January Update

Greetings from Eger!

Happy New Year! We feel very blessed as a family and in our ministry here in Eger. Nathaniel is getting cuter and stronger and fatter by the day, and its wonderful having him in our family! Over the past few months we've had some great things happen - Nick's parents visiting, the baby's first Christmas, and a new elder in the church, just to name a few.

We would like to let all of you know that we will be traveling to America for 5 weeks in February and March. We will be in S.California from Feb 12-26, the Bay Area from Feb 27-March 2, and in Denver from March 3-17.
We would love to see you, so please write us if you would like to meet up, so we can plan ahead.

Church
A New Stage: We feel that we have reached a new stage in our church plant. Up until recently, the focus of our work was on establishing the church and laying down foundations. Praise the Lord, that in many ways, He has established us as a church - we have grown in numbers and have a strong core congregation, we are now registered with the government, we are recognized by the other churches in town and included in all interdenominational activities, and we have a good reputation in the city.
We feel now that we have moved on to a new stage - where our focus is now on raising up leaders from among the church. Nowadays we spend a lot of time encouraging and teaching the church to stir up their spiritual gifts and begin serving the Lord in different ways. This is a very exciting time, as we see the fruit of what God has been doing among us over the last couple years!
A New Elder: About a year ago we found out that our elders at that time (Bernie and Attila) would both be moving away from Eger, so we began praying that God would raise up new leaders from among us to fill this important position in the church. And truly, God did answer our prayers and raised up new elders: Shane Daniels (who also leads worship and assists in the church), and now also Hernádi János (Jani), who became an elder on January 6th.
Jani has been in the church almost since the beginning, and we see real commitment in his life to know God and do His will. Jani and his wife Tünde are very involved in the church - we hold the Wednesday night home fellowship at their house every week.
We can see that God's hand is upon our church, and that He has always provided for us in every way!

Prayer Requests:

• Praise God for what He has done in Eger and in our church over the past few years
• Praise God for the Christmas Day service, to which many people's unsaved family members came and got to hear the Gospel message
• Pray that the people in the church would grow and mature spiritually
• For Hernádi Jani to be led by the Lord as an elder in the church
• For our Church Retreat (Feb 8-10) in Mátrafüred; that God would bless it, and the church would grow together as a body and grow closer to the Lord.
• For a more families to join the church
• For a church building near the center of town
• For a great harvest of souls in Eger!
  

Family
In November Nick's parents came to visit us in Eger and see Nathaniel. We had a great time with them, as we got to travel around a bit and relax.
We had our first Christmas with Nathaniel; he loved to stare at the Christmas lights! We actually all got very sick on Christmas day, after church, with a nasty stomach virus. It wasn't very funny at the time, but now we think back on it and laugh that that's how we spent our first Christmas together. Rosemary prepared a lot of food, and we weren't able to eat a thing!
Nathaniel is doing great - he talks and laughs a lot nowadays! He talks mostly to us, to his stuffed animals, and to himself in the mirror! He's super cute.
Rosemary is having fun running again; she's preparing to do a road race up to Hungary's highest peak in May.

Prayer Requests:

• Praise God that Nathaniel is healthy and happy
• Praise God that Rosemary is in good health after the pregnancy
• Please pray for our trip to Germany (Jan 19-26), when Nick will go to a Pastor's Conference in Siegen, and Rosemary will visit friends
• For our trip to America in Feb-March, especially for Nathaniel to have a good time on the airplane

Thank you for your prayers and support! Please feel free to contact us; we would love to hear from you.

Nick and Rosemary Cady
Csiky Sándor u. 60
3300 Eger, Hungary
+36-20-263-3174
cady@chello.hu