Dear Praying Friends,
Barbara’s smile is enough to light up a room. Her light complexion and blond hair mark her as Scandinavian. Lots of Norwegians speak English well enough that they can study abroad in our language. Getting into medical school in Norway is no easier than in the US. For that reason, Norwegians occupy some of the 120 new places reserved annually for English speaking students in the University of Pecs medical school. This is a win-win situation, since the foreign students can study medicine more easily and cheaply than in their home country, and the university ends up with cold hard cash.
Some of the Norwegian students found our church on the web. They decided to check us out because we sometimes have preaching in English, and we have interpreters who can interpret the messages simultaneously with the preaching. Barbara told me that although she is Lutheran, she is more comfortable around Norwegian Baptists than she is around liberal Norwegian Lutherans. Barbara and two of her friends have attended our services twice now. We are wondering if we should start a special Sunday School class for them so that they can learn in English. Please pray with us about this matter. And pray for Barbara. She is one of about ten million reasons God sent us to Hungary.
Thank you for your prayers for my itinerant ministry. I was able to preach in Nagykanizsa last month and teach in Romania three times. The Greek students in Romania would appreciate your prayers for the remaining sessions of class that will culminate in a final exam the first week in May.
Thank you for praying for Nikolett. She continues to attend services and is growing in the Lord. Pray for her husband, who is not interested in the Gospel at this time.
Please continue to pray for Bori Horvath, the mother of our pastor. The pathology report from her surgery showed that the cancer she had previously has returned. Bori is one of Jean’s best Hungarian friends.
Easter Sunday evening we had a musical concert at the church. We had ten visitors, including the Lajos Horvath family (no relation to our pastor) with their three teenage daughters. Pray that the Gospel will penetrate the hearts of the unsaved who were present.
Attila, Miklos and Anna continue to need your prayers that God would bring them into the fellowship of the church.
I hope to post a film clip later this week at our web site, www.hungaryhearts.com. The site already has several new pictures. I had to shut down the comments due to the large volume of spam the site attracted. Our web master has now installed a spam filter, so I will be allowing comments in the future. Please feel free to browse and comment.
The next big event on our church calendar is the spring evangelistic meetings, April 25-28. Bob McKinney, Baptist World Mission missionary to Poland, will be our speaker. Pray that God will send us many visitors and that people will be saved through these meetings.
We appreciate your intercession on our behalf before the throne of grace.
Yours for Hungary hearts,
David Potter
