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Testimonies

 12 What can I offer the Lord
      for all he has done for me?
   13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
      and praise the Lord’s name for saving me. Psalm 116

Content:

2010- miracles

2003 July - for the Glory of God

 

„I will tell of the Lord’s unfailing love.I will praise the Lord for all he has done.” Is.63:7

First of all we thank you all your prayers. God encouraged us again to strenghten our faith in Him, so we believed that He can solve situations when it seems impossible.

In December first we received lots of toys and games for our boys, so we could choose for each of them and just pack for Christmas.

God made us wonder. We prayed a lot, because we were in trouble with the bank. On 17th of December Laci noticed a message on his phone, that an unknown contributor payed to our bank account, which is not publicated, 100 000 forints. We do not know who was, even now, because our relatives were excluded. Then we could pay our missed repayments to the bank and also some urgent bills.

We had a creative girls’ meeting early December in Budapest Youth Mission, where Laci asked me to help the other leaders’ younger wifes. I went there to help and I felt I could be blessing for the girls. Next week we do not know how, The Baptist Union Women Ministry sent to Laci’s bank account a Christmas aid. This 15 000 forint helped us to do a bigger shopping for the family. We went together with the children all praising the Lord for the possibility to do shopping before the Holidays.
We had a nice Christmas tree as our 80 years old neighbor asked Laci to cut his large pine trees also for themselves, and for us. It was high up to the ceiling.
Before Christmas Eve we thought we have just some hundred forints left that year, we should buy yeast, as we had flour. So we could bake bread at home untill the New Year. We did not travelled but we had enough fuel to go to Pilisvörösvár for the church meetings.
We do not like complain, so we did not tell anybody our situation. That is why we sometimes feel bad sharing prayer requests. We made a homepage and it is difficult for us to tell our situation to people. But last year two different Christian friends of ours explained that it is important in God’s family to give information about ourselves.
After Christmas missions we felt joy and peace that even we could give people something. Praise be to the Lord!
January 2nd when Laci had a call from a friend, whom with they ministered together some years ago in youth mission. He said: „I have to go to you as soon as possible”. So he received the instructions how he could find our home from Budapest and he arrived soon.
First he gave 2 trays of cakes. He said they received from a confectionery, as they could not sell on 31st December and he wanted to come before these cakes spoil. Then he started giving to Laci different foods. They packed up our big table full of different foods: one box of apple, 8 liter oil, 2o kgs sugar, 2o kgs flour, more kgs frozen sausages, 5 big boxes of margarine, 3 big bottles lemon juice, spagetti pasta, rice more kgs, 15 l milk. I was about crying and we asked the young man what was happening. And he said he can not explain, he is also suprised how God worked out this with him. Because all Christmas time he felt hard that he would have to take cakes to us when they received a lot for Christmas Eve. But he could not come to us that day, so he vowed that next time they receive something from the confectionery he shares with us. And for the New Year different people came to him with different foods to share what they have, and this young man wondered the Lord how He wants to help us. And when he said to somebody that this day he comes to us, that person gave 1o ooo forints as a gift to our family. He said he can not share every details, he just had to come and take all these, but has to go home quickly. Then I took our children going around the table full of food, I asked them each, named and pointing to their favourite, Think does God love you, if he sent so much for you… We all experienced Gods love! We can render all his goodness if we share our testimonies praising Him!
Garbage company warned us to pay 6 months missed payments - what we always set aside beside the most important bills - because they won’t pick up our trash from January. When we went January 4th to pay out this amount, they said it was transferred but we did not say anybody that we have such a problem with this payment except the Lord, Laci thought I forgot to tell and did not asked who transfered the amount, and coming home I let him know I could not transfer and it was not me who payed. My mum and Laci’s mum can not help in this way because they can not afford paying our bills. That is why we wonder, and just praise the Lord. 
On 14 th January I was staightening up lots of paper, collected official letters. At the end I found a warning electricity bill that we have to pay 24 oo3, forints if not from 12January they come and turn off the power. I was shocked and went before the Lord with this, how we could pay this. Some minutes later Laci called me. He received a call from our Internet company. They do not know what to do with the 25 ooo Ft, what we transferred. Because it is not an amount of 5 or 6 months fee, they can not account. They have to pay out. Laci said we were not in the position to pay so much, but the lady said they checked everything 6times with her collegaue and they can not do anything else. So Laci got off the train and went for the money and that they we could pay the electricity bill. Praise be to the Lord!
9th January we had a tea house for the youth in Pilisvorosvar. 12 young people came including 3 from our church fellowship. We thought we will hold this every 3 months, but they said it would be better monthly.
In January we had a lot to do with applications. We recived in e-mail a tenderconcerning youth communities in Budapest. They would support good ideas to help the good initiations for the youth in the capital. Leading a team we sent four projects, planned anyway but demand financial help. We pray as we think this gate was opened by God.
On February 26 we had a Christian talk in the Gallery by Eric Barrett, the scientist from UK.
 We had a concert on Palm Sunday, because the Christmas concert was very blessed. We have again new contacts.


 

 

„ …for the glory of God…”
I received the Lord while I was in a relationship with a guy, hoping that I can only be happy in life with having a family. I thought a good family was the only meaning of life. As I first heard about God through a married couple, Christ’s love really grabbed my attention. I felt His love through their love. I also got answers to my questions, and that made me sure: yes, this is what I want in my life. I had a thought maybe this whole ‘eternity thing’ is just a fairy tale, but I really want that LOVE and peace. And I desire for others to know that as well. (Later I got sure that God’s word is trustworthy and I started to trust in the promises of the Bible-even the ‘eternal life’)
As I was learning the Bible I realized I have to break up with the guy I was dating, cause he was not a believer. I knew what God wanted to give me is his blessing. That is only available if I follow His ways, even when it hurts when I choose Him. The thought of breaking up was really hard. After a short period of struggling, I have decided, yes, I will trust God and I will break up with the guy. I did not know what is waiting for me in life, but I acted by faith. God restored me from the hurt….and I started a new life lived for Him. I decided that as my thankfulness to God I will always choose Him, even if I will never marry or if I will have to be a missionary by myself
out of nowhere. Wherever He sends me I’ll go! I did not care any more about marriage, I just wanted to follow the Healer and Restorer. I did not think God will give me true love one day.
In 2001 God talked to my heart and showed me that one day I will marry somebody. God can lead us through the Bible, through His Holy Spirit and through other Christians and circumstances - if Jesus, as a Lord and Savior is the first in our lives. The Lord made me understand, that I will have a husband, who is the man of faith and prayer. I waited…I read many books on the topic of relationships. That brought up new things to pray about. I was also studying the Bible and developed Biblical view and values in the area of relationships. I started to pray for and about my future husband according to those values. I was praying that he would love the Lord, the church and ministry. God brought Bible verses to me about whatever the Lord pleases, He will do it. I trusted God, if there will be a guy whom I like, He will not let
anybody else marry that person. I also prayed that God by His Spirit may keep anybody away from me who is not the ONE. God can do anything He wants.
I realized, I have a part in this whole process as well. My part is to pray not just to be passive in the waiting. As God was also leading me through sermons in the church, I realized changes in me. For example I started to cook more, I took better care of my apartment. I felt like God was leading me into these practices of new habits for a reason. Whenever marriage was the topic among my friends, I always told them I will get married soon – I am sure they thought something is wrong with me. I felt like my time to meet the One was close. I proclaimed it by faith, because I knew God was getting me ready by putting the desire in my heart to wait for my husband.
When Laci and Miki moved to Bicske I was so happy! Thank God we have new workers in God’s kingdom! I did not view Laci as a potential husband. When we started to become friends I thought I have to be careful with this friendship, because I don’t want to do anything against God’s will. I wanted and left everything in the Lord’s hand. I also prayed whenever Prince Charming is coming to my life he would be the one to initiate anything in the relationship. I hated even the thought of initiating.
When Laci first initiated though it kind of made me upset. First I thought that is not from God it is just a distrection.
I wrote a letter to one of my friends - who always encouraged me when I was facing hard decisions - in December about my situation with Laci. She told me gently to be a little more open if somebody wants to get to know me. I prayed and thought a lot about this. I prayed to God to show me if he is the One or not. I wanted to see clearly. I was reading Exodus, when God spoke to me: “Is it enough for you if my presence will go with you?”I told God, yes, that is more then enough. I also prayed if Laci is the One, he would come to me and initiate as soon as possible. Within a week it happened. I also realized, that Laci is discouraged. I really liked him as a friend by that time, and I did not want to cause him any pain in any ways. I thought it would be so fun to tell somebody to give him a loving hug. I thought he was a wonderful person, a great guy, but I still could not picture him as my husband. The first of January I saw it was time to talk to him. I wanted to give him a chance to realize that we are
not for each other. But as we were talking I felt like I would miss HIM if I were to be with someone else. As we are getting to know each other, I see God’s miracles in our lives, how much we meant to be together. I can see that where I am weak, he is strong and where he needs me I have the strength.
There was a Bible verse that always meant a lot to me since I am a Christian. “Everything you do, do it for the glory of God”. As I was praying for my husband I also prayed that our marriage would glorify God. I prayed that even our friendship from the beginning would be for His glory. As I looked back to my journal where I wrote down what I was thankful for, I saw a note at October’s page : “Laci told me:-I can tell that you glorify God by how you live and serve Him.” I remembered my
prayers and was thinking to myself: ”Maybe this is now the time.” But I convicted my heart “Oh, no, no, this is just a friendship.”
In January, when God convinced my heart from His Word, I realized this friendship gave birth to our romantic love. We want to live in fearing God, depending on God and further more we want to glorify God in everything.