Exciting Times

My Family and Friends! 

What an exciting week this has been! God is so awesome! On Saturday we hosted our first big party. The party started at 4:00 and the three of us girls had no idea how long the party would last or how many would attend. Turns out the last student didn't leave until 10:00 and we had 12 students come! It was a great night of laughter, fun games, eating pizza and just sharing the love of Christ! As each student left we handed him or her a New Testament with a couple of bible verse bookmarks as a gift from us to them. They gladly received them and told us they would love to come back! 

Top Row: Máté, Melinda, Vírag, Petra, Georgina, Annette, Boglárka (Bogi), Barni 

Bottom Row: Barni, Megan, Me, Samantha, Sára, Nóra, Emma (Betsy's on the phone) 

I ask that you pray for each and every person in this picture. Out of the twelve students eight of them do not have a personal relationship with Jesus.........yet. Barni, the boy in the back row, almost didn't come because he knew we were Christians. Sára, however, convinced him to come and he ended up being the last student to leave. The next morning I sent messages to every student that came to thank them, Samantha did the same thing. Barni responded and we set up a time to go and have coffee with him. During this time we shared with Barni why we were here and how Jesus has completely changed our lives. We shared the gospel. Although Barni wasn't ready to receive Christ, he did listen to us which in itself is amazing! Another student, Petra, recently told Samantha today that she is ready and wants to have a personal relationship with Jesus! Please pray that this is genuine and will happen! Wow is all I can say! 

Samantha, Vírag, Petra, Laura, Bogi

Georgina, Annette, Melinda

  Barni, Samantha, Megan, Bogi, Me 

Waiting for the pizza! 

Just Dance! Barni, Emma, Megan, Sára, Nóra

Craft time!! 

Prayer Requests: 

-Leave tomorrow for Ireland! 

-My students (Judit, Lili, Zsuzsanna, Zorka, Dorka, Matyi, Sára)

-Meeting new friends

-Being bold in sharing the gospel 

-Our trip to France 

Love you all! 

Kaitlyn

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Rejoice!

"Rejoice in the LORD always; again I will say rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The LORD is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." 

Philippians 4:4-6 

 Family and Friends! Szia!  

I can't believe another week has come and gone! Seriously, where is the time going? As these weeks go by the Lord is constantly giving me reasons to fall more deeply in love with Hungary, this city, and these people. This past Thursday the girls and I went to a small village, called Murakeresztúr, to teach at the local primary school there. As many of you might assume I was extremely excited! Getting to spend a whole day with children: Yes, please! As it turned out this day was incredible! Although we planned actual English lessons we spent the majority of the time just interacting and socializing with the students. They had so many questions for us. The big one being why did you come here? Why would you come to a small little town in Hungary? We told them it was simple: we came for them. Because of our personal relationship with Jesus we had a desire to get to know and love Hungarians. There's nothing more beautiful than seeing children's faces light up after telling them this. It will forever be imprinted in my mind. We are hoping to be able to return to this primary school very soon. 

My heart is overwhelmed; overwhelmed by everything. Each week we're adding more "coffee dates + bible studies" to our calendar and friendships we've established are deepening! Rejoice!  Going to Murakeresztúr this week has been a reminder to us that Jesus wants His children to come to know Him. At times I wish I could just make people believe but that wouldn't bring maximum glory to our God. When people CHOOSE to follow Him, He receives glory. This Saturday we will be hosting our first Game Party at our home. One of our new friends offered his Xbox to us and we hope this will get some boys interested in coming to our Friday Night Bible Studies. Pray that many new students will attend and that opportunities will open up to share the gospel with them. 

Prayers:

-March 24 us girls will be traveling with two other HandOn students to Ireland! Pray for safe travels. -Trip to France pray that hearts will be softened before leaving. 

-Us girls staying in the Identity of Christ (Galatians 2:20, Colossians 3:1-3)

-Saturday Game Party 

Love you guys! 

Kaitlyn 

Please worship with me through this song! 

 

Teaching in Murakeresztúr

Group Pic! (7th grade class) 

Playing Spoons at House Church

Tuesday March 15 was a Hungarian National Holiday commemorating the Hungarian fight for independence in 1848. Here students decorated a memorial with flags and other crafts. 

http://hungarytoday.hu/news/hungarians-celebrate-15th-march-49847

Answered Prayers

Dear Family and Friends,

I know its been awhile since I've written to you all and I hope things are going well back home. As for me things are going amazingly well! These past two weeks have been jammed pack with teaching students, visiting schools, applying for residency, building relationships, and going on many adventures. I would love to spend the next few hours telling you all of everything that has happened but since so much has happened here are a few highlights of this past week and a half:

-Us girls are going on a trip to France with a group of students on April 4th-9th. This was a huge prayer of ours answered! Here we have the amazing opportunity to share the gospel, build relationships and enjoy the beauty of another country!
-Having kávé with a girl named Anna. Megan and I met her while teaching a class at a local school. She wanted to spend more time with us and we were finally able to find a date and time to meet! We had a great time getting to know Anna and hope we'll be able to meet up with her again. She is a non-believer and we pray a seed will be planted through the interactions we hope to have with her.
-Our interaction with local schools. This past week Samantha and I had the opportunity to go and talk with students during several classes. While we were there we got invited to go to two other local schools to meet and interact with students. These are two schools that Paul and Tena have never had any connection with!
-I am now considered "cool" to one of my students I'm tutoring because we're going on the trip to France with her. I guess before then I wasn't cool. Haha!
-Friday Nights. We have now started a bible study called The Seven Stories of Hope. Although there normally is a small group of five girls it has been a great time of fellowship and growth in God's Word!
-This past Sunday two girls we've been inviting to house church finally came!
-Our trip to Budapest this past Saturday. See pictures below :)

Love,
Kaitlyn

Prayers:
-The trip to France
-Anna and her salvation
-My students (Judit, Lili, Zsuzsanna, Zorka, Dorka, Matyi, Sára)
-Going into the schools, meeting new students to minister to
-Friday Nights will continue to be successful
- The other 14 HandsOn students around Europe, that their ministry will flourish

 Nora, Me, Samantha, Virág, Emma and Megan at Friday Night Bible Study 

 Playing Games during House Church 

 

 Samantha, Megan and Anna 

At the top of St. Stephen's Basilica 

Cat Cafe, cats roam free throughout the restaurant 

Matthais Church, Budapest 

We found this place that sells chips on a stick! 

Fisherman's Bastion  

For Sale Pub