Second Week Pictures

A few more pictures from Hungary. More coming, keep checking back.

Report from Bob

Bob "The Builder" Stauffer gives his take on our trip. More coming over the next few days.

Lauren Z's Comments

Here's Lauren Zearfaus' comments about her trip. This was taped on Tuesday. I am sorry I have gotten behind. All of this takes time and there are a lot of distractions. Keep coming back everyday, I will posting more as I can.

New Video Over At JoelSnyder.net

I just posted a video on my blog, www.joelsnyder.net, that shows a bunch of the "Castle" we are staying it. The video is cute/fun as well. Check it out here.

Video Report from Hungary - Andy

Andy Spade talks about the work he's done this week.

What a Response!

Here is a video of the response to the invitation here at Elet Szava. It was so cool to see SO MANY kids respond. Thanks for your prayers. We don't know their hearts but God does. Continue to pray for the kids and the rest of the week.

Pictures from Elet Szava

Here is some of Casey's collection of pics from our trip so far.

Bruce's "Monday Memo"

Again, Bruce sends out a weekly report to his supporters. Since most of the people that read this blog are supporters of us and we are with him, I wanted to let you know what he says about our trip. Here is his "Monday Memo".

Here we are beginning week four. The English team is teaching. The sports team is on the field. And our evangelistic team leaves for the city in about 30 minutes. We have no idea what we will run into at city park Budapest today. We plan to play music, perform pantomine and illusion, pass out tracks, and talk to as many people as we can. This is a little fearful, since we need to use translators for all of this, but we plan on doing this type of evangelism all week.

The main programs with the children's camp begin each night at 7:15 (1:15pm your time) so if you remember us at lunch time pray for the success of our team on the streets and the meetings at camp to begin in minutes. An invitation will be given on Tuesday evening, and a dedication service on Friday evening. I need to rush back to Toalmas, get a shower (nearly 100 degrees in Budapest today), change and get to the meeting to either play, do magic or both. I am already looking forward to the plane ride home so I can get some sleep.

So the camp is prepared, the staff is trained, and we're into the hands on ministry this week. Pray for all of us here and, Lord willing, we'll be back in the states next week.

Pics of our Hungary Trip

Lauren Elsasser shares some of her pitures from Hungary.

Dead Battery - No Video Report

My video camera battery went dead yesterday and so I didn't get a video report yesterday and I haven't had as much time to get the video stuff done. So I appologize for the lack of report. I did do a video for my blog, www.joelsnyder.net, you might want to see. It is of the roller coaster ride some of the team took. Needless to say, they were not able to complete the ride. The ride came to a complete stop while going up the hill! We had a little fun with the whole thing. Check it out here.

Yesterday was a nice day to relax. The weather is getting warmer now but not too warm until possibly Monday and Tuesday. We have a few small projects to get done today but most of our work is done for the week. The different teams (evangelism, English, baseball) will also be meeting again today to get ready for tomorrow when the campers come. It is also a day to do wash. Most of the group will go to the local "Community Day" here in Toalmas for a little bit as well.

Even More Pictures from Hungary

Monica Rozelle shares some of her pictures with all of us. Enjoy!

First Friday Video Report - Alex Konya

This video is of Alex Konya who is the Director of Word of Life, Hungary. He and his wife Deb invited us for supper at their house this evening (Thursday). I recorded his 12 minute talk to all of us and edited down to about 6 minutes. I thought it would be nice to hear from those we are serving. I also thought it would be nice to hear about who we will be ministering to.

We are basically finished with our work projects and tomorrow afternoon we will go to an "old" city (I can't spell it) for some shopping and a meal. Saturday is wash day. There is some sort of celebration in the town as well on Saturday which we may try to go to. Sunday after church some of us have orientation and the kids register for camp.

Here's the video. . .

Video Report From Hungary

Nathan Brubaker puts his twist on today's video report. It rained this morning so we worked on English, baseball and evangelism teams in the morning and worked in the afternoon.

More Pictures From Hungary

Lauren Z shares some of her pictures so far from her/our trip. Enjoy!

First Wednesday Report

It is raining here so we had a little down time this morning. So, I thought I would get this video report done early. We have been getting a bunch of stuff done already this week. This morning some are working at one of the appartments here on the complex, Seth and the evangelistic team practiced for next week, and the English teachers and the baseball team members have meetings planned. We are taking advantage of the unforseen rain. We will be all working this afternoon. Check out the video to find out what Justin has to say about the week so far.

A Few Pictures from Hungary

We made a slide.com show of some of Andy Spades pictures. Enjoy!

First Tuesday Video Report

Here is a new video post with a "report" from a few of the girls on the team. More later - it is time for us to be working and I am late.

First Monday Report from Hungary

Here is a video report from Bria and Oscar about our day on Sunday.




Today everyone is working getting the camp ready for the camp season. Check back for more updates. Check out www.joelsnyder.net for a picture of us in church on Sunday.

Bruce Heffner Updates about Hungary

Bruce Heffner writes a weekly update to his supporters and this weeks' is about our trip to Hungary. Here is his report:

Our team arrived from New York on Saturday Morning, spent the day with us
in Budapest, attending Budafold Baptist Church and enjoying the beauty of the
capital city, and is hard at work this morning, transforming the Elet Szava
grounds from a Bible Institute into a summer camp. This means moving beds,
cleaning dormatories, setting up volleyball fields, preparing the campfire area,
cleaning up brush and gutters, hanging curtains, and a myriad of other odd jobs
and preparations. Here's the team all together except for me -- somebody had to
snap the picture.






Tomorrow and Thursday I will be doing the training for the Serbian team and
the Hungarian children's workers. Some of the guys will be mowing and
weed-wacking soccer fields with the new blades we brought over for their
tractors. There are always many many odd jobs to do on a property as big as
this, so it looks like a busy week getting ready for the camp to open on Sunday.
We hope to get the group to Sentendre and to "the bend of the Danube" on Friday
to see Hungary as it was in theold days. Of course, here "the old days" MEANS
the old days. We were in buildings yesterday, including the largest Jewish
Synagoge in Europe, which are older than the USA itself. I have been asked to
preach at the Tolamas Bible Fellowship Church on Sunday and we look forward to
the fellowship there with many that we have known for years. Then Sunday
afternoon the campers arrive. God is blessing with record-breaking registrations
from this nation and we trust, with you, that there will also be a record
harvesting of the lives of these children and young people for the
kingdom.

Hangin in Hungary

Here is a quick video a couple of us did during a little bit of free time we today. Our airline cancelled our first flight a couple of months ago and we had to come a day early. So, we had a little "hang" time. Enjoy.

Our Arrival in Hungary

Twenty hours later we have arrived! We had an interesting trip to JFK via the Newark Airport, downtown Manhattan and traffic delays, and a rush through the airport all to wait 80 minutes on the plane waiting to take off. Anyway, we are here and getting settled in. We will be eating lunch (we are 6 hours ahead of PA) and then relaxing/napping before an orientation meeting before supper. Tomorrow we are planning to go to church in Budapest and get a tour of the city. Monday the work begins. Check back daily, maybe more, for further details, videos and pictures.

Day before

Well, it is the day before. All my clothes are ready to be packed and marked like a nursing home resident. I don't have to act like a senior resident, it just comes natural. Anyway, in the morning we will be off to Hungary.
Whatever our group can accomplish will go to further the glory of God as we go in Christ's name. We all want to see mighty changes and might only plant the seed. Regardless of what happens, I hope everyone is praying for us. Many people have supported us to allow us to go because they are unable to go. I hope they feel very blessed and recive more blessings because of their sacrifice to have this mission trip go forward.
Bob

English Teachers Nedded

Looks like they are looking for English Teachers at the camp for the two weeks following ours. Is anyone interested in spending a week or two in Hungary. Contact me if you are interested. Dates would be June 29 - July 5 and July 6 - July 12.

Greetings from Hungary

Bruce Heffner sends word from Hungary. We will meet up with him on Saturday, June 14 at the Airport in Budapest.

Here we are in Hungary again enjoying this pearl of a country in
central-eastern Europe. The Bible Institute has finished the year and athe
students are on their way home. Camp starts in two weeks from today and
the staff eagerly awaits Richfield Mennonite to make the transition and get camp
ready to open. A record number of campers are registed for the opening
week -- our week -- children's week, and everyone is v-e-r-y excited about this.
The rooms are finished in the castle and awaiting the group. I am here
early working with the director and staff in preparation for the camp season and
your arrival. See you all at the Budapest airport next Saturday.

Blessings.

Bruce

We'll Worship at Budapest Baptist Church

Here is some information about the church we are planning to attend on Sunday, June 15 in Budapest. Well, I guess I don't have as much as I thought. The web site is in Hungarian, which it should be. Bruce says this about the church:

The name of the church is BUDAFOK (Buda-folk) BAPTIST CHURCH. Web site: http://www.istenhaza.hu/
Isten = God
haza = house

I am REALLY looking forward to worshipping with the Hungarian Christians!

Baseball Gloves and Baseballs

We have just received word that the camp is in need of 10 adult and 10 child size baseball gloves and 20 soft baseballs for the summer. We will be trying to get these to take along with us. If you have any gloves you would like to donate or know of anyone who might donate some, please contact Joel at joel@richfieldmennonite.com.

Pack, Pray and Proceed

We are only nine days from our trip and I think I should be getting a little nervous, but, I feel really good about the team going. We are planning to meet at the church parking lot at 8:15 AM on Friday, June 13 to Pack, Pray and Proceed to the airport. Anyone who is interested in coming out to send us on our way is welcome. It would be great if there would be a bunch of people there to see us off. Look for posts coming more frequently now.