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Our Visit to Ukraine

Kimberly Mer — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:50:22 +0000

Dear Friends,

We managed to travel to Ukraine by the grace of God for the first time in the last days of July.

We have been praying to God since the beginning of the conflict to prepare a way for us, so that we could take the donations to Ukraine for the poor ones, the refugees, and for the sufferers. God had placed this burden on my heart.

In the last few months, my co-worker, Szilvi, who was born in Ukraine and was four years old when she moved to Hungary with her mother, contacted her relatives after 46 years. Her relatives added me as a friend on Facebook and we started to have a good relationship. They helped us with everything. Szilvi’s uncle’s wife, Marika, was used by God to build the acquaintanceship.

We packed a car of seven passengers and a trailer full with 800 kilograms of food and took it to Ukraine. I am enclosing some pictures of it here. We could help and hand the food packets personally to the poor ones and refugees. We mailed 18 kilograms of packets to the conflict-worn citizens and to the ones who stayed at home.

We built very good relationships with the help of God. We saw in Ukraine that the Hungarians, the Hungarian-speaking gypsies, the Ukrainians, and even the Russians live in peace with each other. We handed out food packets to about 30 families, from all of these four people groups.

We worked with two churches in Nagyszőllős. In one of them, we served in the church meeting. They promised us to help in every area on our next mission journey as a host church. We are preparing our next mission journey at the end of November before Christmas. Thank you in advance for your support on our next mission trip!

Our mission might be very little in a country of 40 million people, but for those whom we could help meant a lot.

We are thankful for our Hungarian supporters, for Evangelical Friends Mission (EFM), and for the helpers in Ukraine for the accommodation, the coordination, and the financial, physical and spiritual help.

May God bless everyone who supported us. God helped us in everything. Glory and thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ.

We think of you with love and gratefulness.

Antal (Tony) Frei

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Partnerships in Hungary

Kimberly Mer — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:00:11 +0000

Dear Friends,

Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ!

My daughter, Betti invited Angelica Moore (EFM Short Term Missionary) last Monday to one of her English classes. They had a very blessed time together. Below you can read her report of that.

Every blessing to you all!

With love,
Tony

From Betti:

I invited Angelica to my intermediate English class, which is like an after-school extra class. There were six students there. First, we started with an introduction, then Angelica talked a little bit about herself and about her personal life. She shared her cultural and travelling experiences with us. The students asked her questions.

Then I wanted my class to hear about Jesus and the gospel – as Easter (was) coming – so I asked Angelica to share her testimony about how she received Jesus. I really liked the way she did that because she was honest and kind. She explained the difference between being religious and living by faith. I think it was completely new for the students as here in Hungary if they talk about Jesus, it is the same as if you were talking about Catholic religion. So this way, they could hear about what it means to have a relationship with the living God.

I also added some thoughts and there were some questions coming up, for example “why does God let these bad things happen on the earth” and things like that. I liked one of Angelica’s answers; someone asked what is considered as sin, and she said: anything that stands between God and you is sin. And my students seemed to be satisfied with the answer. I think they have never heard a definition for sin like this before. After that, I let my students ask one more closing question in connection with anything from Angelica. I think everyone enjoyed the lesson because they seemed very excited.

After the lesson, I invited Angelica for dinner, we had a pizza and we had very good conversations in my home. I was very thankful to God that I could share the gospel with my students in school in an “official way” if you know what I mean. I am also thankful for Angelica, I like her and I think she is a very committed daughter of God. I am happy to know her.

With love,
Betti

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September 2021 Prayer Letter

Kimberly Mer — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:40:31 +0000

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, God gave a lot of blessings to our church. There were many difficulties, restrictions and church closures but our God was always with us as he promised: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5). We can be especially thankful for him on three main mission areas: (1) the children’s work, (2) the youth group’s work and, and (3) the gipsy mission.

The Children’s Work

After a long break, we could organize children’s days on three mission places: Ozora, Budapest and Tolna. I think it’s a very great opportunity for this way we can reach the unbeliever parents through their children. The program was similar in every place. We started with singing Christian children’s songs. After, my wife taught the children a story from the Bible (she included the gospel too). Then we prayed together with them. Finally, we made some handcrafts which kids enjoyed very much.

In Ozora, I made a deal with the local leader of the community house. She allowed us to organize occasions again, as the situation of the virus is better in our country. On the 14^th of August, after a few church meetings, the first children’s day was there. Ozora is a village with a lot of gipsy families. People are very poor, but they have open heart to the word of God. At the end of the children’s day, we gave them little presents, candies and some donation dresses.

On the 15^th of August, we organized a children’s day in Budapest. As it was just a few hours long, the unbeliever parents stayed there, they got involved in it, and heard the Good News too. I believe that the seeds fell into a good soil. On every fourth Sunday, we decided to organize a children’s day in Budapest, since this way new unbeliever parents come to the church and hear the gospel.

Thirdly, on the 20^th of August, we had an all-day long children’s day in Tolna. The program was similar as in Ozora. There were about 30-35 children. After the lunch, we took the children to the bank of the River Danube where we played with them and organized a foam party with the help of the local fire department. At the end, we could invite the parents to the church.

The Youth Group’s Work

As I said, I’m thankful for our youth group, too, for they are loyal and enthusiastic. As you know, because of the pandemic the community house of Budapest was closed for a long period but our youth kept contact on every Sunday morning on Zoom. Praise the Lord, the community house is open now, but they keep on organizing Zoom meetings. We’re also thankful, because they’ll have a youth camp from the 26^th to the 29^th of August. Please, pray for this camp that our youth group can be in agreement and in love in Christ (Psalms 133:1-3).

The Gipsy Mission

Praise the Lord, after a break of one and a half years we could visit our gipsy brothers and sisters from Serbia and Croatia. They were so happy for us, they missed us in the last hard period.

Thank you for your prayers. We are also praying for you and EFC mission work!

With love,

Tony and Ági Frei

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