Protection

Hi there!

Just to add somehing new, some of you may have heard how the Lord protected our team last week. Six of our team members were in a car accident on Saturday and the Lord miraculously saved them. An update on this is that Alma (Germany), who was driving the car had some pain in her neck (no pun intended!) and numbness in her fingers. She is still undergoing tests (MRI and the like) but for now she has to wear a neck support, which can be pretty uncomfortable at times, considering that she is the lady who takes care of all the administration around MTS and does a fabulous job! Her attitude is great though even wearing the neck support thing! :)

Then on the same day Victoria (Northern Ireland) was reading in her bed and she fell asleep. The book she was reading fell on her lamp and almost caught fire. She did not wake up and the room was starting to fill up with smoke!!! Her roommate (who happens to be Alma - what a day for her!) came into the room just before the book would have caught on flames!!! Victoria (who is affectionately called "Doria" by the children, including Oliver, whom she watches during the sessions) shared her testimony at Moszkva Square yesterday and did a great job! :)

The outreach (where Victoria shared) was at a square in Budapest, and it went quite well. Matt played his guitar and I translated (surprise!! :) and we sang, shared testimonies, did a drama, handed out books, etc. We invited people to a Christian coffee shop which is on tonight (Matt and the team are there so no updates yet on how this went).

Melinda

MTS

Dear all,

Our apologies for not updating this site for such a long time (well, except the pictures...). Sorry especially to the faithful "web surfer" friends who check out our site regularly!

We are doing well. We are living in our apartment in Erd, Hungary and are attending MTS. Oh, and what is MTS? It stands for Missionary Training School. It is a four-week training for people who will be serving in various countries of Central Europe. The topics range from discussing cultural and language issues to ministering to children. Our group consists of 12 people and they are from all over the globe, from Canada to South Korea. They are people on fire for the Lord and doing His work, and they are a lot a lot of fun to be around!!! :)

Oliver is doing great. He turned 2 on September 8 and celebrated his big day with a series of parties! He enjoys his new home and his new little and big friends at the training. He is a cute little boy (except for the moments when his 2-year-old defiance "shines through") and loves to talk (mostly to people but dogs and cats too!) and sing. His number one hit these days is Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so...I have sung this song about a million times in the last few days...but hey, nothing is too big a price to pay for instilling these Biblical truths in his heart at such an early age...

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Love to you all!

Melinda and the boys