A Certain Woman in Eastern Europe

From August of 2013 until May 2014 Renovation of the ministry center was our primary task. God sent lots of wonderful helpers but the project could never had succeeded without His faithfulness and  Johnny K. Palmer as project manager.  When we had a need, we cried out to God and he answered sometimes within the hour!! Such was the car when we cried out for a plumber and got a number of a guy named Csaba - who turned out to live in the neighborhood, could do everything and had a van. He joined us for the whole project!  Special thanks to Nadia K for always serving wonderful meals and having drinks available.  The space has - the ministry room with entrance from street level. 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, a storage/extra room and a custom kitchen with den and dining area.  This all has been an answer to prayer and a dream birthed and purchased between 2000-2004. We were able to use one bedroom and one bathroom from 2013, the project re-booted mid August 2013, ...

What a wonderful meeting we had. Around 80 in attendance from many different churches and cities around Budapest. Worship was with Prazak, Laci & Csilla and their wonderful musician friends, with special music with rising star, David Henderson  and a beautiful song "signed" by a missionary to deaf community, Michelle Smith. A local Andrea Nadler also painted a spontaneous, prophetic picture during worship. I wanted the entire event to inspire and demonstrate HOPE for the future. I believe God is beginning to break off the discouragement that the enemy and circumstances uses to cap and block a free flowing life in Christ. We highlighted ministry opportunities already available by having women in ministry showcased and exhibiting at tables. One of the unexpected results of the gathering was the "reunion" aspect. Many people invited had not had an opportunity to see each other in years and there was even time for sweet fellowship. I believe the Lord gave ...

The youth group - Nov meeting planning for December. From left, Jennifer, Bethany, Selena, Jenna, Marion holding Nadia on there lap. Later, Luca joined us.  Buddy our cockatiel arrived. Batthyany 18 will be it's new address until his new "mom" Abbe has her own flat. Here, Leah is saying goodbye and Abbe and Nadia are welcoming him. Buddy Spending time with "mom". I feel like I am the "foster" mom and I love birds!!

Due to the recent addition of young people and new ministry connections in my life, Thanksgiving became an international event with lots of people. Despite trying to keep the neighbors to a manageable 12, we actually invited about 25 people. That evening about 20 arrived coming from Hungary, Austria, Ukraine, Russia, Uzbekistan, Cyprus, Moldovia and a number of places from the USA. About 8 people had never had a Thanksgiving meal before so it was a lot of fun.  Although the downstairs main ministry room is almost done, we decided not to carry everything down but to have people upstairs. Somehow it worked out quite well.  Nadia and I and Abbe started preparing the day before (as you do :-) and we had the traditional turkey (but in pieces not the whole bird) mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, Sarah's Great grandma Sadie's scalloped corn, stuffing, rolls, Russian salad and apple and pumpkin pie. Just like home! (mostly) Before eating we all shared what we are thankf...