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In This Issue
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Outreach Week
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English Teacher Outreach
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Christmas
“This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he
loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins."
1 John 4:10 NLT
Please make
checks payable to “Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa.” Write our name on
a note and attach it to the check.
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
3800 S. Fairview Drive
Santa
Ana, California 92704
(714) 979-4422
Jason &
Angie
Vander Burgh
Zichy Kastély
Petõfi ut. 562
7041 Vajta
HUNGARY
http://www.ccbce.com
jasonvb@earthlink.net
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Kaposvar Outreach
During the
students’ outreach week, our family decided to join the CCBCE student
team headed to Kaposvar, Hungary (where Jason lived for 2
years). Outreaches ranged from
street evangelism and sports outreaches, to puppet shows in local parks and
senior citizen homes. The warm
welcome by the missionaries in Kaposvar and the united CCBCE team made for a
powerful and fruitful outreach.
Jason had the opportunity to use his Hungarian constantly while
sharing, and God managed to always bring the English speaking Hungarians my
way (thankfully!). God really blessed the students with
extra courage and wisdom while sharing about His love and salvation with all
sorts of people. Praise Him
for the work He did!
Reaching Out to Polish English Teachers
Your prayers, suggestions, supplies, and support made
such a difference with this outreach! 24 teachers came to the event. I
found that number incredible because most teachers in Poland also work nights
at private English schools, which means these teachers had to find a way to
cover their classes or lose pay in order to come. Three teachers indicated
they accepted Christ that night, but I think the work God did extends FAR
beyond any numbers or verbal commitments. The teachers were truly touched by
the event, many which had tears in their eyes at the end. Rose and I opened
the night with 45 minutes of teaching on getting kids to speak more in the
classroom. Then there was a dinner break with music, and lastly an evangelist
from the Luis Palou Assoc. shared the gospel. It was that time spent
talking to the teachers at dinner that had the greatest impact, and that was
my prayer. Rose and I both had the opportunity to share the gospel with them.
Most of the Polish are Catholic, but the majority do not have a saving knowledge
of Christ in their hearts....it's just a "religion" to them without
personal connections. One friend,
Ildi, said, "Truly you could feel
God in that place." I think that sums up all of our thoughts!
Another Semester Ends…
It’s
that time of year when the leaves are off the trees, there’s a chill in
the air, and the Vajta campus gets very quiet. The graduation ceremony is on Dec. 12th
with the students leaving around the 15th of December. It’s
hard to believe that the semester has already come to an end! Jason,
Elea, and I will be heading to California
during Christmas vacation to visit with family and friends, and also to
attend the Missions Conference in Murrieta. Please pray for safe travels, good
health during our trip, and that it would be a sweet time of refreshment for
us. We’re also hoping to plan an Open House on January 7th
to visit with you. Please email
us if you’re interested in attending and would like the details.
Prayer & Praise
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Praise God for the work that He did during
all this semester’s outreaches. We constantly hear stories of both the young and old coming to a
saving knowledge of Jesus Christ through the faithfulness of the students
here to share God’s Word with others. Please pray specifically for Monika—a mom I met at a local park—that she
would be open to other missionaries meeting with her and receptive of the
Gospel message.
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Already we’re praying about doing another English teacher outreach in
February to be held in Radom, so be praying for us and the Poland team on
that one (and whether Rose and/or I should be involved with this one or not).
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Pray that as the students go home for
Christmas (or for a new adventure) that they would continue to share the love
of God with others.
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Pray for safe travels as we depart for California on December
18th. Lord willing, we’ll be at Missions
Awareness Day at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa on Jan. 6th
(9am-12pm), so please stop by the Hungary booth and say
‘hello’!
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