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Piroska
By Patti Blake

 This summer, I had the opportunity to go to Moldova and Hungary with International Interns. It was my second time and one of the most purpose-filled events in my life. God showed me His power when I was weak and I would like to share it with you.

On Monday morning, my third week of the trip, I had tried to get my plane ticket changed to go home because I had just found out that my mother had emergency surgery and I was needed at home. I could not get on a plane so as you could imagine, I was very discouraged.
The team was ministering at Lake Balaton, a tourist location near Budapest, when I met up with them. I laid low that day as the rest of the team ministered through magic shows, music and literature.

It was very crowded and I noticed a woman sitting behind me reading the material we were passing out and watching our team very intently. I struggled with God, feeling very far from where I wanted to be, but surrendered my will to Him and prayed for strength to go and talk to her.

After grabbing an interpreter and scooting over three feet (could He have put her any closer?) I began sharing the gospel with her. I asked Piroska, the woman, if she knew where she was going when she died, and she said she thought heaven.

We discussed our sin and she shared with me that she was divorced and the man she was with that day, and living with, was not her husband. She was concerned about this and I shared our loving God and Father, who sent His Son to take away the sin of the world.

Piroska accepted the free gift of God through Jesus Christ and received the assurance of eternal life right then and there. After she prayed, I shared with her that God had a plan for her life (Jeremiah 29:11-13) and that He intervened in my plans to bring her to Him.

I was amazed how God divinely laid everything out in her life and mine to bring her to that point and to teach me an incredible lesson. He had been speaking to Piroska’s heart for a while, and she said she had been feeling guilty about her living situation. He also placed our team three feet away from her so that she could hear the good news that day. God held me from getting on a plane so that I could share this life-changing moment with her. He waited until I was weak to show me that it was not me who led her to the Lord but He, Himself. God is so good!

I heard it said that, “God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.” I am not qualified to change people’s lives but God calls me to spread His message so that He can change their lives.

Please continue to pray for Piroska that she will continue to seek God and find one of the few Bible believing fellowships near her.