News

I realized it's been a while since we've written an update.
Here's a quick rundown of what's new with us and our minister in Eger:

• Rosemary is 9 months pregnant.
  Our baby girl is due next Wednesday, Jan. 20th. Rosemary has been having a really hard time for the past two weeks, and we are praying that the baby will come as soon as possible. She is very itchy, to the point where she can't sleep at night. Please pray for her!
• We moved.
  With our family growing, we were really cramped in our old flat. We loved living there and were sad to say goodbye to it, but we needed something bigger. We found a great place, owned by a friend of ours actually. It is still walking distance from the center, it is almost double the size of our old place - which means that we all have some much needed privacy, as well as a guest room/office.
• Nick's parents were here for Christmas.
  We were blessed by their visit, and were sad to see them go. It was good to be with family and to have Nick's parents here in Eger. Nate really enjoyed spending time with his grandparents. We talk to them every week on skype, so he recognized them right away and loved spending time with them.
• Car accident.
  The day after Nick's parents arrived, we were out running errands, and our car spun out on ice and hit a tree. After 3 weeks in the shop, we got our car back on Wednesday. Throughout the whole thing, we were amazed and blessed by the generosity of our friends and church family, who helped us out so much. One family in the church were so kind to even lend us their car for the whole 3 weeks, which was a huge help with Nick's parents being here and Rosemary being 9 months pregnant.
• Dani moved back to Eger.
  Dani, a guy who was part of the church for a while, but then moved to Budapest for work, has moved back to Eger out of a conviction that God wants him to be here and serve in our church. For us this is an answer to prayer, as we see that God has gifted him and given him a heart for outreach and ministry. We love Dani as a friend and brother and are glad that he is back as part of the church and laboring with us for the Gospel.
  Dani is living with his parents in a village outside of Eger, and his goal is to find work and a flat in town. Please pray for that!
• Shane is moving to Szolnok.
  Shane Daniels has served with us in Eger for over 3 years now. We have enjoyed working together with him, and he has been a big help to us and the church during this time. Shane and his wife Marianna are now expecting a baby and will move to Szolnok, Marianna's home town, with the goal of starting a Bible study there. Shane will continue to be part of the church here until the end of the year, travelling up from Szolnok 2 Sundays a month. Please pray for them, their baby, and their future ministry. Please pray for us as we make this transition.
  
• Christmas service.
  We had a really blessed Christmas service on Dec. 25th. Many people brought their parents and family members, many of whom had never been to the church, and they got to hear the wonderful news about Immanuel.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

First Bible Study in Szihalom

Today we organized a Children's program in Szihalom. This was our fourth such program, and so far they have been consistently successful, as the Lord has given us great open doors and a good reputation in the village.

For a long time we've talked about the idea of eventually starting a Bible study for adults there, and whilst this is still in the prayer and waiting stage - today we had our first Bible study.
We had the Children's program in the morning, and the Bible study for adults in the afternoon. Jani taught it, and did a great job; afterwards we prayed for the needs of the people who came - Szihalom is a pretty poor village and the people certainly have needs and concerns to pray for.

We are still praying about what the future holds, but it was a great day of ministry in Szihalom, and something we hope will grow in the future.

This Weekend

We have a 10 day outreach team from the Bible College in Vajta here in Eger right now. There are some really nice people on the team, and our first few days with them have gone really well.
They arrived on Friday night, and after getting them settled, we were off to Szihalom on Saturday morning, where we did a clothing donation and a children's program. Our events in Szihalom are more and more popular; we had a ton of kids this time, and were able to give away a lot of clothes to poor families.

We are planning our next event in Szihalom for December 5, and are praying about how to eventually begin tying this in with a Bible study for adults.

Today at church we had Németh Jani, the pastor of the Calvary Chapel in Tatabánya, as our guest teacher. It was refreshing to not have to prepare on Saturday night, plus the fact that we got an extra hour because of daylight savings!

After church the Vajta team went out to do evangelism in the city, and at 4 o'clock we had a meeting for Spanish speakers, since one of the members of the team is our good friend Pablo, from Cuba, whom we've known for many years.

From Tuesday to Friday we will have a book table in the market place selling Christian books. We've never done anything like this before, so please pray that it would be an effective and fruitful ministry!
I will write updates on how things go.

Staying Busy

Here's a short run down of what's going on with us lately.

• Last week we went to Vajta for a few days.
  Every Friday they have a guest speaker come and talk to the students, and this week I spoke to the students about what we are doing in Eger, and our vision for our ministry in the future. I also challenged them to pray about whether or not God has a place for any of them in our vision to plant churches in the Eger region.
  It was a good time, and fun to hang out with friends in Vajta.
• On Wednesday, I am going to Budapest to speak at the weekly meeting of Campus Crusade for Christ. I will be doing a presentation for mostly non-Christian kids about Creation vs. Evolution.
  We have organized similar lectures in Eger before, but I have never given a lecture on this topic, so I am excited and a bit nervous about how it will go.
  We have a really cool cooperation with CCC, and are looking forward to continuing to work with them in the future.
  
• On Friday, Oct 23, we will have a 10 day outreach team from Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe (Vajta).
  We will be doing a lot with them, and are praying that their time here will be fruitful and effective for the Kingdom.
• We will be moving to a new apartment in November.
  We've lived in the same flat the whole time we've been in Eger, but with baby #2 on the way, we're outgrowing it.
  We will be moving into a new place which is almost double the size of where we live now. The new place is a bit further from the center of town than where we are now, but not too far out. Balázs will be able to have his own room, and we will even have room for an office/guestroom. We know the woman who will be our landlord, and she even came to the church for a while, so she is giving us a very reasonable price.
  It is actually in the same building as Shane and Marianna - even right next door! So we will be seeing them a lot :)
  We've wanted to move for a while, so this is a blessing.

Please keep these things in prayer. Thank you for your support!

N&R

Thank you for praying

To those of you who prayed for the situation I mentioned in my previous post, about the family who was set to lose their house - God heard our prayers and was gracious to this dear family.
Their case has been postponed for 3 months, which gives them the possibility of keeping the house, if they are able to get enough money together.
Thank you for praying, and please continue to pray for this family, that they would be able to keep their house.

Summer Update

Greetings from Eger!

We hope you had a great summer. Ours was eventful and fruitful, and we are excited about all that the coming months hold. Here is a short summary of what we've been up to the last few months, and what we've got coming up.

Conferences
In June we went to the Foundations conference in Vajta, a conference for Eastern European church leaders. Five of us went down there from our church; Jani and Tünde couldn't come because Tünde was pregnant at the time. Since then her baby has been born; Júlia is beautiful and healthy, a true gift from God. The conference was a great blessing for those of us who were there. One of the speakers at the conference was our friend Pete Nelson from Longmont, CO. Nick and Pete have both been praying for Ukraine and about ministry opportunities there for years, and got to take a short trip there while Pete was here for the conference. The Lord blessed the trip and they were able to make some useful contacts, and are praying about the next steps.
In July we had the Summer Conference in Vajta. The theme of the conference was renewal, and God did do a great work of renewal in many people that week. On the last night of the conference Nick taught about 'renewal in service', which was followed by a time of worship and prayer. The good fruit from this conference is still noticeable in our church, months afterward.
At the Summer Conference Balázs decided to get baptized, and it was a great joy for us to see him express his commitment to following Jesus in this way!

Outreaches
We had 2 main outreaches this summer: Our annual English Camp for high school and college students, and another English Camp for younger kids.
Last year we had many people with young kids interested in our English Camp, but since it is geared for teenagers, it wasn't ideal for them. So this year we organized a second camp for smaller children, where we also taught English.
The kids camp went very well, but was incredibly tiring! Along with English, Rosemary taught Bible lessons every day and Shane taught them songs about God. All the kids had a great time, and we expect the camp to grow next year.
One thing we were glad about is that our neighbors sent their 8 year old son to the camp. Gergő had a great time, and we are glad for the opportunity to bless our neighbors and share Jesus with them.
The big English Camp had 75 campers this year, and was probably our best camp so far from a practical standpoint. Everything ran smoothly and perfectly; it was such a blessing. The camp was also very successful from a spiritual perspective. One new thing we did this year was to have a table of free stuff, on which we Bibles, the book "More Than a Carpenter" (in Hungarian), and various fliers. The kids took the Bibles faster than we could pass them out. They also took many copies of the books.
Since English Camp we have started a youth group, which meets once a month on a Saturday. Our hope is that in addition to ministering to the youth in our church, it will be a way to continue ministering to the kids from the camp.
We have also started an English Club, or rather re-started it. Rosemary is now leading it, and so far it seems successful. She got a phone call the other day, that an article about her and the English Club will be in the Heves county (Eger is the Heves county seat) newspaper, which also mentions our church!
We are very thankful to all those who came out and served with us this summer. We had help from many in the church, as well as Kim and Andy - a couple who study at the Bible college in Vajta, April - who lived in Eger and served with us when we first started the church in 2005, Geoff and Angela from CC Syracuse, and a team from CC Vista.

Future
We will have another baptism service on September 20, at a lake near Eger, as we have done the past 2 years as well. There will be 3-4 people who will be baptized to make an outward statement of their new life in Christ.
We are excited to have more and more babies being born in the church, and look forward to having a full children's ministry in the future!
On a sad note, some people from our church are moving away from Eger, some to Budapest for school and work, others moving abroad. Notably, Judit Poczok is moving to England this month for a year to work. Judit has been in our church before it was even a church! We are going to miss her, and pray that God blesses her time in England.

Two weeks ago, we held a vision meeting in which we laid out the future vision of the church. (Audio here - *Hungarian only) In summary, the long term vision is to start Bible studies in the surrounding cities and villages, which are outreaches of the Eger church, with the goal that they would grow into independent churches. The short term vision is to do various forms of outreach to reach Eger, both evangelically and socially.
We are working on the possibility of getting a grant to do some sort of social work in Eger, perhaps with troubled teens, homeless, or elderly people. If we would be able to do this, we could serve these people in Jesus' name while at the same time providing jobs for people in the church. Please join us in praying for this possibility. We have handed in the initial paperwork, but there is a lot involved in this, and it is sometimes over our heads.
In the next few weeks we will begin doing some outreaches to the college here, as well as an event for Heart Day at the end of the month, where we will tie in the Gospel with the message of having a healthy heart.

Family
Our biggest news is that Rosemary is pregnant again! We are expecting the new addition to our family in January. Rosemary is currently 20 weeks along, which means that we should be able to know the sex soon. We're very excited, and feel very blessed!
Nate is now two years old. We took him to the zoo for his birthday, and he got to see all his favorite animals which he knows from books and videos. He even got to pet some of them, including a giraffe! He is a big guy now, and is talking more and more.
Balázs started high school yesterday, and is loving it. He has some friends in the school, including some from English Camp and one who is also a Christian. He is doing well in general, and it is great to see the positive changes taking place in his life as he is here in our home.
Nick is going to start school again at the end of this month, and is enjoying being in school again. It will be hard in the next few months, with the new baby coming, and all that is going on in the church, so please pray for him.

One big thing in our lives right now, is that we have significantly less money now than in years past. Because of the financial crisis, some of our supporting churches have reduced their support. We are thankful for everything we get, but things are tighter financially, especially with a growing family. Nick still works teaching English, which helps a bit.
If you would like to support our ministry here in Eger financially, it is now possible to donate online (tax deductible) here.

Thank you for your prayers and support. We appreciate it very much!
Blessings,
Nick and Rosemary

English Camp Update

I'm writing from the camp to give a quick update on how the camp has been going so far.
We have 75 kids this year, and I would have to say this is our best organized camp so far. Rosemary and many others have put a lot of work into preparing the practical details of the camp, and it's running like a well-oiled machine!
But of course, that is not all that matters. Our desire is that the camp would be effective and fruitful spiritually, and we see that that is happening as well. Every day we have testimony times, in which the helpers talk a bit about their lives, and of course, as believers the most significant part of their story is how they came to know the Lord, and what their life is like in Him.

One thing we did for the first time this year was to make a table of free stuff the kids can take if they like. On the first day we ran out of New Testaments - and couldn't buy more from the distributor :( - we also have 100 copies of More Than a Carpenter in Hungarian, as well as CDs and Welcome Packets from our church.
Some of the helpers have been doing an Invisible Theater, where they take the kids on a journey through life - from birth to death, using Bible verses. It ends with them reading a verse that whoever believes in Him will live eternally, and the participant is raised from the dead to eternal life. The reaction from the kids is that it is very moving, and it has been running constantly in the afternoons.

We have invited the kids to come with their parents to church on Sunday, usually we do have quite a few kids and their families come out - so please pray for that, that they would hear God's Word, and receive it.

We would also like to start a Youth Group after the camp, and are praying that kids from the camp can connect with that too.

There is so much going on here that it would take forever to write it all down. All in all - it is a blessed time and things are going great.
Please continue to pray for the kids, for the helpers, and for God's will to be done in this place.
Thanks!

Pastor Ken

Pastor Ken Lang - or Maci Laci, as we like to call him - from Calvary Chapel of Syracuse, NY has been a friend as well as a supporter and partner of our ministry for years, and we are enjoying a visit with him this week.
Its a real blessing to spend time with him, and many of the people in the church feel a real connection with him.
Ken taught our Wednesday night service last night, and will teach the Sunday service as well - after which I will be driving him down to Čakovec, Croatia, as he'll be teaching at Calvary Chapel Čakovec's family camp.
Please pray for a great connection with the church this Sunday, as well as God's blessings upon our travel down to Croatia.

February Update

Greetings from Eger!

Here's an update on what's been going on with us for the past 2 months.
At Christmas time we got to go to the States to visit our family and friends. It always seems that our trips to the States are both too short and too long - because we don't get to have enough time as we'd like with everyone, but yet it is a long time to be away from Eger.
It was really nice to have a family Christmas in Colorado with Nick's parents and Rosemary's brother, Tony. It was a blessing to get to visit with our friends and supporters as well.

Since arriving back in Hungary, we've been sick quite a bit. Just this past week we all got the flu, and Nate had a fever of 104 F (40 C) for 3 days, and still has a fever, although it is getting lower.

One big thing that happened recently, is that 2 weeks ago our house got broken into and robbed. We went out for dinner with some friends, and came home to find our stuff all over the floor. It took a minute to realize what had happened, and then we started looking for our stuff, and realized that a lot of things were missing. The robbers broke into our building with a crowbar, and then went out into our yard and pried one of our windows open, and came in that way. The police came out and we filed a report, but so far they haven't found anything. All in all, we lost about $5000 worth of stuff - mostly electronics and jewelry, including our laptop and camera and some stuff that we can't replace, like Rosemary's mom's wedding ring, and jewelry from our wedding. The bright side is that we weren't home when it happened, and we're all safe. Its an unsettling feeling that someone broke in; Balázs was especially shaken up by it. This is the first time someone's broken in, but the second time we've been robbed here at this place, and someone tried to break into another flat in this building last year.
We would like to move sometime soon, not just because of this, but because we'd also like to have another baby, and would need the extra space. We'd like to maybe buy a flat or house rather than rent. We've started looking already, but we're probably going to start doing it more seriously after this.

Personal

Nathaniel: Is now almost 18 months, and he is quite the busy little boy. He is starting so say some words and loves to imitate things and make animal noises.
We had to take him to the emergency room for the first time recently, because he climbed out of his crib and hit his head on the floor. We had a big bump on his head that lasted a week and a half, and we had to take him to get x-rays, but thankfully there was no serious problem.

Balázs: Has been doing better in school since he moved in with us. We can see that he has a lot more self-confidence, and its nice to see him growing as a person.
He is finishing the 8th grade, so he will start Secondary School in the fall. He applied to a good school here in Eger that specializes in technology, and it looks like they will accept him.

Rosemary: Has been sick 3 times already in the past month, and hasn't been getting a lot of sleep because of the baby being sick too. She's been having a rough time of it, so please pray for her.

Nick: Started studying theology through a distance learning program with the University of Gloucestershire (England), and is excited to go back to school and hopefully get a degree out it.

Prayer Reqests:

• Praise the Lord that we are all safe
• For our health - especially for that of Nathaniel and Rosemary
  
• For the safety of our family
• For us to find the right place to move to
• For our desire and plan to have another baby
• Nick to be wise with his time, as starts school
  

Calvary Chapel of Eger
On Feb 6-8 we had our 3rd annual church retreat in Mátrafüred, about an hour from Eger. These retreats are one our favorite things we do with the church. They are always times when we grow closer to the Lord and closer to each other, as we spend the weekend in fellowship together, hanging out, cooking, playing sports, going hiking, and studying God's Word.
Horvát-Kávai Árpi, Andi, and Nina came up from Vajta, and Árpi taught the Bible studies, which were a blessing to everyone.

We have started planning for our summer English Camp outreach, which will be July 27- Aug 1. We are praying for helpers to come, as we are expecting a bigger turnout than ever before. We just got the flyers back from the printer - we ordered almost twice as many as in previous years, and we hope to have more kids there than ever before. If the Lord does this, then it will require a lot more work and a lot more helpers, so please pray for that.

The church as a whole is doing well. The last few weeks we have had a packed house on Sundays, so much so, that people have had a hard time finding seats. Praise the Lord for that, and pray that it continues, and the Lord uses us in a great way to make disciples and reach Eger for Jesus Christ.

One noteworthy thing, is that on one of our Wednesday night Bible studied a few weeks ago, one of the girls in the church made the comment, What, are there only guys in this church? Now, that's obviously an exaggeration, since there are many girls in the church - its probably 50-50 really, but it shows that God has really answered our prayers for more men and families to join the church. Of the people who have recently joined the church, most of them are men. We see this as a really good thing, because when we started the church was almost only young girls, and we are glad to have this healthy balance.

Prayer Requests:

• Praise the Lord for the good things He is doing among us
• Praise the Lord, that He has answered our prayers
  
• For those in the church who are suffering financially
• For those in the church who are unemployed and need work
• For Allert and Anita, a couple from church who got married on Saturday
• For love and unity to be characteristic of our body
• For a great harvest of souls in Eger!
  

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

God bless,
Nick and Rosemary

Szihalom Children's Program

Last Saturday we did a Children's Program in Szihalom, and it went really well.
Quite a few kids came out - many more than we've ever had at any of our children's programs we've done in Eger.

I think that part of the reason is that there is never anything going on in villages, so when there is a program like this, everyone knows about it and everyone comes out. In Eger there is a lot of stuff going on all the time, and its hard to get the word out about a program like this. In Szihalom, we just print out a few posters on our printer, and within a day, the whole village knows about it and is talking about it!

The other day, I went to Szihalom to meet with Balázs's head master (he still goes to school in Szihalom every day), and as I walked down the hall, everyone knew who I was, because we've made a reputation for ourselves in the village!

We're glad about this open door in Szihalom, and are praying for the Lord's will and direction in what to do, and how, in the future.
In the mean time, here's a little video we made about the Children's Program:

Weds. Night Bible Study Changes

Our officially started our church back in March of 2005, and at that time we started studying the book of Genesis on Wednesday nights.
Just last Wednesday we finished the last chapter of Deuteronomy, meaning that we finished studying through the entire Torah. It only took 3.5 yrs :)

And tonight, we begin a new book - the Letter to the Hebrews - in a new location; as of tonight our Wednesday night Bible study will be at the Kálvin Ház - where our church office is, and where we have church on Sunday mornings.

Until now we had been meeting the apartment of Jani and Tünde, which was a cool element, I think it will be a good thing for us to be in the same place for both services - not to mention that their apartment was getting a bit small for the Bible study, and we hope that having it in a more public place, downtown, will also attract others to come, especially college students, who might have been reluctant to go to someone's apartment.

The time of the study is also changing from 7pm to 6pm.

Please pray for us as we make these changes!

November Update

Greetings from Eger!

Life and ministry have been very eventful over the last few months, with even some big changes in our family life, which you can read about below.
We will be going to America for Christmas - the first time we'll have been with family at Christmas in many years.
We'll be in Denver from Dec 12-27, in S.California from Dec 27-Jan 10, and Vancouver, B.C. from Jan 10-14.
We'd love to see as many friends/family/supporters as possible; if you'd like to get together, please let us know ASAP, so we can schedule it in!

Calvary Chapel Eger
So much has happened in the life of the church over the last few months.
A couple from the church, Jani and Ági, got married on September 20th. Ági was one of the first people in our church, and we are very blessed to see how the Lord brought these two together. More about this...
We have more and more married couples in the church, which changes the feeling of the church in a good way, and is an answer to prayer. In October another couple got engaged, and will be getting married in the spring.

In October we had a baptism at a lake near Eger. This was the 2nd baptism we held this year, and it is always great to see the fruit of what the Lord has done in the lives of those in the church, as they make this public statement about being born again and being committed to following Jesus. We already have more people set to be baptized at our next baptism next year, when the weather gets better! More about this...

Last weekend we did a clothing drive in Szihalom, a relatively poor village near Eger. There are some people from Szihalom in our church, and God has opened some doors there for us to reach out to the village. This is the 3rd year we've done a clothing drive here, and each year we have been able to provide more clothes, had more people come, and been more effective in sharing the Gospel message along with the free clothing. More and more in the church, we see that people have a desire to serve and to do things for others - and this is good fruit, and the evidence of the Lord's work in their lives. More about this...
We will be doing a Children's Program in Szihalom on Dec 6, as another outreach to the village, to see what God might do there through our church.

As we will be away for a month, the church's elders - Jani and Shane - will be overseeing things. It seems that when we away like this, the church often experiences more spiritual attacks, so please keep that in prayer.

Prayer Requests:

• Praise the Lord for all the good things He is doing among us!
  
• Please pray for the married couples in our church, that their marriages would be strong, stable, and glorifying to the Lord.
• For the new believers in the church, and those who were baptized recently, that their faith would have a strong foundation, and that they would be used by the Lord as His witnesses in this city
• For the village of Szihalom, that God would use our church to communicate His love to the people who live there, and that many kids would turn out for our Children's program
• For the church while we are away, for Jani and Shane, for God's protection over His flock.
  
• For those in the church who are struggling financially, who are at risk of losing their jobs and homes.
• For a great harvest of souls in Eger!

Family
The biggest change in our family life, is that we are in the process of taking in a young guy from church as a foster child.
His name is Balázs and he's 14 years old and in the 8th grade.
He's being taken away from his mom, and would have ended up in an orphanage if no one had been willing to take him in.
We've know him for the last 2 years that he's been part of our church; during that time his dad died, and he's been living in a pretty rough situation at home, without basic needs.
James 2:14-17 says: What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?
So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
This is the verse that the Lord placed on our hearts and brought to our minds as we were praying about what to do with Balázs, and it directly applies to this situation.
We believe this is God's will for us and for Balázs, so we're going for it. Its going to change our lives quite a bit - our apartment is going to be a little cramped and its going to be tighter financially, but, as we talked about in church this Sunday, if we would know how everything's going to work out, then it wouldn't be a step of faith.
We are here to have an impact on people's lives for the Lord, and this is a good opportunity for us to do that in Balázs's life.

In other news, Nathaniel has started to walk, and is now running all over. He is a great blessing to us. He has recently been a bit sick from some vaccinations he got, and he will be getting another one right before we travel to the States, which makes us a bit nervous.

Rosemary has been able to be more active in the church lately; now that Nate's getting bigger, she can get out of the house more and attend more meetings. She's started doing women's ministry again, and started a Bible study for the young girls. Her hands and feet haven't been causing her a lot of pain lately, which is really nice.

Nick has been working part time for the last year and a half, teaching English, to make ends meet, as the drop in the value of the dollar hit us pretty hard. In April he got a really great job, with few hours, decent pay, and his own office! The job was too good to be true, and he got laid off in September - which actually turned out to be a blessing. He now only works a few hours a week at a language school, and has more time for the family and for the church.

Prayer Requests:

• Please pray for the 4 of us as we make this transition to Balázs joining our household
• Please pray that we would have wisdom to raise a teenager
• Please pray that we could raise him in the Lord's ways.
• For Nathaniel to be healthy, happy, strong, and smart
• For us, that we would be good parents, who are able to raise our kids in the Lord's ways
• For our marriage to be strong and a good example to others
• For Rosemary's hands and feet
• For our trip to America, especially for Nathaniel to do well on the airplanes, and for Nick as he might be driving from Denver to San Diego by himself
• For us to find a place for Balázs to stay for the time that we'll be in America

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

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

August Update

Greetings from Eger!

We have had a busy summer! We've had many visitors, spent a good amount of time away from home, and even had a few surprises. God is good, and it has been a very good summer, and a very fruitful time for us.

Visitors
In May, on Pentecost Sunday, our church moved to our new location in the Kálvin Ház, in the heart of the city center. It is a blessing to be there, and we have already experienced the difference that being there makes on our church. Because we are right downtown, the sound of the worship music and the Bible teaching goes out of the open windows and fills the surrounding square. We have already had people come in off the street after seeing our signs and hearing the music.
In the spring we had a visit from Geof and Anjila Stimack, during which time Geof did a presentation on Intelligent Design in the Kálvin Ház to a packed house.
At the end of May, Pastor Ken Lang and his wife Lucy, from Syracuse, NY came to visit us. Pastor Ken has studied marital counseling, and we took advantage of him being here to organize a Marriage Conference. This is something which was timely for our church, as we now have more and more young married couples, and two weddings this summer. The conference was a day long, and we trust that God used it to prepare those who were single or preparing to get married, and helped to strengthen the marriages of those who were already married.
In June, Pastor Tom and Maryellen Stipe from Crossroads Church of Denver visited us here in Eger. It was very encouraging for us to have them in Eger again, as Tom is Nick's sending pastor. During their time here, Tom taught a Sunday service and Maryellen taught a seminar on overcoming depression. Depression is a very widespread problem in Hungary, so we were glad to be able to provide people with Biblical teaching and principles about the subject. The DVD we made of the seminar has sold more copies than any other resource in our church!

• Thank God for the grace He has shown our church and for the growth!
• Pray for those who attended the Intelligent Design Seminar, the Marriage Conference and the Depression Seminar, as well as for those who watch the DVDs.
  

Conferences
In June, we also went to the Foundations Conference - the Eastern European leadership conference for Calvary Chapel. Tom was the guest speaker at the conference, and this year we were excited to bring more people from the church whom God is raising up as leaders. This year along with Shane and his fiance (now his wife), Marianna, we brought Kati, Jani and Tünde. We had a great time of growth and fellowship at this conference, and God used this time to strengthen those who came and teach them a lot about leadership. Next year we hope to bring even more, as God continues to grow the church and raise up leaders from among us.
In July we went to the family camp in Vajta, with 20 people from the church. It was a relaxing time with good teaching and good fellowship. One guy from the church - also named Jani - was baptized at the conference. We are also planning another baptism for September, near Eger, where 3-4 more will be baptized.

• Thank God for the good fruit that came from our times at these Conferences
• Pray that the things that God spoke to us there would be put into practice in our lives and not be easily forgotten
  

Outreach
From July 28-August 4 we had our third English Camp outreach in Felsőtárkány - right outside of Eger. This year we had more kids than ever before - 80 total.
Because of this we had a hard time getting enough teachers, but God provided for us, even in spite of some last minute complications and difficulties.
The camp went very well, praise the Lord! The Gospel was preached, seeds were planted, and a number of campers made commitments to follow Jesus Christ.
Since that time, a number of them have been in church, and we pray they will continue to walk with the Lord and become grounded and strengthened in their new faith.

• Praise God for bringing so many kids to the camp, where they could hear about Him!
• Praise the Lord for bringing us enough helpers, and ones who were committed believers and able to share with the kids what it means to have a relationship with God.
• Pray for the kids who were there and heard the Gospel, that they would respond to the call of the Holy Spirit to give their lives to Jesus and be born-again!
• Pray for those who have made commitments to the Lord, that they would be founded and established in Christ, and that they would come to church.
• Pray for those who have been coming to church, that they would continue, and they would grow as healthy Christians as they learn God's Word and worship Him.
  

Weddings!
Shane Daniels - who works with us here in Eger - got married on July 19th! His wife's name is Marianna, she is from the town of Szolnok, not too far from Eger.
They had a beautiful ceremony near Szolnok, and Nick preached at the wedding in Hungarian.
In September there will be another wedding in the church - Jani and Ági will join their lives together.

• Praise God for bringing Shane and Marianna and Jani and Ági together!
• Pray that God would strengthen their marriages and let them be a strong light to those around them for the Lord.
  

Personal
We have been very busy this summer, and not home very much - which is very hard on Nathaniel, and which makes it hard for him to stay on a normal sleeping schedule.
One good thing, is that Nick's work called and told him he will not be needed for the whole month of August. This gives us the chance to relax a bit after being so busy, and gives Nick the chance to be around the house more with Rosemary and Nate - which we all enjoy!
In the first week of September will be our 4th wedding anniversary and Nate's 1-year birthday, so that week the three of us will go on vacation as a family.
Nate is getting really big. He crawls all the time and is able to stand up and move around, holding on to objects. He will be walking really soon! He is already saying a few words - "Dada, Mama, and Baba" - as well as making all kinds of other vocal experiments all the time!
Rosemary's hands and wrists have been giving her a lot of pain lately, and she has been very tired.

• Thank God for giving us time together.
• Pray that God would draw us together as a family - close to each other and close to Him.
• Pray for Rosemary, that she would be rested and that the pain in her hands and wrists would go away.
• Pray for Nate that he would be healthy as he grows and develops.
• Pray for Nick to manage time well, so he can have lots of quality time with our family.
  

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

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

Post English Camp

The English Camp went really well this year - Praise God for that!
With more kids this year, there were some new challenges, but all in all it was a joy, and the kids and teachers all had a great time.
The Gospel was preached and seeds were sown. A number of the campers made commitments to Jesus, and the youth from our church who attended were strengthened as they were able to share their faith with their peers - many of whom are their classmates in school.
On the last day of camp, we passed out invitations for the students to bring their parents to church on Sunday, and today the church was full and people were having a hard time finding seats! I shared an evangelistic message from Ephesians 2:1-10, and we gave Welcome Packets to the parents and copies of Why Grace Changes Everything and More Than a Carpenter to the kids who came.
Praise God for a great camp, and for those who committed their lives to following Him!
Please pray:
- For the kids who were at the camp and who heard about God's love for them
- For those who came to church today and heard the Gospel Message
- For those who made commitments to Jesus at the camp
- For those who nearly made commitments, but are still counting the cost

Prayer Request: English Camp

Tomorrow we will start our 3rd English Camp here in Eger.
This year we have 80 kids coming, which is the most we've ever had - almost twice as many as last year.
We have barely enough teachers, and have even had a few problems - which God has worked out graciously. Shane's wife's dad will have a serious heart surgery on Monday or Tuesday, and we were really counting on their help to teach. Obviously they need to go and be with their family during this difficult time, but we weren't sure how we were going to cover without them here. But God is faithful, and he provided us with two girls from Debrecen who have taught in similar camps before, and are able to come for the exact amount of time that Shane and Marianna won't be at camp! It worked out perfectly - praise the Lord.
Please pray that God would use this camp in a great way. Previous camps have been very fruitful, and we're excited to see what God will do this week.
Please pray for us to have wisdom and sensitivity in how we share the Gospel.
Please pray that these kids would be impacted, and that their hearts would be receptive to the seed of the Gospel.

First Service in New Location

Today was Pentecost, and it was also our first Sunday in our new location.
For a long time we've been praying that God would open up a door for us to move the church downtown, so that we could have more visibility and be closer to the heart of the city.
Well, God has opened a door for us to go into a great place right downtown. Its an office building that is owned by the Reformed church, and it has a big hall upstairs which holds 150. It is perfect for a church - its already furnished with chairs, a stage, spotlights, grand piano and all, and it gives us room to grow.
Our first Sunday there went really well, and we just pray that being in this location will help us to reach the city and bring more people into the Kingdom.
One of my personal favorite things about this place is that when I'm preaching, there is a big picture of John Calvin right behind my head!
Here's a video to give you an idea of what the place is like:

April Update

Greetings from Eger!

It seems like time is flying! Nathaniel is already 7 months old, he has a tooth and will start crawling soon, and things in the church are going great - praise the Lord!
We were in the US for 5 weeks in February and March, and got to visit a lot of friends, family, and church family. In addition to our usual stops in So. California and Colorado, we also finally made it up to the Bay Area to visit Nick's family up there, as well as our friends and supporters in Gilroy.
It was a great trip, but we were also excited to get back to Eger, to the work that God has called us to, and keep our hands to the plow.

Kálvin Ház
For a long time we have been praying for a new home for the church - a place that would be more central, since most people in Eger walk everywhere, and a place where we could have more visibility. It seems that God has opened up a door for us and answered our prayers. Nick was invited to preach in January for an inter-denominational protestant gathering in Eger, and got to talking with the Reformed minister, who after hearing that we were praying about moving into the city center, offered to let us move in to a building owned by their church, which is just 100 yards from the main square, and right next to the city market.
There is no more central location than this in the whole town! This building is called the Kálvin Ház; it was built in 1711, and it is where the Reformed church of Eger met before they built their current building - and is now used as offices and for special meetings.
There is a big room upstairs which holds about 150 people, already furnished with chairs and a stage, with windows facing the market square, which would be ours every Sunday morning. They also offered us an office space in the building, which we could also use for children's ministry, youth ministry, and even smaller Bible study groups.
We have been negotiating, and everything looks great, but we are still praying about whether or not we should make this move. The biggest change for the church would be that we would have to have the Sunday services in the morning - which is a good thing - but it makes it harder for some people to come. Please join us in praying about this situation!

Prayer Requests

• Praise the Lord, that He has opened up doors for us to move into the city center.
• For wisdom to follow God's leading on whether or not to move the church to the Kálvin Ház

Calvary Chapel Eger
Things have been well in the church. People are growing and doing well - praise the Lord for that. We are getting prepared right now for our summer activities - our English Camp outreach, baptisms, and the summer conference in Vajta.
This past weekend our church did a music outreach in the city park. It rained for the first hour or so of the outreach, but after that it cleared up, and we had the opportunity to share God's Word with people. This was the first time our church has done an outreach like this without outside help, and one of the great things about it was how many people from the church came out to reach out to their city on a Saturday. We know that God will water the seeds which were planted in people's hearts.
We also have quite a few young people in the church, and so we are praying about starting a youth group. We are seeking the Lord about when and how to do this.

Prayer Requests

• Praise the Lord for the spiritual growth in the church - that people are discovering their gifts and serving the Lord by reaching out to others in His name
  
• For the English Camp to be a fruitful outreach, for helpers to come and assist, for many kids to sign up, and for many to come to know the Lord.
  
• For Ági, who is pregnant and has a heart condition. She had to go to the hospital a month before her due date, because giving birth is potentially dangerous for her.
• For the young couples in the church who will get married this summer - Shane & Marianna and János and Ágnes - to glorify Jesus in their lives and marriages.
  
• For the new believers who will get baptized this summer - for God to strengthen them in their walks with Him.
• For wisdom in following God's leading in starting a youth group

Personal
Ever since the baby was born, Rosemary has been very tired, and not gotten normal amounts of sleep. Nowadays she is busy planning the English Camp and going to visit schools to advertise. The students always get excited to see Nathaniel with her whenever she comes.
Nate is getting bigger; he will be 8 months on May 1st. He has a tooth and is rolling all over and sitting up, and even getting up on all fours.
Nick stays busy with the church stuff and he is also working teaching English a few hours a week, and trying to get some exercise whenever he has the chance. Spring is his favorite time of year here, because it gets so green and beautiful, and he likes to mountain bike.

Prayer Requests

• For Rosemary as she struggles with being tired all the time
• For Nathaniel to grow strong and healthy
• For our marriage to be strong and glorifying to God, as well as an example for others in the church to follow
• For us as parents to raise Nathaniel properly, in the Lord's ways

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

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

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