Hiking trip with 5 kids

As the school ended we had some of the kids' friends over. One of the things we did was a short hiking trip in the Buda hills (between Budakeszi and Telki). We had a lot of fun as you can see on the pictures. One of the exciting things was to do a cook out. Getting a fire going from the wet wood that was up on the hill was extremely challenging but after about 2 minutes I succeeded. We enjoy the traditional baking lard, Hungarian tradition - although we cheated a little and used smoked bacon. The kids were playing happily - not much patience to do the baking. And we were just one big happy gang.




It sure was a cool time. Hope to do something like that again.

End of the School Year

Last Wednesday the school year ended for both of my kids (Robi 3rd, Eni 1st grade). On Friday they had the closing ceremonies and they received their end of the year report cards. I was so proud of them. Both of them got straight 'A's. I was proud of Robi for him to have a positive (and not stressful) motivation of his own to try for straight 'A's and I was proud of Eni who did have some challenges in adjusting to the rigors and regiments of school after a quite easy going Kindergarten. But they both did it.

Here is Eni receiving her report card (and a book as an award):


Enikő bizonyítványosztás - 1.a from Peter Szabad on Vimeo.

And here is Robi's class receiving their report cards (Robi is at 9 minutes).


3.a osztály bizonyítványosztás - Bocskai from Peter Szabad on Vimeo.

God was good to us by leading us to this school three months ago. It made school life a lot more enjoyable and successful for both of our kids. And we are grateful for that.

Fathers' Day

The third Sunday of June is Fathers' Day in the Anglo-Saxon part of the world. This celebration does not exists in Hungary or Eastern-Europe. I wish it did. I want to wish a great Fathers' Day to every father. What you and I are doing as fathers is terribly important. I believe being a father taught me more about God than a lot of other things. I believe seeing my children makes me want to be a so much better father for them. Please, pray for me as I pray for you so that we all can be godly fathers.



May this video inspire us to be the fathers God wants us to be...

The Bible, is it from God or men? - scientific presentation by John Oakes

This summer is just getting better and better. John Oakes is going to travel through Eastern Europe and visit Budapest, Bucharest and Sofia. John is a chemistry-professor in San Diego and the president of the Apologetics Research Society. He came to Budapest two years ago and taught on understanding pain and suffering. It was excellent. This time he will do a Bible school during two mornings and an evidences class in one evening (July 5th). I look forward to seeing him and to translating him. :-) Here is the invitation (in Hungarian).

Wootens in Budapest

Shawn and Lena Wooten are great leaders and friends of ours and this summer we have the privilege to have them in Budapest for a prolonged time. We have had so much fun already and it's just the beginning. I can't wait to see the impact they will have on my life, my family and the church in Budapest.
I am grateful to God that he provides us with people that bring inspiration, encouragement and a call to take things higher.
We will have a retreat together, visit the church in Zagreb, do a teen and preteen camp and the list just goes on and on.
Pray for them and their time in Budapest.

Saturday Make-a-House-a-Home and T-Home Kids Program

On Saturday together with some disciples in our Bible Talk I went to help paint a temporary housing facility that HOPE worldwide Hungary Make-a-House-a-Home program targeted for this year. This facility provides temporary housing for families (and single Moms with kids). We are helping with painting it so it would be more of a home than a shelter. We had a great time. There was a room (just about 8 m2 - 80 square-feet) that one family just left from that morning and was expecting another family to move in later that day. We got to work on that and also on one of the staff bathrooms. The time in the facility helped me tremendously to be grateful. I pray for the families that are there so they would find permanent housing solutions but even more that they would find God. I didn't take a camera so I don't have any pictures to share here.

Meanwhile my wife took our kids and Patrik (one of Robi's good friends from church) to the T-Home Kids' Program. They had fun and took lots of photos. Here they are:



I am so happy that we can have a life with purpose and relationships. God is good.

International Leadership Conference - Miami, Florida September, 2010

This September we will have the International Leadership Conference in Miami. The theme for the Conference will be "The Mission". I believe that the mission Jesus calls us to is incredible inspiring. I wanted to share this short video with you so you can get inspired too.



Virág and I look forward to going to this Conference and come back with a united vision of world evangelism.