Tomor

Yesterday several of us from the Shalom Open Bible Church here in Debrecen went to Tomor, which is a gypsy village in northern Hungary- about 140 kilometers from Debrecen.  Several people in Tomor have given their lives to Jesus this past year, and now 10 of them are wanting to begin studying INSTE. 

Cooking a pot of lecsó

We arrived around 1 pm and had lunch together.  They had prepared a large pot of "lecsó", which is a tomato and pepper stew and is very delicious. While we were visiting several of them grabbed their guitars, one picked up a "jug" and another played the "spoons", and they began to play and sing some gypsy songs.  Music is a very important part of gypsy culture, and we enjoyed listening to them.

Following lunch we met with the new INSTE students, distributed the books and talked about how to study during the week and what to expect in the INSTE class.  I (Mike) will be leading this group so we will be driving to Tomor every Saturday beginning October 8.  And, since the class will be totally in Hungarian, we ask for your prayers that God will help us to understand and communicate effectively.  Our desire is to help these precious new believers grow in their knowledge of God, and to become the servants God needs to reach Tomor and the surrounding villages with the good news of Jesus Christ.