Although Hungary celebrates Mothers’ Day, Women’s Day and Children’s Day, they have  no national celebration for fathers.  As a church, however, we honor our fathers.  Sunday, the children sang a song and presented gifts the the fathers who came.  Click pictures to enlarge.

Children's Choir

Fathers

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Charter

Today we had the privilege to attend the second anniversary and charter signing of Lighthouse Baptist Church of Nagykanizsa.   Click pictures to enlarge.

Cake

The Whole Group

Congregation

Testimony

Encouraging words

Twenty-two members signed the charter.

Signing

I signed as a witness.

Witness

Pastor Rhon Roberts of Mukwonago Baptist Church of Mukwonago, WI, preached the message.

Preaching

Rhon Roberts, Tim Hughes, David Potter, Jim Knies and Gedeon Olah prayed at the close of the service.

Prayer

Cut the cake

Fellowship I

Fellowship II

Sixteen students are enrolled in our class on the book of Psalms.

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Psalms Class

Playing this Sunday evening special number are Ami Potter, violin, Bela Gado, viola, Vivian Bodo, string bass and, introducing Virag Gado, cello.

What a Friend We Have in Jesus from David Potter on Vimeo.

Dear Praying Friends,

The first time I laid eyes on Robert, I would never have suspected that he might someday be a candidate for the Gospel ministry.  His smile is very pleasant, but the hair that ran down his back as far as his waist just didn’t quite fit my picture of a Baptist pastor.  Robert and his wife had come to Christ from the witness of his wife’s cousin in Budapest, but they had not grown much spiritually, because they could not find a good Bible-preaching church to attend.  Last year they enrolled in English classes taught by Tim and Sheryl Hughes and the Hughes invited them to a Friend Day Sunday at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Nagykanizsa.   They have attended faithfully ever since.

How things have changed since the first time I say him.  I still recognize his smiling face but the long hair is gone.  He realized he needed to cut it before he was baptized and joined the church.  Last month he accompanied Gedeon Olah on a preaching trip to Albania.   The experience has had a very good effect on Robert.  As I have been teaching the Baptist Distinctives to his church over the past couple of weeks, Robert has taken in every word.  From such people we expect that God will raise up the next generation of pastors and church planters in Hungary.  Pray for Robert.  He is one of about ten million reasons God sent us to Hungary.

Thank you for praying for the end of the semester for the Romanians students taking Greek.   All did very well on the final exam.  I believe that all of them have enough of a grasp of the basics to enhance their preaching and teaching.   Thank you for praying for the home school conference where Jean and I spoke.  About 30 home schooling families attended from Timisoara, Romania, in the east, to Sopron in the far west of Hungary.  Our teaching was very well received.  Thank you for praying for our new English language Sunday School class which I am teaching to English-speaking university students.  This is a bad time of year to start such a class, yet we have had seven attend so far.  We will suspend the class from the middle of this month until school starts again in September, since most of the students will return to their home countries for the summer.  We would appreciate your continued prayers for this new ministry.

In May I began teaching a class on the book of Psalms for the Pecs Bible institute.   Sixteen students have enrolled.  I expect to finish by the end of June.  Please pray that the students will finish the class and learn and grow spiritually from studying this very rich book.

Peter, whom I asked you to pray for last month, has been attending services.  Pray for his continued growth.  Pray also for the continued growth of Nikolett, who is taking the discipleship class taught by two of the church ladies.  I have asked for prayer for Attila numerous times.  We were encouraged to see him in church last Sunday.  Please pray for his spiritual growth.

This month will be another busy one.  Besides the Bible institute class, we plan to attend the second anniversary and charter signing service for Lighthouse Baptist on the 13^th.  I will be preaching there on June 27^th.  Ami faces auditions for the University of Pecs and for the Liszt Academy in Budapest.  Pray that the Lord’s will would be done and that He would guide her as to the next step in her training.  The Lord willing, on July 2 we are flying to the States to attend the wedding of our daughter, Hannah, to Lieutenant Kenneth Earnshaw.  The wedding will take place in Greenville, South Carolina, at Mount Calvary Baptist Church.  In the weeks following, we plan to report to a number of our supporting churches in the Midwest.

Zoli Kiss, a member of the Pecs church, would appreciate your prayers regarding the Lord’s guidance for his future service for God, as he will be graduating from the University of Pecs next year.

Ami and I have faced some minor health issues over the past couple of weeks.  We are thankful that God has enabled Jean to nurse us both back to health.

Thank you for your continuing prayers on our behalf.  We depend on you.

Yours for Hungary hearts,

David Potter

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