I have been traveling to Romania from Monday to Wednesday to teach New Testament Greek to five students.  Click to enlarge image.

We had two friend days, September 14 and 21.  Here are a few pictures of the day.  Click to enlarge.

These two Nigerians, who study medicine at the University of Pecs, have been attending services with us for some time.

We had a baptismal service in September 7.  Click to enlarge pictures.

God blessed our family camp this year with the ministry of Dave and Valerie O’Gorman.  Here are some pictures from the camp.  Click to enlarge.

Sports.

Special Music

Campfire service

Dave O’Gorman family

We were invited to Romania for College and Career Week at Camp of Joy near Vascau, August 11-15.  I challenged the young people about God’s will for their lives from Proverbs and Job.

Here are some pictures from the week.  Click to enlarge.

Dear Praying Friends,

Because he could not speak Romanian, Jeno had a really tough time when he joined the Romanian army for his compulsory military service.  Strange as it may sound, many Romanian citizens speak Hungarian, reflecting their Hungarian roots.  Hungary’s borders once included a substantial part of Transylvania, the place where Jeno was born and raised.  He solved his problem by moving to the other side of the border where he now lives with his wife, two teenage children, and one on the way.

Jeno brought his family to our recent family camp.  His sister is Yoli Olah, and his mother is Yolanka, a member of our church.  He and his family are hungry for the type of Bible preaching and teaching he hears at our church and that he heard in family camp.  He would dearly love to have the same kind of preaching in Eastern Hungary where he now lives.  Again and again we hear of the need for sound, independent Baptist churches that preach the Word in all parts of Hungary.  Pray for Jeno and his family.  They are four of about ten million reasons God sent us to Hungary.

Thank you for praying for our many activities this month.  During the first week of the month, the church youth went to Budapest where they ministered in two churches, as well as taking in some of the sights of the city.  The following week we three Potters went to Romania where I preached at College and Career Week at Camp of Joy, near Vascau.  The next week was our own church family camp.  Nearly 50 attended this year.  God blessed us through the ministry of David and Valerie O’Gorman, Baptist World Mission missionaries in Ireland.  An 11 year old boy trusted Christ as Savior during the week.

Beginning September 1, our church has a unique and unprecedented opportunity.  You may recall that several years ago we had to reinforce our building due to design flaws and problems with materials.  A number of other buildings in Pecs had the same structural problems, including a local school, that, for whatever reason, has not done the necessary reinforcement.  This year engineers refused to give permission for the school to use the building.  We offered to allow the school to use most of our upper storey for two kindergarten classes during the week.  The terms we offered were very favorable to the school.  School and city officials (specifically the mayor) have expressed their appreciation in newspaper articles and television news broadcasts.  Pray that God will make us wise landlords, and that He will use this situation to attract new young families to the church.

The Lord willing, during September I will be traveling to Romania 3 times to teach New Testament Greek.  I appreciate the opportunity to have an input in the ministry of the Bible college in Beius.  As one of the Romanian believers put it, “We don’t want you to do our job for us; we want you to teach us how to do our job.”  Gedeon Olah has also asked me to teach and preach in his new church plant, the Lighthouse Baptist Church of Nagykanizsa, Hungary.  Please pray for safety in travel, for my family while I am gone, and that my ministry in each of these places would be a blessing.

Please pray for these events in September: a baptismal service on the 7^th and two Friend Days, the 14^th and the 21^st.  On September 6, we will begin the new fall Bible Institute class, Biblical Separation.  Please pray that the class will explain, reinforce and apply this important doctrine for the Bible Institute students.

The spiritual progress that we see in many lives thrills us, but we also see many needs.  Pray particularly for our youth as they begins school this fall.  Several of them made good decisions during the month of August.  We are sure that Satan will test them at school.

Thank you again for your prayers.

Yours for Hungary hearts,

David Potter