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 - May 14

Greetings from Debrecen,

So I was taking a walk yesterday morning and I noticed a group of people gathering around a truck parked outside the front of a house and they were selling chickens. I was thinking that this would not happen in America.

Arianna finished finals! She is preparing to go to Boston in a week with her church on a mission trip! G. and M. continue to be open. Another friend told us that he has moved from being mslm to being an atheist. I will say that as we talked with him we could see his heart soften. God is still working in his life. Darrel had a good meeting with him and another student and the door is still open for them to meet again.

We know of a group that is coming to Hungary June 26 - 30 to teach English and they are in need of some more teachers, so if you would like some more information you can contact Jerry and Janice Byrd - TheByrds(at)IC-World(dot)org.

Please continue to pray:

• God would give Darrel the ability to speak Hungarian and to do well on his exam in June.
• Spiritual Awakening among students at the University in Debrecen. They would desire to know God and their eyes would be opened to the reality of God.
• Our friend - God would speak to him in such a way that He knows that God is real.
• Other student from Palestine (born in Belarus) - His eyes would be opened to the reality of who God is.
• Girls would be focused and motivated to finish well in school.
• We would be faithful in living and sharing the gospel with those who God sends to us, that they would also desire to do the same.

Thank you so much for praying for us!

One of His servants,
Kimberly Hathcock

Hathcocks' prayer update excerpts

Greetings from Debrecen.

God is good and we are so thankful that He is in control of all things! His plans are perfect. We are grateful for God's faithful provision this week.

Update: So thankful that "J" keeps coming to Bible study. Monday night we had a time of encouragement for "I," who is a new believer. Our friend who was going to come to our home ended up not coming over this week, but we are hopeful that he will come at some point. Another friend and his mom came over for dinner, and she has been reading the Bible that we gave her. She is really open to the things of God. Curtis made it here safely and we are looking forward to all that God has planned for him.

Please continue to pray:

• Curtis Smith as he teaches about container gardening, that he will have opportunities to share the gospel.
• God would reveal Himself to our friend's mom as she reads, and that it will be clear to her.
• We are thankful that students keep coming to Monday night discipleship time. Pray that they will hunger and thirst for God's Word and that they would be obedient to the things that God reveals to them.
• Wisdom as I am working out the details of school materials. Also that God would give wisdom to those whom I am consulting with for next year.
• Our focus would be on Jesus throughout the day and the plans that He has prepared for us. He would put His desires in our hearts.

Blessings,
Kimberly Hathcock

Hathcocks' prayer update excerpts

Greetings from Debrecen.

Thank you so much for praying for Arianna! God gave her a calm heart, and she was able to do her best on her SAT. She told me several times that she could tell that people were praying for her. Darrel is so thankful for your prayers, as his students are still very responsive and continue to participate. We met some interesting people from another country who were not believers, but we were able to talk with them about spiritual things.

We are trusting God for strength for a busy week.

Please pray:

• Arianna will take an AP exam on Wednesday, so pray that she will be able to recall the things that she has been studying and that she will do well on her test.
• That the students who come on Monday nights will see who it is that they are to be discipling, and to have the courage to start doing it.
• For diligence for school, that the girls will do their very best to the end.
• For Darrel and our friend Charles as they meet with people during the week, that God will use them to encourage and challenge others.

Thank you!

His servant,
Kimberly Hathcock

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 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

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