valasz a polgarmestertol / response from the mayor

tegnap kaptam egy levelet a polgarmestertol arrol a keressel amit kertunk toluk, magyarul, tudnak biztositani nekunk helyek hogy mi uzemeltesunk szocialis szolgaltatasok. a valasz az volt hogy a "feladatok ellatasahoz szukseges helyisegek nem allnak rendelkezesunkre, ezert sajnos nem all modunkban kerelmuket teljesiteni". kicsit rosszul eset de talan maskeppen kell gondolkozni egy helysegrol es az idozitesrol, talan 2011be kell ezeket inditani ha tudunk talalni egy "tobb fukcios" epult. kerlek tovabbra imadkozz hogy hatasos lehessunk Isten Kiralysagaert itt Szegeden.


yesterday I got a response from the mayor about our request for facilities to operate social services (soup kitchen & 2 pre-schools) in Szeged. the response was "at this time we don't have any buildings that meet the health board requirements". it was a little discouraging, but I guess this just means that we have to think a little "longer term" (maybe doing these things in 2011??). our rental agreement for the church is up in December 2010, so maybe we'll look to move to a different facility where we can have "multi-use" capabilities. please continue to pray with us about how we can be effective for the Kingdom of God here in Szeged.

óra atállítás / time change

Október 25-én, vasárnap, hajnali 3 órakor kell egy órával visszább állítani hajnali 2-re. az Istentisztelet az "új" isőszámitás lesz.

October 25th, Sunday, clocks must be set back from 3am to 2am because of the beginning of "winter time" Church service will be according to the "new" time.

small groups / kis csoportok

most pénteken indul a biblia kör a gyüliben. 18.00kor lesz. Kácsor Norbi-tol lehet több infot kapni.

this Friday our "hungarian language" small group will start at the church at 6pm.

babák / babies

nagy orommel jelentunk hogy megerkezett babák Dán Dani és Mónikának és B. Nagy Árpi és Helgának (Vöri) ime az adatok.

B. Nagy Rozanna - 2009. 09.30 - 3150g és 54cm

Dán Ábrahám - 2009.10.01- 3900g és 56cm

"Bizony, az Úr ajándéka a gyermek" - 127. zsoltár 3.


with great joy, we announce the birth of babies for Dán Dani és Mónika & B. Nagy Árpi & Helga

B. Nagy Rozanna - 2009. 09.30 - 3150g & 54cm

Dán Ábrahám - 2009.10.01- 3900g & 56cm

"behold, children are a heritage from the Lord..." psalm 127.3

talalkozas az álpolgármesterrel / meeting with the deptuy mayor

kedden menttem talakozni az alpolgarmesterrel. Balázs jott velem. nagyon orultunk a talalkozasert mert ugy lattunk hogy a szegedi onkormanyzat komolyan vettunk a levelemet es a vagyunkat. diohejba a varos "tamogatna" mikent a bolcsi inditasaban es egy ingyen konyha a hajlektalanoknak, mert regen a ferencesek csinaltak etel a hajlektalanoknak de azt megszunt egy mi tudnak azt potolni. a bolcsiknek keresnek helyeket es 1 het mulva vissza szolnak hogy mit talaltak. kedd este az en "kapcsolat ember" az onkormanyzatnal hivott es mondta amikor megmutatta a levelemet az alpolgarmesternek aki a varos fejlestesert felelos, azt mondta hogy "felcsillant a szeme". ezek mind nagyon jol hirek, es lattunk hogy Isten vezet ebben. most mi lesz nem tudom de latom Isten ebbe. imadkozzunk tovabb ezekert.

as I posted I was called an invited to a meeting with one of the deputy mayors of Szeged in regards to the church's desire to open 2 pre-schools and a soup kitchen for the homeless. what really surprised me (oh me of little faith) is that they took my letter and our desire seriously. so, today I, and Balázs, one of the elders from the church who is a lawyer, went to the mayor's office & we met with the deputy mayor and the head of the social services office. they were prepared and knew who "Golgota" (Calvary Chapel) was. after them asking me some questions about Calvary here in Hungary and the church in Szeged they asked about why we want to do these things. I told them that as we look at the life of Jesus, He reached out to people on a real, physical level and met their needs, which opened their hearts to hear the spiritual message. I told them that it is our desire to meet the needs that are obvious in our city. the head of the social services was open to us from the get go and by the end of our meeting the deputy mayor was also open to us operating social services. when he asked what we want from the city I told him we need facilities. we will be able to get the money to operate these "ministries" from the central budget but we need places to operate. he said that they will look for places for us and get back to me in a week. so we left very excited and hopeful.

when I got home our "contact" in the mayor's office called me. he told me that he laid the ground work for the meeting by giving the deputy mayor a lot of info about our church. he showed our letter to his boss, the deputy mayor in charge of city development and said that after he read the letter there was a "sparkle in his eye" that we want to do this. and because of this we were given audience today. our contact told me that the request for facilities would land on his desk in a couple of days & that now he would be able to finish a study that the city commissioned this summer about were new pre-schools need to be operated. he said that the city stopped this inquiry for some reason but now with us wanting to open two pre-schools, his boss would reopen this inquiry.

needless to say, I am in awe of what is going on. when I think about this rationally, we're a small church, with not much experience in things like this, with little money. but I know that we've got a big God on our side and we've got a heart to reach out and meet needs here in Szeged. so if this thing happens all I can say is, "all glory be to God."

please continue to keep this in prayer & check back often for updates on this.

thanks!