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BudapestBudapestVecsés
Téglás
Debrecen
S LO V E N I A
C R O AT I A S ERB I A
B O S N I A -H E R Z E G O V I N A
H U N G A R Y
R OMA N I A
U K R A I N E
S LO VA K I A
AU S T R I A
Kurt and Carrie Smalley felt the call to serve in the mission field later in life. They currently serve as church planters working at a new Hungar-ian Baptist church in Vecses, Hun-gary, called “the Barka.” Since the Barka has drawn people from over 20 communities to worship consis-tently, Carrie and Kurt are starting other sister church plants. The Smalleys also seek to draw others to the gospel through men’s and women’s Bible studies, English Bible studies, a patchwork club, a men’s club, friendship evangelism and children’s evangelistic day camps. They also serve at an English camp that is open to people from across Hungary. The camp’s purpose is to help Hungarians improve their English-speaking abilities in order to obtain better schooling and bet-ter paying jobs.
Carrie and Kurt Smalley | Hungary
Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Areas: Evangelism and Discipleship
I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have tak-en hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. PHILLIPIANS 3:12B-14
Miskolc, Hungary, is an industrial town that probably looks a lot like it did during Communist
times. Improvements are happening, but they don’t come in huge steps. Here, as with most of Eastern Europe,
Birthdays: Carrie-Sept 4; Kurt-June1
Location: Budapest, Hungary Languages used in ministry: Hungarian and English
BudapestBudapestVecsés
Téglás
Debrecen
S LO V E N I A
C R O AT I A S ERB I A
B O S N I A -H E R Z E G O V I N A
H U N G A R Y
R OMA N I A
U K R A I N E
S LO VA K I A
AU S T R I A
Kurt and Carrie Smalley felt the call to serve in the mission field later in life. They currently serve as church planters working at a new Hungar-ian Baptist church in Vecses, Hun-gary, called “the Barka.” Since the Barka has drawn people from over 20 communities to worship consis-tently, Carrie and Kurt are starting other sister church plants. The Smalleys also seek to draw others to the gospel through men’s and women’s Bible studies, English Bible studies, a patchwork club, a men’s club, friendship evangelism and children’s evangelistic day camps. They also serve at an English camp that is open to people from across Hungary. The camp’s purpose is to help Hungarians improve their English-speaking abilities in order to obtain better schooling and bet-ter paying jobs.
Carrie and Kurt Smalley | Hungary
Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Areas: Evangelism and Discipleship
I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have tak-en hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. PHILLIPIANS 3:12B-14
Miskolc, Hungary, is an industrial town that probably looks a lot like it did during Communist
times. Improvements are happening, but they don’t come in huge steps. Here, as with most of Eastern Europe,
Birthdays: Carrie-Sept 4; Kurt-June1
Location: Budapest, Hungary Languages used in ministry: Hungarian and English
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
¨ Join their Mission Partnership Network
¨ Share information about their ministry with others
¨ Go on a mission work team to their country
¨ Give to their ministry individually or through your church
¨ Send emails and birthday and Christmas cards
¨ Pray for their ministry
¨ That we would continue to improve in all aspects of our use of Hungarian, one of the world’s most difficult languages.
¨ For the Bible studies we have started—that Hungarians would come to know the Savior Jesus Christ and grow in faith and discipleship.
¨ That short-term teams would come over and join us.
¨ For revival in Hungary and beyond.
PLEASE PRAY
Friends have fun in a pillow fights
adults and children alike are very somber. We try to change that by introducing the love of Christ to them in many ways. One of the day camp outreaches Kurt was working with was in Miskolc, with a primarily Roma (Gypsy) pop-ulation. Games are always popular with children—especially if they in-volve chocolate, which is a rare treat. These kids loved the games, but they weren’t really getting excited about working toward the prize of choco-late. This seemed strange for Roma children! Then we started playing a game of choices, using cups and pieces of paper, like the shell game in fairs. When children chose the cup with the paper under it, they were rewarded with chocolate; but if they chose a cup without the paper, they were “punished” with a face full of shaving cream ... and the kids loved the shaving cream! When we asked a local person about the children’s reactions, we were told that this group of Roma
was very unusual. The kids’ parents were pretty well off but worked a lot, so they would shower their children with gifts and candy as a substitute for time. This information changed up our entire approach! We traded the
“punishments” and the prizes, giving chocolate as a consolation prize, and
“rewarding” the winners with shaving cream! The kids loved it and laughed with us during the rest of the camp!
To learn how to join their network or to give to their ministryvisit www.internationalministries.org today!
You’ll also find the latest stories, journals, videos and prayer needs.
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
¨ Join their Mission Partnership Network
¨ Share information about their ministry with others
¨ Go on a mission work team to their country
¨ Give to their ministry individually or through your church
¨ Send emails and birthday and Christmas cards
¨ Pray for their ministry
¨ That we would continue to improve in all aspects of our use of Hungarian, one of the world’s most difficult languages.
¨ For the Bible studies we have started—that Hungarians would come to know the Savior Jesus Christ and grow in faith and discipleship.
¨ That short-term teams would come over and join us.
¨ For revival in Hungary and beyond.
PLEASE PRAY
Friends have fun in a pillow fights
adults and children alike are very somber. We try to change that by introducing the love of Christ to them in many ways. One of the day camp outreaches Kurt was working with was in Miskolc, with a primarily Roma (Gypsy) pop-ulation. Games are always popular with children—especially if they in-volve chocolate, which is a rare treat. These kids loved the games, but they weren’t really getting excited about working toward the prize of choco-late. This seemed strange for Roma children! Then we started playing a game of choices, using cups and pieces of paper, like the shell game in fairs. When children chose the cup with the paper under it, they were rewarded with chocolate; but if they chose a cup without the paper, they were “punished” with a face full of shaving cream ... and the kids loved the shaving cream! When we asked a local person about the children’s reactions, we were told that this group of Roma
was very unusual. The kids’ parents were pretty well off but worked a lot, so they would shower their children with gifts and candy as a substitute for time. This information changed up our entire approach! We traded the
“punishments” and the prizes, giving chocolate as a consolation prize, and
“rewarding” the winners with shaving cream! The kids loved it and laughed with us during the rest of the camp!
To learn how to join their network or to give to their ministryvisit www.internationalministries.org today!
You’ll also find the latest stories, journals, videos and prayer needs.
