It’s Saturday night and we just finished the last night of the seminar. This morning Marquita left early to go to Budapest and speak for the International Women’s Day of Prayer. The girls stayed with me while I preached in the Veszprem church. I decided to add an extra topic to the seminar and preach it Sabbath morning. I was happy to hear that 3-4 people from the meetings came to Sabbath worship. For lunch, one of the church members invited us to share the meal with them. They were so kind to prepare a full meal for us. It was interesting to have lunch at someone’s house while trying to take care of the girls…remember Marquita was in Budapest.
That night Marquita met us at the hall and we had the last night of the seminar. It was a bittersweet experience. Of course it always good to finish a seminar, but bitter that we have to say goodbye to new friends. I showed some fun video clips of me and the girls doing hula hoops at someone’s house. Then we moved into the message of the Unpardonable Sin and the importance of following truth.
At the end of the meeting, they showered us with gifts, thank you’s, and appreciation. We were given quite a few hand-made gifts and a book about Hungarian history. I was thankful to know that people had been blessed by the topics of the seminar. Pastor Szilard tells me between 25-35 guests had been coming each night. 4-5 people had requested baptism in the near future. About 10 requested beginning personal Bible studies. And a special item for us was that Melaney filled out two decision cards in which she marked she wanted to be baptized. So we know she is really thinking about spiritual things.
Then later back at the home, we had a time of prayer with Pastor Szilard and his wife Heni. Marquita and I and the girls have been blessed by being here and have been touched by the Hungarian hospitality. I am sure we will be back again.
Tomorrow afternoon we will leave for Budapest and stay in a hotel near the airport since our plane leaves Monday morning.
Marquita will tell you about her day in Budapest at the International Women’s Day of Prayer in a separate post.
Incidentally, here’s the video clip of me and girls hula hooping. You might have seen Marquita posting this on Facebook.
Melaney and Emiley hula hooping— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYubFF5Pkew
David hula hooping— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPqc49az6Ck
