Mission Trip to Ukraine

Today a team will leave for Beregovo (HU: Beregszász), Ukraine to do an all-day children's program in a boarding school for disadvantaged kids. There will be between 60 and 100 kids there, and we hope to share with them a message of hope and love in God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Savior.
This is our 3rd mission trip to the region. Please pray that it would be fruitful and that God would lead us as to what to do in the future.

Introducing Scott Fales

We have a new co-worker in our church here in Eger. Scott Fales moved to Eger in July from Thousand Oaks, California to serve with our church for at least the next year, and possibly longer.

We have known Scott for the past few years, and he has been out to Hungary before. He is a good friend of Shane Daniels, who served with us for the past few years until recently moving to Szolnok, where he plans to start a church this autumn - our church, and Scott, plan to be involved in helping that new church plant to get started.

Here is a link to Scott's blog. Please keep him, our church, and the church plant in Szolnok in prayer.

Trip to Ukraine

Today 7 of us from the church here in Eger will leave for Ukraine for the weekend. This will be our church's first "mission trip", and we are excited for what the Lord has in store.
Ukraine is a place that I have always prayed for - my family on my mom's side moved to North America from Ukraine, and when I first came to Hungary, my plan was actually to stay in Debrecen for a few months, and then move on to Ukraine. The Lord had other plans for me, but Ukraine's always had a special place in my heart.
For some time now our church leadership has felt that we would like to begin doing some ministry in surrounding countries, possibly in Ukraine - so for us, this is the first step in that direction.
We will be going to the Hungarian speaking region of Ukraine, right along the border, and working with Dankó Józsi, a guy who works with Eastern European mission doing social work, and has started a Golgota church in Berehove (Beregszász in Hungarian).

We have a few goals with the trip. One is that would like to be a blessing and help to Józsi is what he is doing. On Saturday we will go with him to a gypsy settlement and a boarding school for street kids (internátus) - where we will do music outreaches similar to what we do here in Eger. On Sunday we will lead the church service in Beregszász.
Another goal is that I would like people from our church to see what real poverty is like, with the hope that it will change how they view the world. When I was 18, I took a trip to the Dominican Republic to do evangelism. We went into slums where I saw extreme poverty - and it had a big impact on my whole way of seeing the world. To this day I remember it often, and it made me realize how much I actually have - I began to appreciate my material blessings more; it made me complain less, and be more thankful. I think that everyone should have that kind of experience - it changes you.
One other goal with the trip is to "get our feet wet" in Ukraine. We feel like this is the first step for us to take in getting involved in ministry there, and after we do this, we will wait for God to show us the next step.

Here are some things you can pray for, for the trip:

• Smooth border crossing - that it would be fast, and that there would be no problem with customs because of the donations we are bringing. That all the papers with the cars would be in order, and that we would be able to cross quickly and smoothly.
• For the 2 outreaches on Saturday afternoon - that the Holy Spirit would give us the words to speak, and that the whole time would be anointed and effective.
• We aren't exactly sure of how everything will go - so please pray that we would be flexible and led by the Spirit.
• For safe travel and for the cars to run well. My car isn't running as well as it used to, and neither is Jani's - so please pray for them!

I hope to take pictures of our time there and post them here once we've returned.
Thanks for praying!

Problem with Baby - Please Pray!

(Magyar verzió lent van)

There is good news and bad news.

Good news:

• Felicia Pearl Cady was born this morning at around 8:20. She is alive and in stable condition.
• Rosemary is fine.

Bad news:

• When we got to the hospital this morning, they checked the amniotic fluid, and found miconium (first poop) in it. They could barely find a heart beat, so they did an emergency c-section.
• Felicia had the miconium go into her lungs and was without oxygen for some time. When she came out she was totally blue, limp and not able to breathe on her own. She was not moving.
• She has been taken in a special ambulance to Budapest, where they treat babies with this condition. I am going to leave for Budapest in a few minutes to be with her. The next 24 hrs are critical.
• According to the doctor, anything can happen at this point. It is possible she won't survive, but also possible that she could have a total recovery and be fine. There is a serious danger that she could have lasting effects from the lack of oxygen to her vital organs - and a chance of brain damage.

PLEASE PRAY that Felicia would have a full recovery and total restoration.
Please pray for Rosemary, Nate, and Balázs. Rosemary will be in the hospital for 5 days recovering.
We are thankful to the Lord for all the blessings He has shown us today. It is amazing that we got to the hospital in time - the doctor said that if we would have been 10 min later, she would not have survived. We are thankful that there is special care available, and we are thankful for all the people who have kindly helped us and prayed for us.
We are hoping and praying for total recovery, that Felicia could live a healthy life. Thank you for praying.

Jó hír:

• Cady Felícia Pearl ma 8:20 körül megszületett. Életben van, és stabil az állapota.
• Rosemary jól van.

Rossz hír:

• Amikor megérkeztünk a kórházba ma reggel, megnézték a magzat vízet, és láttak, hogy mekonium (első kaki) volt benne. Alíg találtak szívhangot, és ezért sürgős császár meccést csináltak.
• A mekonium Felícia tüdőibe ment, és egy ideig oxigén nélkül volt. Amikor kijött, teljesen kék volt, nem mozgott, és nem tudott levegőt venni magától.
• Elszállították egy speciális mentőautóval pestre, ahol ilyen állapotú babákat ellátnak. Hamarosan elindulok pestre én is, hogy vele legyek. A következő 24 óra kritikus.
• Az orvos szerint, most bármi lehetséges. Az is lehetséges, hogy nem fog túl élni, és az is lehetséges hogy teljesen meggyógyul és minden rendben lesz. Arra is van komoly veszély, hogy az oxigén hiány miatt tartosan megsérültek a szervei - arra is van esély, hogy agysérülés lesz.

KÉRLEK, IMÁDKOZZATOK, hogy Felícia meggyógyuljon teljesen, és hogy teljes helyreállás legyen.
Kérlek, imádkozzatok Rosemaryért, Nate-ért, és Balázsért. Rosemary 5 napig bent marad a kórházban.
Nagyon hálások vagyunk az Úrnak mindazokért az áldásokért amikkel megáldott minket ma. Annyira jó, hogy időben odaértünk a kórházba - az orvos azt mondta, hogy ha 10 perccel később jöttünk volna, akkor tuti, hogy nem élt volna. Hálások vagyunk, hogy van ez a speciális ellátás, és hálások vagyunk mindazokért az emberekért akik kedvesen segítenek nekünk és imádkoznak értünk.
Reménykedünk és imádkozunk teljes gyógyulás és helyreállásért, hogy Felícia egy egészséges életet tudjon élni. Köszönjük, hogy imádkoztok.

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

Volunteer Day

Today our church participated in a nation-wide volunteer day, organized by the Reformed church. A team from our church took part, and we worked together with some Reformed believers and some boy scouts to fix up a playground in a poorer part of the city.
We planted trees, painted, and fixed up the sand area, which amounted to about 3.5 hrs of work.
Nate enjoyed helping out and playing, and was even filmed by the city TV station, who told me that he was the "perfect advertisement" for the campaign! Good job Nate!
It was good to get out in Jesus name and do something practical to bless our city.
Here are some pictures:

Baptism Video

A guy from our church, Joel, made this video of our recent baptism:

World Heart Day Outreach

Yesterday we had an all day outreach, in connection with World Heart Day.

Hungary has one of the lowest life expectancies of European countries, and heart disease is the biggest killer.

A woman in our church, Ági, has a heart problem, and she came up with the idea this summer that for World Heart Day we should organize an outreach with some doctors, in which we take basic readings and the doctor gives consultation, and through this we can share with these people about the importance of both taking care of their hearts physically, and giving their hearts to God spiritually.

We also created a flier for the day, which on the one side had information about how to have a healthy heart, and on the other side talked about the other aspect of the heart, and shared the Gospel message.

Another aspect of this idea which makes it good, is that there are many problems in the Eger hospital, so anything we can do to help the sick in the city is welcomed by the population, as well as by the local government. What we found during the outreach was that many people were very glad to be able to talk a doctor for a few minutes, as they don't often have this opportunity.

The response to the outreach was really amazing. In the morning we set up our tent next to the marketplace, and had a continuous crowd from 8 until noon, which never let up. We measured body mass index, blood presure and blood sugar readings and then Krisztián, our doctor gave consultation and prayed for them.

We are sure that many more people would have taken part if we would have had the capacity to take them. Hopefully next year we can have more doctors and more helpers, as there is definitely potential to reach even more people through this type of outreach.

In the afternoon we went to the city park, and had music and continued the outreach. We had fewer people come in the afternoon, but there was still a steady flow the entire time.

The whole program was a lot of work, but it was great to see how many people from the church stepped up to make it happen.

Today at church we had a new faces who we met at the market yesterday, and we were able to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with many people throughout the course of the day, while at the same time doing something beneficial for the city.

Please pray for those who we got to talk with and pray for yesterday, and for those who received the fliers!
Here are some pictures of when we were at the market in the morning:

Music Outreach

We had a music outreach tonight in the city park in Eger, which is known as the Bishop's Garden (Érsekkert).

It was hard to know what to expect. We have done similar outreaches before, and it's hard to know how many people will stop, or how to do the evangelism, but tonight it went really well.

Instead of having a whole band, we just made it very simple: 2 people, one playing guitar and singing, the other playing a drum.

We were able to talk to a lot of people and share our faith, including a group of kids who hung out for the whole time of the outreach.

Please pray that God would work in the hearts of those who heard the Gospel message or got Gospel tracts.

Here is a picture - although poor quality - of Laci sharing the Gospel from the microphone during the outreach:

College Outreach

The Eszterházy Károly College in Eger is not a major university, but it is certainly up and coming, growing and getting more popular each year. The school now has around 10,000 students, and the campus is spread out throughout the city.

When we first started the church in Eger, we had quite a few college students attending, but as they graduated, many moved away. We have wanted for some time to do outreach to the college students here, and this year God opened a door for us to do that.
A guy in our church named Sanyi goes to college in Budapest, and is involved with Campus Crusade there. Campus Crusade in Hungary is an organization that I really love, and they have been very effective in leading students to faith in Jesus. One of their main outreaches every year is to go into dormitories and hand out "Survival Packs" (Túlélő Csomagok), which are binders with stuff in them for the students, such as calendars, schedules, note paper, and articles about Christianity, as well as a Gospel tract.

Part of passing out these binders, is that there is a questionnaire in them about issues of interest to youth, including relationships and of course faith. On the basis of the answers to the questionnaires, we can easily see who it is who is interested in knowing more about the Gospel, and we can later contact them and invite them to meet with us personally. This has proven very effective in the past for Campus Crusade, and I know many people personally in Hungary who came to know the Lord through this.

Since Campus Crusade is not active in Eger, they allowed our church to distribute the Survival Packs here. We included our church flier/tract, and went into the dormitories this past week to hand them out.
Out of the 400 binders we got from Campus Crusade, we have already passed out 320. We will still go into some more dormitories here in Eger, but we were able to do the biggest part on Monday and Tuesday. It was a lot of work, but a good number of people from the church came to help out, and we were able to take 3 teams through the dormitories on both days, and get the Survival Packs into each room. We were also able to have some good conversations and share with the students about Jesus and about our church as they filled out the questionnaire.

The next step is to contact those who are interested in knowing more about a personal relationship with God. Please pray for us, that God would lead us in this, give us wisdom, and that many would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior through this.
Here are some pictures of us in the dormitories:

Prayer Request for Saturday

Saturday is World Heart Day, and we have planned an outreach in which we will do free check ups and consultations downtown in the marketplace with some doctor friends of ours. We have also made a flier to hand out, which on one side has some information regarding having a healthy heart, and on the other side talks about the other aspect of the heart and the need to give your heart to Jesus. Also, as the doctor would also be a believer, he could talk to people about the importance of putting their faith in God as well.

We originally hoped to have a few doctors come out, but of those we invited, only one is able to be there.
Today, this doctor, Krisztián, called and said that his daughter has been quite sick, and if she is not better by Friday, then they won't be coming on Saturday!

Please pray for his daughter, Adél, to get better - both for her own sake, and for the sake of the outreach!
Thanks!

Baptism!

Today we had a baptism at a lake near Eger, in Ostoros.
For the past 3 years, we have had 2 baptism services: one in Vajta in July, at the summer conference with the other Hungarian Calvary Chapels, and one at the end of summer in Ostoros at the lake.
God blessed us with beautiful weather (much better than last year!), and we were able to have the whole church service outside, followed by a barbecue and fellowship.
3 young men were baptized: Sanyi, Marci and Peti. Before their baptism they each gave a testimony of what God has done in their lives and why they want to be baptized, and then we prayed for them and baptized them in the lake.
Praise the Lord for these young men, their faith and their commitment to following Jesus. May God strengthen them and use them in a great way!
Here are some pictures:

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.

Prayer Request

Please pray for a family in our church who may lose their house in the next few days.
Please pray that if possible they could keep their house, and that God would show them the next steps.
Thank you.

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

Congrats Jani and Tünde!

Jani and Tünde Hernádi are great people and good friends. Jani is an elder in the church, and he and Tünde have been a part of our church almost since the beginning.
We knew them first as a couple who were preparing to get married, then they got married, and today their first child was born!
Júlia (Julcsi) was born in the Eger hospital. The pregnancy wasn't easy - Tünde was on bed rest for almost the entire time, but Mom and baby are both healthy - praise the Lord!

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!