Balázs & Leah & Joelle Stanzel from Pécs, Hungary

Our Family
We were very blessed this month by a visit from some good friends of ours from the bible college and one of their brother's and his wife (who are on a few months mission trip around the world). The time was a tremendous blessing and encouragement to us both. Ellie is 9 months already!! She is trying to walk (along everything and with help form us). We found out this month she also has anemia (Leah does also) and has to take some iron drops that make her stomach hurt pretty badly. She also enjoys testing limits and seeing how bratty she can be (we thought this didn't come until she was 2??), but we are having fun with it. Please pray for her stomach as she deals with this medicine, and for us to have wisdom with her eating, sleep, and discipline.

We are traveling Budapest this week to visit with Balazs' dad and his siblings and to apply for his visa to visit the states. We hope to be on the central coast for the month of December. Please pray for our trip to Budapest and for the embassy to grant Balazs his visa.

Church
As the summer comes to a close, we look forward to a changing city with the influx of nearly 60,000 university students. We are excited to have our students return and to welcome new faces. Many of our students are English majors and want to reach out to the nearly 20,000 international students that study here. Please pray for the Lord to guide as as this new year
starts with the students. A couple of the young adult guys in our church want to begin a teenage group for the few teenage boys in our church who are currently do not have a separate meeting. Please pray that the Lord would provide time for this and wisdom to Balazs and the guys leading this. In two weeks we will have our first ladies bible study. Thank you for
your prayers as we have seen the Lord really bring together Leah and the elder's wives in preparing for this. We have decided to have guided discussion time followed by small group prayer and accountability groups. Please pray as we prepare and begin this that the women would come wanting to be changed and that we would see Jesus in this above all else. Balázs will also be beginning the bible study with the worship team as they look into what the Word says about worship. Please pray as he prepares for these times, as he teaches, and for the group to see God's design for the worship in our church. Two young couples in the church desire to be married and we will be beginning marriage counseling with each of them.

Please pray for us to be able to lead this as it will be our first time and we want to help these couples as they enter into marriage. As fall begins again, Balazs was asked to teach the bible at the Catholic school again twice a week. Please pray as we seek the Lord for direction as there are many things to consider in making this decision. We continue to have monthly potlucks with the church. Last month we BBQ'd hamburgers and everyone was quite impressed with real "American" hamburgers. It was a great time and we always look forward to these times of fellowship. Please pray for Balázs as he weekly prepares for the mid-week bible study and the Sunday service to be led by the Lord and be sensitive to the Holy Spirit for the leading of the church.

Outreach
This month was difficult for Balazs at the prison. The inmates were not attentive and were mocking the Word. Please pray for Balazs to be able to minister the Word with boldness and clarity and to have an increasing amount of love for these guys.

Other
Leah had a break from Hungarian lessons for a couple months as her teacher was away. Please pray that she would be able to jump back in where she left off and that she would be faithful to study during the week.