Baker family praise report

IMB Team Budapest members Monte and April Baker share that Saturday's Turner Syndrome support group meeting was great!  Two new young ladies attended, one 20 and the other 22 years old.  A family that recently had a baby boy with autism came back again - they also have a TS girl.  Many came to the meeting and it was a real blessing.

Praise the Lord with us for how the Bakers are able to minister to these hurting families.  Pray that the Lord will provide many opportunities to share the Gospel along with medical information and loving support, and that some will soon have the desire to join together in a Bible study.

To learn more or receive prayer updates from the Bakers, contact them through the IMB Team Budapest page.

Salt and Light - March 26

Greetings from Debrecen,

"Young lions lack food and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing." Ps. 34:10 

So thankful for God's provision and His promises. Thankful for you all and your prayers for us and the work that God is doing in Debrecen. This week while the girls and I were at a coffee shop, I was walking over to the table where there was some uneven tile and I fell on my knee. Afterward it really hurt and I prayed and asked the Lord to heal me, hoping I didn't do any damage to my back or leg. After a while the pain went away and I continued to check my knee even the day after for some sort of bruise but there wasn't any bruise or anything. I am so thankful that God healed it.

We will hopefully get internet on Wednesday! Yeah! And our telephones are in the process. Life just takes longer here.

Please pray:

• God would continue to soften the hearts of a friend and her boyfriend, and that we would not miss any opportunities that God gives us to share about Christ. 
• As we were driving with one of our students by the University we were in the middle of a bunch of student apartments and we were dreaming about the idea of having a place where students could gather or come to so they can hang out and have opportunities to hear about the Lord. Pray that if this is a part of God's plan that He would prepare the place. 
• A young lady, "N," who was in our Bible study last year, that she would continue to follow after the Lord and to make wise choices. She is the only believer in her family so pray that they will have the faith to believe in Jesus. 
•  God would give Darrel the ability to speak and understand Hungarian as he studies this week.
•  A hunger and thirst among university students to know God.  

Thank you so much!

One of His servants,
Kimberly  

Hathcocks' prayer update excerpts

Family and Friends,

God continues to remind me that He is directing our paths and He is in charge of arranging divine appointments. It is amazing to me how our paths cross with other people's and how statistically impossible it would be unless God arranged it. The girls and I were on our way to the mall and while we were walking to the train station we met a neighborhood friend "M" who many of you have prayed for and God continues to work in her life. Also when we finally arrived at the train station to get on a tram, we entered the tram and were looking for a place to validate our tickets when we met another dear friend "Z" who was only in town for a short time. Many of you have also prayed for her as well. Wow! God is amazing.

This week Darrel has been meeting with a language teacher/partner and continues to progress with language and culture and just going out and talking with people. We are thankful for how God has sent just the right person to help and encourage him.  I attended a Hungarian women's conference this Saturday and listened, worshiped, and spoke a little in Hungarian with some ladies who were kind and patient. I could see how God was giving me the ability to understand, and I am so thankful.

After church, we ventured out to a new Middle Eastern restaurant that started while we were gone and met one of the chefs who was from Jordan. As Arabic music/videos were playing, we sat down to eat, prayed, and enjoyed our meal. I will just say that they have the best hummus!

Students keep asking us when we will do Bible study, coffee house, etc. but we continue to learn language and wait upon the Lord. It would be easy to just jump in there and do things, but we really want to follow the Lord's leading and to walk in the paths that He has prepared for us. We are thankful for every seed we get to plant and every person we get to encourage in the Lord.

I Cor. 3:6 (Paul) "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth."

Ps. 127:1 "Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain."

Please continue to pray for:

• "M," that God would give us more time to continue our conversation with her about spiritual things and that she would see her need for God.
• "Z" as she prepares to be married, finishes school, and works, that God would continue to stir in her heart His desires.
• There seems to be a growing Middle Eastern population in Debrecen, pray that God would soften their hearts.
• God would continue to arrange our meetings with students and that we would obey His Spirit as He directs our paths each day.
• Our priority would be to know Jesus better each day and to balance our language studies and ministry.
• Our girls would see how God is providing for their needs and that He would send just the right friends.

To God be the Glory,
Kimberly

Hathcocks' prayer update excerpts

Greetings from Debrecen,

It has been fun to see people and to hear about what God is doing in their lives and in Debrecen. Most of this week was spent doing the daily things of home school, language, living and talking with the people that God sends to us. This is where God has called us to be faithful. It was so good to see to our neighbors I. and P.  I. helped me last year with speaking Hungarian. We have prayed for them.

We also saw Alicia who is working with the Roma and a school in a near by town. So cool to see how God is using this connection with the school to make disciples and to see the beginnings of a church. She shared about the division that still exists between the Roma and Hungarians even among Christians. This morning we were at an international church where some gypsies were sharing their testimonies and music. One person gave a testimony of paying off his debts and how God has helped him, which is huge!

We had several students come to visit us and it was encouraging to hear how they are doing and the dreams that God has placed in their hearts.

Please pray:

• Keep praying for the young lady from Holland, that she would read the book of John and that she would respond to the truth.
• God would continue to give us the ability to learn Hungarian, especially for Darrel as he prepares for an exam in June.
• We would be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and the opportunities that He gives us to pray and share the gospel.
• Still working on the Internet and telephone issues, pray that they are resolved soon because we depend so much on the Internet for school and communication.
• That I. and P. would continue to be open as we share our lives and the gospel with them.
• God would do a supernatural work among the Hungarians and gypsies and that unbelievers would see God and put their trust in Him.

Thank you for your prayers!

One of God's servants,
Kimberly Hathcock

Hathcocks' prayer update excerpts

Greetings from Debrecen,

We are thankful for a full week and it is exciting to see how God is working. Last week we attended a lecture at the University where a scientific scholar spoke on bridging the gap between science and the Bible. He did a great job explaining the Gospel and showing how modern science affirms many things in the Bible. The room was full and the students were attentive.

We also had our friend from Israel over along with her boyfriend and another friend. It was so much fun reconnecting with them and seeing more of an openness in their hearts. God is working in their hearts.

Also just yesterday we met a young lady from Holland is such a random way through a friend who we were able to share about God and give her the book of John. We asked her if she had any spiritual beliefs and she said that she did not have any and never was able to read past the beginning chapters of the Bible. Meeting her and talking with her was such a reminder of the divine appointments that God has planned.

We were encouraged by our Hungarian church this morning in their desire to do evangelism and discipleship and how we can help them.

Please continue to pray:

• Wisdom and patience with the logistics of registration, language lessons, Internet and telephones. God would work out the details of how to accomplish these things.
• God's timing as we continue to reconnect with people that we would encourage those we are able to see this week.
• God would give us favor in the lives of students and the ability to speak Hungarian.
• Our daughters would have the courage to do the hard things and that they would see how God is helping them.
• Our friend K who used to be a student and is now working, that he would see his need for God.

Thank you so much for your prayers.

One of God's servants,
Kimberly