Urgent prayer needed for national pastor and family

Please pray urgently for Pastor Zoltan Nyul, his wife Viki and 7 kids, who are ethnic Hungarian friends of ours in Serbia that we have partnered with in the work.  Their house has burned to the ground, their belongings are a total loss, and Zoli was taken by ambulance to the hospital with burns to the head and arms.  Our hearts are broken for our friends.  These are wonderful, faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who have been doing excellent work, ministering to the needy and the handicapped; even though their church doesn't have much materially they are preparing to send out a short term volunteer mission team this summer.

Pray for healing for Pastor Zoli, for help and comfort for all the family, and that God will take what Satan intended for evil and turn it to good as only He can.

Medical stuff and a big move

We ask that you pray for us even more urgently this week, as it's a pretty tough one for us.  We have met with several doctors now, one from the spine center in Budapest last week, and the news is that Gary will need to have surgery in the very near future. Please pray for healing for him, for relief from pain, for wisdom and skill for the doctors, and that this will not hinder the work any more than necessary.  PTL for our wonderful co-workers the Hathcocks, and for our other friends and partners who are being such a blessing and encouragement.

This week we are also moving to a different house in Debrecen, so pray that it will go as smoothly as possible, will not cause more injury to Gary's back, and that even with the medical issues going on we can soon make it feel like home.  The move became necessary because of several problems at our current home that have made it very difficult for us to live and work here.

Thanks for your prayers!

Prayer requests for Tiszafüred friends

A serious new issue has come to light at the church plant in Tiszafüred, and we ask for your prayers that the truth will come to light, that we and the group will have wisdom and unity in dealing with it, and that Satan will not be able to use it to hurt the group or anyone in it.  Pray that God will get the glory in the situation and that His redemptive hand will be seen.

Also continue to pray that the one who has been spreading false teaching will come to repentence, and that seekers and new believers will not be drawn away from the truth of Scripture.

Several of the members of the group--some new believers, some seekers--have been going through tremendously difficult times in their lives.   Pray that the Lord will use these times of testing to bring our friends to a strong faith in Christ, and that He will bring them safely through the trials.  Some issues that they are facing that need your prayers: grief over the death of a mother and deaths of friends, a sense of spiritual oppression and darkness that has stolen a new believer's peace and rest, broken family relationships, desparate need of a job to provide for the person and their handicapped daughter, and fear for a grown child's future (they have taken a step of faith and burned some bridges).  Praise the Lord for the spirit of openness and transparency that has allowed the group members to share from their hearts, to weep together, and to lift each other up in prayer. 

Even though it has been very painful, it has also been a joy to see our group trust one another enough to drop the polite masks that so many of us wear.  Praise the Lord for how He is working!

Coffeehouse February update

Thursday evening coffeehouse events in Debrecen have been a blast so far in February! We've had great attendance and participation, with new faces showing up in addition to the long-term friends who keep coming back for more. 

Featured events the last three weeks have been live guitar music--country, Blues and classic rock--from our talented friend Máté, a Valentine's Day love song karaoke party, and Bunco night.  Along with the coffee, tea, snacks, laughter and games, we've also had some serious conversations. Pray that hearts will be open to the Gospel as questions are asked and we have opportunities to share our faith. Praise the Lord for the believers who are partnering with us to make the coffeehouse a fun and effective outreach. 

Please lift up the Feb 28th coffeehouse, which will be a live concert with gifted musicians Jude and Kara--we're expecting that a large crowd will be there with plenty of connecting taking place.

Here are some coffeehouse photos from the last few weeks:

   

For more information about the coffeehouse, look for us on Facebook or Google+ at "Connections Debrecen".

The coffee's on

Gary is fixing the coffee now, and we're packing up the supplies and getting ready to leave for coffeehouse.  Tonight's event is the game of Bunco, which should be a lot of fun and allow for everyone to get to know each other better.  Please pray for friendships to continue to develop, for good conversations, and for opportunities to share our faith.

Please keep praying for our team member who is experiencing high levels of pain--we are asking the Lord for healing, but if this is something that we need to walk through for His glory then we ask for the strength to deal with it, for wisdom in decision-making, and for skill for the doctors.  Pray that God will provide a way for needed ministries to continue through it all.

Thank you!

Church plant update & new prayer walking project

Thank you for your prayers regarding the difficult situation at the church plant.  Praise the Lord, the discussion and warning from Scripture yesterday regarding false teaching went well.  It was very sobering for everyone, and rightly so.  Please continue to pray that our friends there, both seekers and new believers, will continue to look to the Bible for answers and not to any false, human wisdom that may be used to entice them from following after Christ.

Video prayer walk project now in progress!  Praise the Lord for partnering organization the Grain Game ...as I type this, their excellent video guru is shooting footage for a virtual prayer walk around the Debrecen area.  Pray that God will provide exactly what is needed during the shoots to give a clear picture of the people and places, and that through it the Lord will raise up many prayer warriors.

Interesting times

We're in the midst of some very interesting times here in eastern Hungary.  Some of what's happening is very good, and some of it...well, we know the Lord has a purpose and we trust that He will work things out to His glory.

Join us in praising the Lord that we (the Millers) have found a different rental house to move to that will solve many of the problems we've been having in our current home.  The new place will have a good, stable Internet connection, will have drinkable water, will be within a short walking distance of the grocery store and many other places (rather than having to wait for an hour or more for the bus), and lots of other features that will make our lives and work go smoother.  Pray for us as we sort and pack during this month and make the move the first week of March.

Praise the Lord also for the new opportunities for ministry and possible partnerships that are in the works!  Please pray for wisdom in decision-making and that the Lord will be glorified in everything that is done.  There are so many things that we could do, and they all seem great and very needed, but we want to know which of these things the Lord wants us to do with the limited time and resources that are available.  All things are possible in His power, but we don't want to go off in directions of our own choosing instead of what He has for us.

Please pray urgently about a situation that has arisen at the church plant where we serve.  Someone is spreading very seriously non-biblical teaching and things cannot be allowed to continue as they are.  Pray that the seekers and new believers who are being exposed to these false teachings will not be confused or drawn away from scriptural truth; pray for wisdom and good communication for all of us, and that everything that is said and done will bring honor to the Lord.

One of our teammates is having a serious health issue and needs your prayers for pain relief, healing, wisdom in making treatment decisions, and that this will not hinder the work.

Thank you for your prayers...we appreciate your support and encouragement very much!