Dear Praying Friends,

Tamas took advantage of his ethnicity to land a tech job in Hungary.  He is an engineer from Croatia who has a Hungarian heritage, meaning that he can speak the language and get favored treatment as an immigrant.  Tamas also has a spiritual interest.  His friend Edit had visited Pecs not long ago and while here she visited Bible Baptist Church, having found our site on the internet.

Tamas decided to give us a try after hearing Edit’s recommendation.  He came the first Sunday in January.  Zoli Kiss sat next to him during the service and talked with him afterwards about his spiritual condition.  At the end of the their conversation, Tamas prayed to receive Christ as Savior.  Pray for him.  He is one of about ten million reasons God sent us to Hungary.

This month did not turn out the way we expected.  God had other plans for us.  Instead of starting the new semester of Greek in Romania and preaching several times in Nagykanizsa, God took us to the US for two and a half weeks.  On Sunday, January 10, my father, Wesley Potter, went home to be with the Lord.  Our trip to the US, which began at 2:00 AM on Tuesday, did not proceed as expected.  I have posted an account of how God took care of us and of the funeral services on our web site: www.hungaryhearts.com.

The trip to the US also afforded us a chance to see our new granddaughter, Brooklynn Katrina Potter, born on January 8.  I am sure that all of you want to see the pictures posted on our web site!

Please pray for several upcoming events.  I will be going back to Romania soon to start second semester Greek classes.  Our schedule must of necessity be more compressed, making an already difficult schedule even more difficult for the students.  They would appreciate your prayers.  On February 13-14, we will travel to Szolnok to speak for a missions conference at an independent Baptist church pastored by our friend, missionary Dan Peters.  Pray that God will stir the good people of the church to greater enthusiasm about missions and the need to support a national pastor for their own church.  Also, during this month, the Horvath family will be moving to their new home.  They would appreciate your prayers concerning this transition.

Please pray for Lajos Makura, who is now taking responsibility for the church youth program.  I believe that Lajos’ enthusiasm will be good for the young people, and that the ministry to the youth will be good experience for Lajos.  We believe that God wants to use Lajos in a much greater way in the years ahead.

Please pray for the ministry of the Olah and Hughes families in Nagykanizsa.  Over the last month they have seen five professions of faith.  Gedeon has asked me to speak for him at his Thursday midweek service several times over the coming months.  Pray that I will be an encouragement and help to the many new believers there.

Jean would also appreciate your continued prayers for her as I am away.

May God bless you for your intercessory work on behalf of His work in Hungary.

Yours for Hungary hearts,

David Potter