Eger English Camp

Our church in Eger is now 4 years old. We used to live in Debrecen and work with that church, and also came up here for 2 years for a Bible study that started with a girl, Judit, who got saved at Debrecen's English camp.
We now have our own English camp for the local high school and college students. It has grown tremendously, with 35 at the first camp and 80 kids at last year's camp. We are expecting 100 kids to attend this year.
Speaking a foreign language is a must here-and to graduate high school, most students need to speak 2 languages. Americans cannot comprehend that, as so many people I know think they can speak Spanish if they can order food-tacos and salsa por favor!!
We try to create a native speaking environment by bringing native speakers-mostly Americans, but this year an Australian couple as well-and by spending all day together.

I am writing this note to let you native speakers know about our outreach to our community, and to ask you to contact me if you are interested in coming to help with the camp.

The camp runs with about the same program every day: 3 hours in the morning in conversation with a native speaker (we have some Hungarians come who teach the beginners), free time in the afternoons where the kids can choose an activity like crafts, sports, hiking, baking, etc, and then we end the day with an "exciting" evening program like a talent show, games/activities, and our biggest hit-an American Idol style Karaoke contest. Really. I have stage fright, but Nick makes me do it and I sang Like A Virgin when I was 9 months pregnant.

If anyone is interested or wants to know more info-PLEASE contact me! We are short on helpers this year from Native speakers!
Some helpful stuff-Camp dates are Monday July 27 until Saturday Aug 1.
You can check our church website for more info-www.eger.golgota.hu

God bless, Rosemary

Prayer Requests and Praise Reports

God has been doing good things in our church lately!
There are new people attending the church.

• One that we are really excited about is someone we've known for years. He a member of a family in our church, and we have been praying for him for years, that he would come to know the Lord. Recently he started attending the church and meeting with me (Nick) during the week. God has really changed him a lot, and we are so amazed as we see what God is doing in his life.
• Another new person is a woman who came to our church because she has a lot of difficulties and wanted us to pray for her. When she came the first time, she told us that her whole family is unemployed, her husband has cancer, and her brother is in a coma, because a scaffolding fell on him. We prayed for her, and the next week she came back with some great news: Her brother came out of the coma - which he had been in for weeks at that point! Praise the Lord! It is so cool to see God answer prayers in this way - where it is a testimony to those who aren't yet believers, or who are new believers. Since that time, God has also answered prayers in regard to her work situation, and now her and one of her sons have gotten jobs!
  

Besides this, there are always new faces, and lately we've had more and more students from the local high schools and the college. We are very glad to have them as part of our fellowship as well.

At the same time that we are blessed to have new people in the church, we don't want to neglect those who have faithfully been part of the church for years. There are some of these people whom we haven't see so much around the church lately; please pray for these people, that they would remain close to the Lord and remain in fellowship.

And please continue to pray for God to draw many people to Himself in Eger!