vera) that Andi knew when she lived in Vajta years ago sought her out and asked if she would teach her English. With Nina being only three months at this point, Andi comitted to once a week for now – but is very excited about this opportunity to reach out to Vera.

Parenthood

As we mentioned above, Nina came on June 24th, so she is a bit more than three months old now. She is growing too fast, and never ceases to amaze us. She is too cute! Being parents is quite an adventure, and we love it, and are so excited to see Nina grow up into a woman of God – which is our prayer.

Prayer requests

• For the Holy Spirit to minister through Árpi every time he teaches.
• For the Lord to raise up a helper at the the Dunaújváros home fellowship.
• For Árpi as he ministers to the guy students, especially András, who comes from a very difficult background.
• For the girls: Edit, Petra, Mónika, Zsuzsi, Orsi, Vivien, Éva – for their lives to be transformed completely. For Andi to take every opportunity presented for discipling them.
• Wisdom with office tasks and responsibilities.
  
• For all the translation Andi is involved in: anointing, strength, and wisdom.
• For the door to Bosnia to remain open, for the Lord’s guidance and equipping as we prepare to go there.