A Few Prayer Requests

We have some prayer requests for the next few weeks and would very much appreciate your prayer for us. A week from Wednesday is our date to leave for the states and there is much to be done here before we leave. Plus, we are anticipating an encouraging time during our stay in Alabama and are looking forward to a meaningful, life-changing, Mission Conference at First Bible Church. Thank you for your prayers!

Please pray for:

*Things to go smoothly for the young lady that will be staying in our house while we're gone. Protection for her, the house, and that she will be blessed by being in our home.

*The ministry reponsibilities we have here. That they will continue fully while we're gone with the people that are taking our places.

*Safety in our travel.

*That the Mission Conference will be filled with God's presence and that the speaker will speak the very words that God has for the attendees.

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Opportunities for Olivia

We're posting a portion of Olivia's support letter that she will be sending out in the next few days to friends and family. She's raising support for this summer's mission opportunities: Speak Out (an English camp) and for a week in South Korea for an evangelism conference. Not that many support letters are going out and we're just trusting the Lord to provide for her. We are praying that through this process of raising support, she will learn more and more to depend on God's generous provision. (a lesson for all of our family to learn!) If you're interested in helping her, please contact us through our family email address and we'll get you the details on where to send your check and who to make it out to. Please don't feel compelled to be a part of this unless the Lord is leading you! She needs not only financial support but prayer support as well. So, if you rather help her in that way, we would be grateful! (See letter below)


February 2007

Dear Family and Friends,

I still can’t believe that we have been in Hungary for nearly three years now! God is just too amazing. He has provided for me in so many ways. I’m so happy that He allowed us to move to Hungary and be a part of many exciting ministries here. I am especially grateful to have been allowed to work as a student leader with FEK. FEK is a Hungarian acronym that stands for “students at the threshold of life”. This ministry puts on a weekly coffee house, Battle of the Bands, fall festival outreaches, and the Speak Out English camp. Serving with other students makes the work so much more fun. Nothing like a little dirt and sweat to bond the hearts and lives of both Hungarian and American Christians!

This summer, I have been given another opportunity to attend Speak Out. In the summer of 2005, I got to serve as an English tutor at Speak Out. It is an evangelistic English camp put on by Campus Crusade-Hungary. Hungarian students who attend learn and practice their English, spend quality time with American students, play fun games, and most importantly get to hear the gospel from the students who staff the camp. I cannot fully express the joy of being a part of this unique body of Christ and I’m looking forward to seeing what God will do this summer.

In addition to the exciting opportunity of Speak Out, I have been asked to join a team of 15 Americans and Hungarians (of which I am one of the youngest) in representing Hungary at a Campus Crusade conference of 20,000 in South Korea. We will join people from 100 other countries in worship, workshops, and training as we learn to better affect our personal worlds with the gospel. I am looking forward to how this experience will stretch and mold me more into the woman God desires for me to be. I have prayed about the decision to participate in the conference and I believe that God will provide the financial means and strength I need to attend.

Love, Olivia

The Lord stood at my side and gave me strength,
so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed.
2 Timothy 4:17

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Not Sick Anymore!

Shay and Meredith have been "sickies" for the last couple of weeks. Thank you to those that regularly check in with us and knew that. We loved your encouraging emails! It was a bronchitis/flu thing that had high temps and lots of coughing. That same type illness is going around everywhere here in Budapest. Looks like Curt and Olivia may have dodged it. Hope so! It's so wonderful to get back to good health and to remember to thank God for that good health. We also want to remember to thank Him for those that regularly pray for our protection, health, and safety. Thank you for your prayers for us!!

Mission Conference in Alabama

We really have a treat to look forward to very soon! On February 21, we leave for the states and will be there for about 2 weeks. During that time, we will get to see family and friends that mean so much to us. Plus, we get the wonderful opportunity of being a part of the First Bible Church annual Missions Conference. (www.fbc.org) Those dates for the conference are March 2-4. It seems like just yesterday that we were being commissioned as missionaries at the 2004 Missions Conference. What a memorable time that was for our family! If you're interested, check back for some prayer requests we will have for our time in the states. We have alot to accomplish in that short period and only prayer will get us through!!

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