Dear Praying Friends,

Our first glimpse of Peter and Eszter came about 4 years ago.  We were among the first to move into our apartment building.  They wanted to buy the flat next door to us.  Eszter has shown impeccable taste in the design and furnishings of their flat.  Peter is a hardworking business man who operates a medical supplies delivery service.  A couple of years ago, Peter and Eszter became the proud parents of Dominika.  She is a little doll.  Not too many months ago Timea arrived, so now there are four of them.

I have invited Peter to our church services a number of times.  Every time his face breaks out into the broad smile so characteristic of him and he gives me the impression that I was doing him a huge favor  by asking.  However,  he has never come, or even promised to come.  Our Friend Day promotion will be the last two Sundays of this month.  Jean and I will again try to interest this fine young couple in spiritual things.  Pray for them.  They are two of about ten million reasons God sent us to Hungary.

Thank you for praying for Reka, whom we wrote about last month.  Please pray concerning barriers that have arisen to prevent her church attendance and that Ami will be able to establish and maintain contact with her in the coming months.

Thank you for praying for our family camp.  Ray and Marlene Virtue connected with the people very well.  Spiritual progress among a number of the campers was very evident.  Pray that our young Christians will continue to grow.

Other events in August included the baptism of Anett, for whom you have prayed, and a visit from some Romanian brothers.  Gabe Rivera, an American missionary in Beius, Romania, and Mihia Czente, a national Romanian preacher, ministered to us last Sunday.  We enjoyed fellowship with them and their wives.

Along with praying for our Friend Days, we would appreciate your prayers for other events in September.  On Saturday the 5^th, Bible Institute classes begin.  Ten students completed the course in Baptist History the first time I taught it here.  I am expecting as many as ten more students this time.  Greek class begins in Beuis, on Tuesday, September 8.  Please pray for the Romanian students as they try to take their Greek knowledge up another level.  Pray for traveling mercies for me and for strength for Jean as she holds the fort at home.  Ami would also appreciate your prayers as she travels to Budapest weekly for violin lessons.

Our church and our church members face many challenges.  Lajos Makura still does not have a steady job.  Bela Horvath, our national pastor, is trying to sell his apartment so that he can buy a house to make room for his expanding family.  He will also attempt to take an internet based course in theology, working toward a master’s degree, beginning this fall.  He has had no experience with distance learning and has never taken an English language based class before.  He would appreciate your prayers.

Pray for the following to be saved: Ezsebet, mother of one of our members, and Miklos, husband of another member.  Pray for the spiritual needs of the following: Zoltan and Betti, Gabi, Anna, Attila, Valika and Martika.

Thank you again for your prayers.  May God bless you for your help.

Yours for Hungary hearts,

David Potter

PS—I have posted 20 new pictures on our web site from various events in August.  Visit us at www.hungaryhearts.com.