Salt and Light - September 24

Greetings from Debrecen,

Thanking God for His protection and how He takes care of everything that we need. We are glad that Darrel has safely returned and that seeds were planted in the lives of "K" and "I". God is working around us and we are thankful for the opportunity to join Him as He draws people to Himself. It is exciting to see God working in the lives of students.

Please continue to pray:

"D" and "A" as they begin teaching an English Bible study, that God would send just the right people and that He would give them wisdom as they share God's word.

In a couple of weeks we have a team coming to teach apologetics, pray for God to stir in peoples' hearts a desire to share the Gospel and to know why they believe what they believe so they can encourage people towards the truth. Also for divine appointments with unbelievers and opportunities to practice sharing what they have learned.

Girls would be diligent in their school work and the ability to understand the things they are learning.

Darrel and I would clearly hear the Holy Spirit as He speaks to us throughout the day and follow His direction. We would not miss any opportunities to tell others about Him and encourage others.

"E," a student and my language helper, would have peace on Wednesday for a job interview. She would get the job, if it is God's will.

Thank you so much for your prayers!

One of His servants,
Kimberly Hathcock

Salt and Light - September 17

Greetings from Debrecen,

Thanking God for His faithfulness and the opportunities that He gives us to share Jesus with those around us. Darrel is still on his trip and has had several good conversations with "K." He also met up with one of his former students who is Muslim who was able to show them around town. The girls and I continue with school and life. We were also able to celebrate the birthday of one of Darrel's former students who has become a dear friend to us. She is not yet a believer but we continue to pray and share our lives with her. God is at work in her life.

One of our friends and student was on a flight to Budapest and was not able to secure a definite ride from the airport to Debrecen. She told us that she was thinking and praying when she felt God leading her to text us (she was already on the plane). I received her message and thought, who told her that Darrel was going to Budapest, because we have a lot of common friends. Well Darrel was already on his way to Budapest to pick up our friends from the airport within an hour of her arrival. They connected and to God be the glory for how he provides for us and how important for us to follow the prompting of the Holy Spirit.

Please continue to pray:

• God would open the eyes of our friend "K" so that he would trust and believe in Jesus.
• "G," a former student of Darrel's, whom we continue to love and encourage, that she will see Jesus in our lives and that she would desire a relationship with Him.
• The Muslim student Darrel was able to reconnect with, that God would reveal Himself to this student. He asked us to pray for him as he takes the U.S. medical entrance exam, so we are praying that He will do well and see how God has answered our prayers.
• That "J" would just surrender to God. There is a spiritual battle going on in his life.
• "A," a student from Iran, would grow in his understanding of the truth of God's Word and how to apply it to his life.
• So many new students, many of them from different countries -- pray that their hearts would be open to the truth about Jesus and why He came.
• God would give us wisdom and discernment.

Your prayers are a huge blessing to us!

One of God's servants,

Kimberly

Hungary 4 Him: Katelyn's August update

Where do I begin?  I want to say I'm sorry it has been so long since my last update! The month of August was definitely a busy month, but a month I will cherish forever. The last week of July I spent in Poland at a conference with other IMB workers.  We were spoiled by the group from North Carolina who came to serve us.  It was  a great week of praising the Lord in my native language, catching up with friends from training, and learning new things.  We, the singles, had a few afternoons open, so we went on a hike!  It rained most of the time, but we had lots of laughs and an amazing time.

After that, I headed of to Vienna to meet up with a few of my favorite people!  Mom, Dad, Uncle Dick, Aunt Billye, Bev and I were able to travel to Vienna, Frankfort, Venice, and Rome.  In Rome, we said "see ya later" to Uncle Dick and Aunt Billye.  They made it safely to the States and we flew to Switzerland.  We took a train by the Alps from Geneva to Zurich. Then we headed to Amsterdam and Berlin before heading to Budapest and then to Nagykanizsa.  Mom, Dad, and Bev were able to go to church here with me. I enjoyed having them and sitting with them during church again!

• The school year has just begun here.  Pray for the students as they begin a new year.
• Pray also for Paul, Tena, and I as we will each have many students to teach.  We are taking on the work that 5 people were doing and we are also adding students.
• Pray for T and G.  They have a heavy schedule this year.  This means there is a smaller chance for me to teach them English, which means they aren't hearing the Gospel as much. Pray that we would be able to find a time for them to come and that Satan won't use their schedule to get in the way of the Gospel. Also pray that their hearts would be open to Christ.  There are many things holding them back from a personal realtionship with Christ and they won't voice those to me.
• Pray for those who are believers to be a Light in their schools.
• I have reached my 1 year mark with the company and I am almost to my FIRST WHOLE YEAR ON THE FIELD!  Time has flown by!  Pray for this next year for me. A year seems like a long time to be able to do something, but I know my time here will be up before I know it.  Pray that I won't wait to share with students, but I would share at every possible opportunity.
• Telling my family bye was very difficult for me.  I did not want them to leave.  During this time, I have also felt inadequate. I have struggled most days since they have been gone.  During this time, Satan has really attacked me.  Please pray that these struggles would go away and that Satan wouldn't be able to use it against me!
• PRAISE: T and Z took me to lunch for my birthday.  It was a hard day for me because I had just told Mom, Dad, and Bev bye.  I am very thankful for those that God has placed in my life during this season.  T and Z made my day special!

Thank you for your prayers and support!  Please let me know if there is anything I can pray about for you!  I wouldn't be here without your love and prayers and I can't thank you enough!

~ Katelyn, IMB Western Hungary Team ~

Salt and Light - September 10

Greetings from Debrecen,

God is good and we trust Him. It has been exciting to see the students return to Debrecen. It is like the city comes back to life. As I see them on the tram and walking around they are such a diverse group, many from different countries. Praying for these students to encounter God this year in a new and fresh way.

Some of you prayed for a student, "B," and she did get a job! It will be a good fit for her and will allow her to make some money for school. Darrel had a couple of opportunities to speak with some people at a hamburger joint. We are thankful for His work in the lives of people around us.

Please continue to pray:

• "B" as she prepares to move and starts a new job that she would find other Christians that she can connect with.
• God would open the eyes and hearts of students in Debrecen that they would know and worship the one true God.
• Darrel will be traveling with some friends this week, pray that God would encourage and refresh His heart.
• We would be faithful to invest in those whom God sends to us.
• Here is a link to the European prayer guide that you are welcome to use as you pray.

Keep praying! Thank you!

One of God’s servants,

Kimberly Hathcock

As You Go - August 2017

Paul & Tena Brock Newsletter Excerpts

Nagykanizsa, Hungary

Dear Prayer Partners,

Kanizsa English Intensive 2017

We want to thank you all for praying for our summer camps.  God must be delighted that so many prayers surely are getting through.

A lot going on here in Nagykanizsa....19 people prayed to ask Christ into their lives. We praise God for the work He is doing in people’s hearts here in Nagykanizsa and beyond. Some of the 19 came to our city through family or friends just to be at this English camp, a couple from as far as Budapest (110 miles away). We think they had divine appointments to hear the gospel.

• Please pray with us that we will be able to do a good job of follow-up with all those who said they wanted to begin a personal relationship with Christ.
• Pray they will take the materials we mail to them and do the lessons that will help build the foundations of their spiritual lives.

We had two excellent teams with us this summer. The Summit Church in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of North Carolina sent us 14 people to host the camp. And The IMB sent us an Endeavor Team made up of young ladies from several states....

Twelve people prayed asking Jesus to come into their hearts during the English camp week. That only happens when God is directing and obedient people are prepared to share the gospel. We thank Griff & Katie Crews and Phillip Black for getting their team ready and for sharing their lives and testimony with our students.

Our second team of Endeavor students was led by Betsy McCarter. Many of you already know Betsy. She was a journeyman with us for 2 years. She brought a group of 6 girls (ages 15-18) who were here for 30 days. They were part of the English camp assisting the Summit team. They also learned several Hungarian songs and helped lead our worship services at church.

Working together both groups were able to build relationships with students and talk with them about why they as young people had chosen to follow Christ. We like to say the students could see a Christian life “fleshed out” in the lives of the American students. This helps the Hungarian young people see that faith in Christ is not just something for their grandmother.

Prayer group before a gathering

The Endeavor team focused on leading the Purpose Driven Life study in small groups.... At the end of their time here there were another seven people who had prayed asking to begin a personal relationship with Christ. We greatly rejoice that this number of people would want to know God.

• Pray that we will see them follow-up and become those who produce 30, 60 or 100 times more.

We also would like to mention our current Journey woman, Katelyn, and our previous Hands On workers who came again for the summer camps, Samantha and Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn stayed over for 2 more weeks worked very long hours with both teams. We feel so blessed for all our help this year.

I must tell you of one young man, "J."  He heard the message and began a personal relationship with Christ....Paul told him that we would be having a baptism in August. He said he wanted to be baptized. We told him he had to have his parent’s permission since he is just 12 years old. He went home that evening and explained it to his parents about beginning a personal relationship with God and his desire to be obedient in baptism. They said yes.

• Pray for "J" that God will grow him in the faith and that his testimony thru baptism will lead others to do the same.
• Pray that his parents will understand the symbolic testimony as they hear it explained and demonstrated.
• Pray others will also be obedient in baptism.

Paul performing a baptism

We would also ask that you pray for Paul, Tena and Katelyn this fall. As of this writing we have been informed that we will not be receiving any Hands On volunteers to come help us from August to December. We are disappointed but know that God understands what is needed and will again prove faithful.

We ask you to join us in praying that we will receive some volunteers in January who can help us next spring.

• Pray that we will be effective in working with the number of students that will come to us for English through Bible lessons.
• Pray that the three of us will have the strength to do the work of five or six.
• Pray that the Gospel will be clear for those who come and that it will change their lives as they hear about the love and sacrifice of Christ for them.

Thanks again for your prayers for us and the Hungarian people.

Paul & Tena Brock
Nagykanizsa, Hungary

Contact the Brocks  
IMB Western Hungary website: http://www.hope4hungary.com

Salt and Light - September 3

Greetings from Debrecen,

Thanking God because His timing is perfect and I was reminded of it this morning when I was reading in Ecclesiastes.  It has been a hard week and we are so thankful for your prayers. God provided enough funds for Arianna to meet her first deadline. She is so thankful and super excited about her trip to Asia. God is faithful! We are excited that our friends and co-laborers Denes and Alyssa have moved back to Debrecen and God has provided just the right place for them to live. He provides!

Please pray:

• Our friend "D" as he seeks another job in Europe that he would see and understand who God really is. He has asked us to pray for him, so pray that God would use our prayers to show him that God is real.
• The girls would see that God is faithful and that He is answering their prayers.
• "N," a young person, that he would seek the Lord with all his heart and grow in his relationship with Him.
• We would keep our eyes on Jesus and that we would be faithful.
• The students as they return to the University, that they would have a desire to know God. God would soften their hearts and open their eyes.
• For Darrel as he continues with his assignment to only study Hungarian.

Thank you so much for your prayers. We need them and they mean a lot to us!

One of God's servants,

Kimberly