Adams' prayer update excerpts

A yummy new pizza was introduced to an elementary school in Törökbálint in April.  Mike and I were invited by Krisztina to watch her marketing students (some of our English students) as they prepared their new sardine-topped pizza for sampling among the kids and their parents.

The high school students from the Bálint Márton School asked that those participating fill out questionnaires about the new food item. These were collected, tabulated, and made into a class presentation.

Mike and I were asked to check the written part of the presentation for English mistakes. This was a fun way to help students and meet new people.

We are grateful for our friend Zoli, who secured locations for the two camps we will have this summer. Please pray for faithful friends from North Carolina who will minister with us.

Our first camp in Budaörs will be for children. The second camp will be for teenagers, and it will be located in Törökbálint. Our desire is that those who come will clearly hear the Gospel and make decisions that will honor Christ.

Update from the Browns

Dear Friends and Family,

Thank you for your prayers! God is at work doing great things and we know that it is because you have partnered to pray with us. Your support of the Southern Baptist Cooperative Program and gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering make it possible for us to serve here. Thank you!

Attached is our newsletter for April. Share this with your church, Sunday school class, Bible study and mission group.

Grateful for your prayers and encouragement,
Ron & Robin

Hathcocks' prayer update excerpts

Greeting from Debrecen.

God is adequate to meet all our needs and to enable us to do His will. We continue to press on with school. The girls are doing well. God has given me wisdom for curriculum for next year! So thankful for the time that I can meet with our neighbors to practice Hungarian. I am learning so much. We were saddened to hear that our neighbor who has been in the hospital passed away. "F" was a dear friend and we are sad that he is gone. We shared the gospel with him but are unsure if he ever decided to follow after Jesus.

We have been slowly painting different rooms in our home and it is amazing how much stuff we have accumulated. How I really want to simplify things. We did get rid of a lot of stuff but we still have so much. The next several weeks will be busy for us, but in a good way. We are so thankful for the people that God sends to us and we are always so blessed.

Please pray:

• We are blessed to have John and Sue with us at the beginning of the week. We will have lunch with our neighbors who are not Christians, so you can pray for the opportunity to share again and that they would see their need for a relationship with Jesus.
• Darrel was able to have a great conversation with one of his students while he was on campus. Pray for all the seeds that were planted to grow and bear fruit.
• Thursday Darrel will be picking up a friend from the States and they will be spending time with a student who is not a Christian. Pray for their conversation. We will probably have him and his mother over for dinner so we will have more opportunity to share with them.
• Thursday I will be speaking with some young mothers at a play group, so pray that God would give me words of encouragement for them.
• Saturday Arianna will take the SAT. Pray for her as she prepares and that she will be able to do her best as she takes the test.
• Saturday night we will have our monthly English worship night. Pray for encouragement for those who come.
• Lift up our church, as they have a burden to reach out to the community, that God would show them His plan.
• We had a great time meeting some new students at coffee house -- pray that they will come again next week.

Thank you so much for your prayers!

His servant,
Kimberly Hathcock

Hathcocks' prayer update excerpts

Greetings from Debrecen,

We are thankful for the coming of spring and time spent with friends. We had a great group of students come to discipleship time and are thankful for how they are growing and how some have stepped out in leadership. Darrel's class continues to do well and we are thankful for the continued openness of the students and the wisdom that God has given Darrel as he prepared for it. We had some great conversations with students on Thursday, among them were several unbelievers. Our new pastor at the Hungarian church that we are involved with has officially moved and has begun his ministry in Debrecen.

Please pray:

• We would keep our focus on Jesus and His Kingdom in the midst of living life.
• God would give our students boldness and courage to share their faith through out the week. The ladies are working on their testimonies, pray that God would give them wisdom in how to organize their thoughts.
• One young lady from the Monday group would like to find a church that she can be a part of so that she can be baptized. Pray that God will show her clearly where she needs to go and that she would follow through obediently with baptism.
• Darrel's students on Wednesday would respond to how God is drawing them to Himself. They would recognize their need for God.
• Continued wisdom for me as I wait on God to show me the best curriculum and resources for the next school year.
• Arianna as she prepares to take an AP test and the SAT at the beginning of May. God would give her wisdom as she studies, the ability to do well and to keep up with her other classes.
• I am grateful that even though my computer crashed last week that we were able to get a new hard drive which makes it run better than it did before. Pray that my documents from the old hard drive could be recovered.

Thank you so much for praying for us!

Blessings,
Kimberly

Hathcocks' prayer update excerpts

Greetings from Debrecen.

We are thankful for the strength that comes from the Lord. This week was somewhat normal with school and ministry. The wind finally blew away and the warmer weather has come. The reality of going stateside in January has hit us as there are so many things that we need to prepare. I'm thankful that God is continuing to heal me and praying for patience as I rest in His timing. Also I have been looking at ordering curriculum for next year realizing that it will be Arianna's senior year! Where did the time go?

Please pray:

• That we will use our time wisely as we prepare for stateside (which means packing up all our belongings, sorting, throwing and giving things away.)
• That two young people who are coming on Monday nights would give their hearts to God. God is drawing them to Himself!
• One of our neighbors died last weekend. We don't think his family are believers. Pray for opportunities for them to know Jesus and the comfort that only He can bring.
• That Darrel's students would continue to have open hearts to spiritual things and that we would have opportunities to talk with them after class. Wisdom for Darrel as he teaches.
• For wisdom as I select curriculum for next year for the girls.
• That God would give us the ability to speak Hungarian, and that "I" and "P" would desire to have a personal relationship with Jesus.

Thank you~~
Blessings,
Kimberly

Hathcocks' prayer update excerpts

Greetings from Debrecen!

So wonderful to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus -- He is risen! Three simple words that mean so much!

Last night we had our first English worship time and we had so much fun gathering together and worshiping Him.  This week I thought maybe we would be literally blown away. We had very strong winds that blew relentlessly for several days. It seems quiet now after the busyness of the last couple of weeks. We are thankful for all that God has done and we stand amazed!

Please continue to pray:

• For the Monday night discipleship time, that God would give us words of encouragement for those who come. Pray that they will grow in boldness in sharing their faith with others.
• For God to give Darrel wisdom as he teaches; this week it will be over a character quality. Pray that the students' hearts would be open to hearing about Jesus. There are many in his class who are from different religious backgrounds. Pray that they will see Jesus for who He really is and not what they have been taught. Only God can open and change their hearts.
• For spiritual conversations at Coffee House on Thursday night.
• That God would continue to give us wisdom and discernment as we meet with students this week. Darrel had a great conversation with "R," and God is working in his life. He also talked with "D." Pray for these young men, that they would give their lives to Jesus. Also that "J" would decide to surrender to God.

Thank you so much for your prayers!

Blessings,
Kimberly

Update from the Browns

Dear Friends and Family,

Hi! Greetings from Hungary!

We are following up on the prayer request from our last newsletter for the children's program "Full Circle," hosted by the Érdliget church as a way of loving, blessing and connecting with families in the community. A few years ago, the congregation adopted a local elementary school to assist and serve. And it would be with this school that this children's program was developed and implemented after learning that a Christian musician was available to do a children's concert on Saturday, March 28.

We asked you to pray for this program that the church would connect and interact with the children (grades 1-5), their teachers and parents. And that happened. We greeted a lot of parents on Saturday, spoke with some, and had opportunities to visit with some of the children and the teachers. Teachers and the school administration was very pleased with how well organized the event was and how many children and parents came for it. This program also gave us an opportunity to also promote this summer's two weeks of camp for grades 1-5: June 22-26 and June 29-July 3.

It is through events like these that we get to meet and connect with Hungarians, develop relationships, exchange life stories and explain the hope we possess in Christ and the power of the gospel to save, redeem and reconcile us to God. 

Below are some pictures of the event.

Again, thank you for praying!
Ron & Robin

Adams' prayer update excerpts

Mike and I had a very good time in the States this month with our family and friends. We are grateful to those who let us use their vehicles to travel many, many miles in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia. Thank you for housing us at various times.

We got to help Papaw put a complicated puzzle together (it still is not completed), hear a beautiful hand bell choir directed by my sister-in-law, and finalize summer plans in Budapest with a partnering church. We spent time with Alexander during his spring break, went shopping with Rebecca, saw where Robert works on army helicopters, and lavished hugs and kisses on our grandchildren. This was our first time meeting our new granddaughter, Haley. I had a wonderful time talking with my mom (who likes bacon by the way ;) , and being with my brothers. Spending the day in D.C. in the cold and wind, walking 12 miles around the city with our friends was also a good thing. Listening to Mike as he struck up conversations with waiters, people on the subway, and people at the airport, hoping to have those important spiritual talks, was a lesson in humility for me. It was a good trip.

We are grateful that we were able to meet with the students at the school before their spring break this month so we could share the Easter story.  Today when we arrived at the school, the English teachers surprised me with a bouquet of flowers for my birthday. Hence, the picture I sent. When we walked into one of our classes, the students sang Happy Birthday to me. I was overwhelmed. I was blessed also by birthday wishes from colleagues, and family and friends in the States as well. One of the happiest feelings we can have is to know we are loved, and I certainly feel that I am loved. God loved all of us so much that He even gave His son to die. Then God raised Jesus up. What a Resurrection Sunday! Pass the story and His love on to others you meet.

In His service, and for His glory,
Mike and Terry