Evangéliumi Hírnök, 2000 (92. évfolyam, 2-12. szám)
2000-09-01 / 9. szám
8. oldal 2000. szeptember i| íbetfoesda Baptist Retirement Home God has been our dwelling place for many generations. For 76 years we have been a haven of rest for our weary ageing citizenry. At a time when declaring God in public places is “against the law”, our Home is still publicizing Gods care and concern for His children. At Bethesda, we still pray before each meal and we sing the praises of God each day. Our residents attend our Sunday morning worship services and our prayer sessions each Wednesday evening. In addition, each Friday afternoon is Bible study time and each Saturday morning we hear the ward of God proclaimed and we sing our beautiful old time hymns. Our pastor too is available at any time to discuss matters with any resident who wishes to talk about troubling matters. Thus the original intent of our founding fathers is still being carried on at our Bethesda Home. This is not always easy when there is a diversity of residents and employees whose concerns are not necessarily spiritual. We do however have quite a few Christian residents who show their love of God by their actions and concerns for one another. We also have a number of employees who love the Lord and show that love in their daily contact with all of our residents. For many years, we, as a convention, had to subsidize our Home. I remember the prayers and efforts that were made to keep the Home open and operating. Many of our early convention leaders worked hard to maintain the Home in good repair. We are the beneficiaries of their prayers and efforts. We then have a tremendous responsibility to use our resources wisely and in a Godlike manner. We have tried to manage the Home in such a way that would carry on the Christian and charitable manner in which our forefathers had intended. God has been good to us and we intend to carry on this philosophy. For example, some of our residents have run out of money and are unable to fully pay for their upkeep at the Home. We are therefore subsidizing quite a few of them. This is costly for us, but we feel that as a Christian organization we have to be charitable in all of our dealings with others. In addition, we often “feed the hungry” and “clothe the needy”. Our reputation as a caring organization is well known in our area. We try to show Gods love through our actions. We have also made our presence known within the activities of our own Convention by contributing quite heavily to many of our common Projects. We also contribute $1000.00 each month to cover some of the operational needs of our Convention. This too is helping to build the kingdom of God within our own area of operations. With Gods help, we will continue to help our Convention as much as possible. We do however have some legal restraints imposed on us by governmental agencies and by good business practices. We must therefore be careful in all of our financial dealings. Many of you know that at the present time our Home is for sale. We’ve had many inquiries but only a few with serious intent to purchase. Financing is in most cases the problem and we cannot agree to finance the sale. We are however confident that in Gods own time, his will will be done and that we await His directions. Please continue us in your prayers. Ernest J. Kish IGNATZ FEKETE 1909 - 2000 The Lord called to his glory another devoted servant. Ignatz (Iggy) Fekete heard his call to glory on August 16. He had lived for over 91 years and had served his master faithfully for most of his lifetime. For many years he and his family were members of our old time Hungarian Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana. Here he found the Lord and later met his wife Irene, the daughter of the late Rev. Albert Petre. God had blessed their life together for more than seventy Years. They were blessed with six children who are even now serving the Lord in various ways, Donald as a minister of the Gospel, Albert as a fire chief and Charles as an official photographer for our past president Ronald Regan. Two daughters, Renee and Sharon are school teachers in the Winter Park area. All of these children are valued Christian members of our society which indicates the manner in which they were reared. In addition to the six children noted, he is survived by two brothers Nick and William, one sister Helen, ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. After retirement, Iggy moved to Florida and lived at Bethesda for a number of years. He and his wife Irene, had served as substitute administrators in the absence of the director. He was a devoted member of our Bethesda Baptist Church and sang in our choir. Because of deteriorating health and a desire to be near to family, they relocated to Winter Park, Florida where they became active in the First Christian Church. During the past few years, because of their advancing years and physical condition both Iggy and Irene lived in a nursing home. We visited with them often and each time they inquired about the activities of our Hungarian Baptist Convention. To the end, they were a part of our fellowship. His favorite scripture was the 116th Psalm part of which states, “For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk with the Lord in the land of the living. ” Iggy now could say with the apostle Paul: “...the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” Servant of God, well done Rest from thy loved employ The battle fought, the victory won Enter thy masters joy. The pains of death are past Labor and sorrow cease And life 's long warfare closed at last Thy soul is found in peace. Servant of God, well done. Thy glorious warfare past. The battles fought, the race is run And thou are crowned at last. Iggy, we’ll see you in Heaven. Ernest J. Kish If you want to see pictures (101+) about the great gathering of Hungarian Baptists at Nagyvárad - MABAVIT II. - go to the Gospel Messenger’s WEB site (see page 2) or http://gepaard.net/evhimok
