Weekend Ministry

Saturday we went to a youth conference in Muzsaly, Ukraine. Zoli and Dori Acs, the Debrecen youth leaders and five youth went with us in Zoli's car and our car. We thought we started early enough, but it took us an hour and a half to get across the border into Ukraine. The picture above shows just half of the line of cars waiting to get into Ukraine. The picture below shows Zoli and Obed waiting patiently.

We also made a wrong turn and ran into construction that took extra time. God was with us, though, guiding us right to the church even though we had never before driven there ourselves. We were an hour late getting to the church, so when we walked in, they were waiting for us. The leader called Mike to the front and said they were ready for the message! Mike didn't even have time to sit down to collect his thoughts, but stepped right up and began his sermon.
Also at the youth conference were youth groups from Budapest, Nyiregyhaza and the local area. One of the young ladies from Budapest translated for Mike. She had spent a year in Pennsylvania and although she did not have much practice being a translator, she did a very good job.
It was a great day together with all the youth in Ukraine. Several of those who went with us had never been to Ukraine before even though they live close to the border. They had never had borsh, a traditional Ukrainian soup that was served for lunch (pictured above).

It took another hour and a half to cross the border coming home, too. The line was shorter, but it seemed that the guards on the Ukrainian side took a supper break while we were waiting!

Sunday morning Mike preached at the Open Bible Church here in Debrecen. We were so happy that one of our teachers, Tünde, came with her sister to the service. Tünde had never before been to an evangelistic church service and was pleasantly surprised at the good music. She said she enjoyed the service and could even understand Mike's English.