Well, no family left empty handed when Mikulas made his "surprise" visit to the little Gypsy Church in Boszormeny Tuesday night. Imagine our surprise when driving up to the church and spotting most of the over 120 children who heard that Mikulas might be paying a visit to the church that night.
Making room for everyone was a real struggle and ended up with people crammed into the larger meeting room, people standing in the entryway, and others who arrived late, standing outside under our newly built patio cover.
The evening started off with wonderful praise and worship music. Even those who had never visited the church were encouraged to sing as Pastor Dani shared the words and they were repeated in song.
Dani and Szundi both donned black attire with black stockings over their heads (the better to scare) and began reciting sins committed by all little children, telling them there would be no Mikulas for anyone found "guilty" of even one of these sins. Suddenly, an angel in white
appeared telling the children, wait...there is someone who paid the price for all these sins and if you believe, all of your sins will be forgiven. When asked who had paid the price, the children all chanted the name Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
By the time Mikulas arrived, the children were beside themselves with excitement. Our Mikulas this year was actually a young woman named Marti. She played her part to perfection, deep voice and all.
The looks on the littlest children's faces was a joy to behold. They were so grateful to see Mikulas, have "him" say a kind word to them, and give them a wonderful gift of goodies.
This is the 4th year a couple from our local church have put together goodie bags for the
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