Last night Jim Knies announced his desire to turn the ministry of the church over to Bela Horvath.  On March 1, the church will vote on calling Bela Horvath as their first national pastor.  Please pray with us concerning this important step.

Dear Praying Friends,

Krisztian is not a particularly good bowler.  Nobody in the youth group broke 100 a week ago Saturday (the low score was 4).  Hungarian young people are not into bowling like their American counterparts (it’s generally too expensive), but everyone had a good time nevertheless.  Krisztian also enjoyed the game that we played at our place afterwards (his team won).  Following the game and before the refreshments, Bela Gado, one of our teens, gave a devotional on the need for salvation because of the uncertainty of life.  Zoli Kiss answered many of Krisztian’s questions when he drove him home following the activity and  Krisztian prayed to receive Christ as Savior.

Last night Krisztian attended our evening church service.  During the testimony time he told of his salvation decision.  Besides our obvious excitement over his salvation, we are also thrilled that someone has been saved who lives in Koszarmisleny, a middle-class bedroom community near Pecs.  For some time we have wanted to have an outreach to this growing town.  Pray for Krisztian.  He is one of about ten million reasons God sent us to Hungary.

January was a busy month.  Besides teaching Sunday School and Bible Institute classes and preaching in Pecs, I have traveled to Romania twice to begin a new semester teaching elementary Greek and to Nagykanizsa three times to teach Bible Institute classes and to begin a series of sermons on the Holy Spirit at the midweek service of Lighthouse Baptist Church.  Please pray for these ongoing ministries.  Pray especially for my travel.  I was able to engage an atheist in conversation on the train last week.  He was not interested in the tract I offered him, but the man across from us who joined in the conversation was.  Pray that I would be able to witness more as I travel.

I stayed with the Dan Sehested family on my two latest trips to Romania.  Water pressure in their part of Beius is never good, especially in the winter.  This time there was not enough pressure to operate their hot water system due to a major water line break near their house.  Bath water had to be heated on the stove.  The experience makes me thankful for the infrastructure here in Hungary.

Several individuals need prayer.  Mark, brother of one of our teens, raised his hand for prayer about salvation last night.  Pray that he would be saved.  Pray for the Karpati family to be baptized and become church members.  Pray for Erzsi, a professed atheist and mother of Arpad, one of our members.  She seems to be coming closer to salvation.  Pray for Eva Jambor who has some important decisions to make regarding her education.  Pray for Attila Kovacs and Anna Kiss to return to church.  Pray for God’s guidance regarding Ami’s education.

Thank you for your prayers for Jean’s health.  She continues to improve.  A doctor whom she saw following her recent surgery has doubled the dosage of her asthma medicine to open up her bronchial passages and her breathing is now easier.  She would appreciate your continued prayers for her health needs.

Thank you again for your prayers for God’s work in this part of the world.

Yours for Hungary Hearts,

David Potter

PS—We are excited about the addition of Tim and Sheryl Hughes to the church planting team in Nagykanizsa.  You can read about them and see their picture below.

An American couple moved to Nagykanizsa this past month to help the Olah family in planting the Lighthouse Baptist Church.  Tim and Sheryl Hughes have come to Hungary at a financial sacrifice in order to serve the Lord.  Please pray for this fine couple to find housing and employment and that they would successfully begin the difficult task of aquiring the lanuage.  Click on picture to enlarge.