More teamwork

OK - before I begin telling about Friday evening, I have to introduce you to Matthew and Melinda Edwards and their VERY cute son, Oliver. Matthew is an American who came to Hungary quite a few years ago and he met his wife Melinda at the church they were both attending. She is Hungarian and now they have been away in the States and are coming back to serve the Lord here in Hungary. Matthew does a fantastic job leading our worship services. And Melinda does an amazing job translating for us when she isn't trying to keep up with Oliver. Matt and Melinda plan to be participating in church planting in the town of Tatabanya.
On Friday evening we drove into town again to help serve at the YWAM Christian cafe. That was a bit less intimidating than the street evangelism we did on Thursday. Su'En and Dana both gave their testimonies and these young women were just so excited and clear about their faith, it was a real blessing.On the right is a photo of Su'En telling her story while Adam translates for her. Matt, Eun Chull and I each did a couple 'sets' of songs for background music for the cafe. Everyone else did something to help: some acted as greeters at the entrance, some helped serve coffee, cappuccino, etc. at the coffee bar, and some took turns praying in the 'Upper Room'. There were about 20-30 people, aside from us and staff, who came in and out in the course of the evening. Adam told us some interesting stories about the ongoing grace of God in the lives of some individuals. I was reminded of the time that Gerry and I spent in inner-city ministry in the core of Saint John, NB many years ago.
YWAM has quite an amazing building that they use for office space, and for ministry purposes. It is right in downtown Budapest and they are doing some major renovations so that they can have the coffeehouse more accessible and visible. Pray for them to be able to raise the funds they need for this outreach.