Hungary/Slovokia Adventures

Szia! Or Hello!

It has been a week since Ryan, Christina, and I have been in Europe and we're having a great time! Let's see, our plane flight here went pretty well except that we missed our flight in London, but it gave us time to eat some yummy authentic fish and chips. When we finally arrived in Hungary we met our awesome team. Everyone is so wonderful and God has really united us in His love. So far the worship practiced together for the first time and sound great and the dancers have practiced together for the first time and have choreographed 2 lyrical dances, a hip/hop which Ryan is in!, a jazz, and I've been improving my solo. Ryan is doing a great job filming everything and taking pictures although his camera stopped working tonight :( We have done Vactional Bible School for a new church "plant" which was so fun to see the kids so happy. We have also done Concerts all over Hungary and Slovokia in tent, outdoor malls, and townsquares on stages. God has drawn many people to Himself as we share about the hope we've found in Christ and the relationship He wants to have with each person. Tonight we did a concert in the rain and our audience had umbrellas and some were just getting wet. We've eaten tons of starch and miss our fruits and veggies. Dessert isn't lacking either. There is always chocolate or ice cream around. Right now I'm eating Hungarian meatballs, roasted chicken, and hungarian salad and the best coffee ever given to us by this awesome family who moved from the US 5 years ago to start and english school here to do ministry. Our team has experience some great "devotion" times too! God is so good and it is sooo beautiful and GREEN here! Unfortunately it has been raining a lot too. Pray for sunshine please! Well it is midnight and we still have over 3 hours to get home. Got to goo but love and miss you all! Thanks for your support and making my trip possible!

Love,
Hart

Have No Fear

Mathew 10:28“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”

10:32-33 “So, everyone who acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.”

Having a bold boyfriend who is sensitive to the Spirit isn’t easy when I am afraid what others, mostly strangers think of me. Thankfully God uses his Word to remind me not to be afraid of the people I may be ministering to or sharing God’s love with, but I should rather fear the Devil who is most likely keeping me from sharing eternal hope with others (10:28) To think of me keeping my mouth shut out of fear of a possible moment or negative opinion of me makes me cringe when I realize that I am denying the Holy Spirit and Jesus before men. How awful to think of me missing the opportunity to bring the only joy, hope, healing, and peace I’ve ever found from someone because of selfish fear. I also don’t ever want to miss up an opportunity for Jesus to acknowledge me before the Father (10:32)

I pray that God’s word remain on my heart in situations as such, so that I may walk in this truth rather than fear of man, and selfishness.

I want to live a life that requires leaps of faith.