Today we had lunch with Pastor Szilard and his wife, Heni, at their house. It was good to share some time together. We had a delicious meal of fruit soup, pasta with mushrooms, and cookies. The girls were particularly interested in the two cats which they have. They just roamed around the apartment and the girls followed. The cats seemed to have quite an interest in the frogs in the aquarium. (-:
I have enjoyed working with Pastor Szilard. I believe he has a heart for soul winning and understands the importance of personal contact with people. I will miss working with him.
Tonight, we finished the topic of the remnant and used a decision card for the last time in these meetings. I am always amazed at how fast the time goes, especially when you’re being translated. It always goes by faster than I expect and I feel like I cannot cover everything. I don’t like to rush through a message, but I felt like I was tonight. I should have made the message shorter because I felt like I was rushing through the decision card process. It takes much longer because the translator has to repeat everything I say. And I don’t want rush too much because I try to keep the decision card process light hearted. This culture tends to be very private and is not used to decision cards so I really have to think about what I’m doing.
I will be transparent. Tonight, I felt like I didn’t go a good job of timing the message and I had to rush too much at the end. Nor did I like the way I handled the decision cards.
SPIRITUAL LESSON– It doesn’t matter. The Bible says God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness. Even though I may wish I would have done things differently, God’s Spirit is still working to cover my faults and weaknesses. That’s the great thing about being a missionary for the Lord– He already knows our weaknesses and He’s got us covered. I will be interested to see how people marked their decision cards.
Tomorrow is our last day with the people in Veszprem. I will preach for Sabbath worship, then in the evening. It will be difficult to say goodbye. I hate to leave. But at some point you have to return to normal life. (Especially since we are beginning a meeting in St Louis on April 15).
