Tony and Agi Frei | Serving in Hungary
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I am very grateful to God because I can declare together with Samuel: “The LORD helped us all the way to this place!” 1 Samuel 7:12.
A little remembrance: In February I celebrated my birthday, I turned 60 years old. Also, we started our mission in Tolna on March 27, 1997, and after that, we were registered as EFC Hungary. Here are some special moments in a ministry that were accomplished in 2023.
In August 2023, we arranged the EFC Hungary youth camp and the children’s days. There were about 20 youth and young adults in the youth camp, for three days. They had meetings every morning and afternoon. Their main topic was how it is possible to hear God’s calling for their life. On the 
children’s days, there were about 80-100 children, with whom my wife, Ági could share the gospel. We also provided them with lunch and some arts and crafts activities. In the afternoon, we spent time near the river Danube and the firemen visited us and provided a so-called “foam party”, which the children enjoyed very much. On that weekend, at the Sunday church meeting, these children’s parents were invited to church so we could talk to them about Jesus.
In Budapest, we have had children’s bible study meetings every month for three years now. These church meetings are perfect occasions for sharing the good news with children and with adults as well. Our experience is that these are quite fruitful meetings. Also, last year was very busy for us. Our friends, Thomas and his missions group from Germany visited us and we had street mission and evangelical meetings in the church in Tolna, Budapest, Ozora, and in Serbia.
Last year, after COVID-19, we finally managed to organize the EFC Hungary General Assembly and EFC-I Europe Conference. Adrian & Lisa Halverstadt, the director of the EFC-I Council, and his wife were here. Together with them, we arranged the EFC-I Europe conference in October. Before the conference, they served in Serbia, Kölked, Budapest, Pécs, and in Tolna. We are very grateful for them; their presence and ministry were a big blessing for us.
At the EFC-I Europe Conference, we listened to different reports, and we made some decisions. I am grateful for our youth that I could hand out some of my tasks and positions to them. My goal for the next years is that I could find successors for every position and that we could build the EFC in Europe as well. Please, pray for that.
We had a guest from Burundi, Dr. Donatien, who recently worked in France as a doctor. We are hoping to start EFC with him in France. After the conference, Dr. Donatien stayed with us for a week, and he served in all our churches. It was a big blessing for our mission and for Dr. Donatien as well, since the brothers and sisters encouraged him for the new French church planting.
Tim and Ethel were here at the EFC-I Europe Conference as the representatives of the Quaker friends. It was useful as the church could build friendships with them. Last year, we had three weddings and a public testimony of baptism meeting.
We were in Ukraine from November 29- December 2, 2023, so we could hand out food and clothes. Before Christmas, we also handed out food and sweets with our co-workers to the poor people in Serbia, Croatia, and in Hungary. We also gave them biblical calendars, prospects, and Bibles.
I am very thankful for all of my co-workers. They help me to build boats and ships in these hard times for the glory of God and for the saving of people.
With love and blessing,
Tony and Ági Frei
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