30 Day

Well, it's almost been one week since I departed from the castle and arrived in Pecs for my 30 days of serving!

Graduation was so great (despite me snorting and laughing into the microphone during my speech!)

Leaving was pretty hard, especially knowing that some people wont be back next semester. One of the tough parts about a small bible college is that you get so used to seeing the same faces every single day, and you build such deep bonds, that it's hard to accept when it's time for some people to move on...

This week in Pecs has been relatively busy! We usually have something on and I'm very thankful that I get to serve here. The pastor and his wife are gone to America to visit family for the month, so it's very good timing that I and two other girls from school are here to serve!
One thing I've especially enjoyed is going to visit an old woman that's a part of the church called Irisz Mama. She lives all by herself on top of a hill. She trudges to church on her own through rain and sunshine. She's a very strong woman who has been through a lot. And she surely gets lonely. So once a week the girls and I are going to bring her water and company. This week she taught me to knit (I'm horrible at it!) and told us much about her life.
Another thing that will be taking up a lot of my time are these two kids that the church team take care of often named Pityuka and Elizabet. They are ages 8 and 6. Their mother works far away on a farm almost every day (she's gypsy and this is the only job she could miraculously find, even though it pays next to nothing) so I and some other girls will be taking turns going to their flat at 4:30am to watch them and get them ready for school, then take them to school, and then pick them up at the end of the day. These kids crave love and attention, and I am so very happy to give them that. I believe that them being so a part of the ministry team here will really affect their lives in a positive way!
Today the team helped out at an Adoption Club event. We brought a bounce house, trampoline, and face paint. It was a real blessing to be able to see the kids enjoying themselves so much.
All this has been so great, but my body is so very tired! I've been having trouble sleeping lately and my heart is a little troubled in certain areas. However, I know this time will be so good for getting even closer to my Saviour. In times of lonliness I can know Him more as my best friend. In times of heartache I can know Him as my loving Comforter. And when I am weak, He is my strength.

I have three weeks left here in Pecs and I hope I redeem the time well. It's really cool to get a real taste of REAL missionary life. The ups and downs, the highs and lows.

Then to Greece for a week, and after that I start my internship at the school! What a life!!!

Please pray for:
The ministries mentioned in Pecs
Finances for the internship

A New Thing

As of today I am officially accepted as a CCBCE Intern! I am so thrilled and so grateful for this growing opportunity. I have no idea what this year ahead is going to have in store for me, but I'm excited for whatever God has planned! I've already received about $300 of support (see previous post about funds for internship) from giving souls. God is a good provider.  More on this to come!

Tomorrow is graduation and I have a speech to sputter out! There certainly will be tears! For anyone interested, the graduation can be live streamed OR watched at a later date in HD at http://ccbce.com/en/medias/live-streaming.html ! It's at 7pm Hungary time so just do the math for whatever country or state you are watching from!
And Noemi will be there so I'm so glad she will get to hear the gospel!

This semester just zoomed by. I can't believe it. But through the UPS and the downs I am so incredibly thankful and blessed by it all. Thank You Jesus!!!!

The end is near......

Well, the end of the SEMESTER is near! We just had our graduation today. I'm excited because Noemi (the girl in the village I teach) is coming to the graduation! So she's totally going to hear the gospel which is so exciting!!!

This semester has gone by amazingly quickly. And it's been such a blast and learning experience. From cleaning toilets every Wednesday, to taking many  missions-focused classes, to smelling the scent of Spring. I can't even count the blessings of the past four months. All I know is I am just so thankful.

I can't wait until this next season in my life. The plan is: Do my thirty-day in Pécs, Hungary with the missionaries there in June, go to Greece with family (a sweet gift from them), help with a Deaf camp in Hungary for a week, and then (God-willing) start the internship program! Not to mention I get to see my dear friends from my home church in Budapest in July! SO SURREAL!

I'm blessed!

Needing pray for:
Noémi to know God
Finances for internship (about $4.5k for 13 months)
That I can be bold and learn a lot during my 30 day
For me not to miss my mama and sister TOO much <3

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO LIVESTREAM THE GRADUATION YOU CAN AT http://ccbce.com/en/medias/live-streaming.html
IT'S THE 17TH AT 7PM HUNGARIAN TIME

First off, I just want to express how thankful I am to all who have been praying for me while I am here in Hungary! It has been such a blessed adventure. It’s been so great to serve the Lord out here!

Now, I want to tell you all about the opportunity I have been presented here in Hungary. Before I was given this opportunity I was really feeling as though my time serving in Hungary was not finished, but the looming fact that I’m graduating Bible College in May really confused me. Then, the interns and pastors told me to apply for the internship here at the school. After a couple weeks of prayer and seeking wise council I knew what decision to make. So now I am making preparations to become an intern here.

What does this mean for me? The internship is a rigorous 13-month program designed to prepare people for ministry and the mission field.
“As with all of our programs, our heart and intention is that men and women would be more thoroughly equipped to reach the lost and teach the found.  This is a crash course into ministry--providing the opportunity of real-life practical experience in serving the Lord Jesus.”
My responsibilities include: Weekly intern studies, lead practical ministry servanthoods, lead as a dorm steward, discipling the female students at the school, and planning and leading students on multiple mission trips throughout Europe.

What do I need? First and foremost, I need multitudes of prayer. This is a really tough and stretching program and I will need to be bathed in prayer by my home church family! Things to pray for are financial provision, wisdom in the logistics of planning mission trips, discernment in discipling the girls, and the perseverance in the ministry God has given me in the village among the gypsies.

Secondly, I am in need of financial provision for the next 13 months.
As most missionaries I am supported completely by God’s provision
through those willing to donate financially.
The program is relatively cheap. These are the costs I need to cover:
-$3,000 = A year’s worth of rent/food (not bad, huh!)
-$1,000 = the cost of 2 ten-day mission trips
-$100 = day to day necessities (Toiletries, train tickets, etc…)

So that is the update! Thanks for reading! 

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

1 Chronicles 16:24

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