Jackson David Partin Born April 21, 2012 April 21, 2012

14 hours old 30 seconds old 4 min old Dad’s holds him for the first time. First pic with mom and dad. First Bath Before first breakfast So happy you are on this side Jackson.

Spring Ministry Pics (Summit, English Clubs, Fall Retreat, Music) April 19, 2012

Rivers shares her life with our neighbor Ildi who is a single mom. I taught about true forgiveness at an English Club I love to use live music and used a song 7 x 70 by Christ August The Summit was 300 Student Leaders from E. Europe and Russia. Amazing 4 days. First time ever for these students to be challenged together and for many it was the first time they left their country. Mark, the guy I disciple, was asked to be the worship leader for the event and he did a fantastic job. I designed the decorations for the room. You can see all the translation booths in the back. We had many breakout sessions for us to answer “What do we do with this ‘Student Led’ vision” I was involved in a skit and played some in the worship band as well. We had a great Christian Band come in from California called Skouts Honor. It was a fantastic outreach. Each day at Evangelism Blitz week we started with an hour of prayer. I took different volunteers out each day teaching them how we share the Gospel on campus. “So…What do you think about Jesus?” More evangelism…. Mark and I also did some sharing this week like we do every week. Mark is so natural with guys when he talks about his relationship with his God. One of our students lead a training day to new students about how to hook up the sound system. Student Led and now I can spend more time with students and less time with cables and sound mixers. I am now in Mark’s worship band. Here we are practicing for our Fall Retreat. Our whole family attends the fall retreat. Hungarian Fall Retreat. I brought some boardgames to the Fall Retreat for some evening battles with the guys. I love that they can beat me in these english boardgames. Sining some Greenday and Switchfoot for our weekly meeting. You can see a video at: I gave the talk at the High School Ministry on April 20 at 7pm and drove Rivers to hospital at 9pm to meet Jackson.

Spring 2012 Partin Family Pics April 16, 2012

The big girls make a pretend campfire. I hope pretend…. Dad gets home from work Play gym Joy teaching the girls to cook Little sister slavery soccer or pirates?…I don’t care. These are cool girls. Partins and our neighbors the Nolterikes Cheeeeese The Playdough Master Just enough swings Now we are cooking with sand. first potato peeling Easter is Here. All looking good. Hurry take a picture… Easter Lunch with Friends. Looking for the eggs. Dad made some cool spaghetti… licious…. Joy had this idea all by herself. She is a robot and has buttons and everything. Sisters are best friends. Boxes are the best toys Lovin’ the books These 2 are such good friends.

Winter Ministry Glimps February 20, 2012

We are loving ministering to and with university students. Below are some pics to give you an idea about what we have been up to. The past 2 weeks have been pretty full: Wednesday – lead Cover music at our weekly meeting Sunday – We share and promote SpeakOut at church Tuesday – lead Bible on prayer Wednesday – speak on “relationships with parents” at our university weekly meeting Thursday – Lead our staff in discussion on the purpose of our weekly meeting and introduce a framework that I have been working on for 2 months on how to best train others within our ministry Friday – speak on “frontline” prayer at our Prayer night Tonight (Monday) – key speaker for an English Club outreach. Pray today (1pm your time). I will speak on the Freedom of True Forgiveness. Pray that students will understand the Gospel and find true joy and forgiveness and peace in Jesus. Rivers and I had the ministry’s Worship and Cover band over for dinner to talk about strategy for the semester… And had an amazing meal. Rivers you are so great. Mark and Robi inviting students to appointments to talk more about the Gospel. We have thousands of names and phone numbers from our Freshman Student Survival Kit Surveys. 6 out of 10 students desired to meet with a Christian to find out more about Jesus. Lila Nap – Girl Guy Day – Students learning about how God made them men and women and his view of relationships. Rivers and I hosted 20 students for dinner that night. I think our family was more blessed than they were. Rivers did everything right. One guy said it was like he was living in a dream since he came through the front door. Our all night Prayer night. This is Mark leading Mark and I each week walk around the university and share the Gospel to students. Keep praying for Hungarian Students to know Jesus.

It Finally Snowed in Budapest – Feb 2012 February 20, 2012

So it snowed and we played. Where did Joy go? Lydia!!!!!

Board Games and Dave’s 35th Birthday February 20, 2012

So since coming to Hungary Board Gaming has become one of my favorite hobbies. If you ever want to know some great games please send me an email. I will recommend to you some that will fit your gaming and competition styles. Here are some pics from the past couple months. (bellow) is Matt who is works at the US embassy here in Budapest and is one of my best friends here. This game is Summoner Wars. My Bday present 2012. (above) Jeremy plays Funny Bunny with me and the kids. He lost. Tigris and Euphrates with Matt Late night Summoner Wars game with Rivers. Space Alert Massive Summoner War game with great friends and men of God. These guys share their faith all the time. It was a great 35th Bday and Rivers and I won our match so it made it even better. Hope you have a good Bday this year…

Around the Partin House – Winter 2012 February 20, 2012

Here is what the family has been up too during this looooooong winter. The girls are growing so fast. Jackson (new baby) comes in 11 weeks!

Partin Fun Night at Eleven Park – Play Gym in Budapest February 20, 2012

Rivers mom and dad gave us a play night for Christmas this year. This was early January 2012. Boy it’s cold outside but this play night was so refreshing.

2011 December Life of the Partins in Hungary December 29, 2011

Here are some pics and stories from December 2011. We hope your holiday season is being blessed a well. Rivers at a mom’s Bible study. Big sister hugs. We had the Pitts family over (family of 9) for lunch and we played some board games. Rivers and I agree that our advent nights were our favorite part about December. Mark and I had a great “year end review” lunch to talk about what God did this past year. Keep praying for his personal ministry. Starting to make goodies for others. Packing up the goodies. The Partins make peanut butter balls no matter where we live in the world. Partin Christmas Eve Board Game. “Don’t break that ice” They are best friends. Christmas Eve Pizzas. The kids put carrots on these….ahhh…. getting too old too fast This is Reni, a student who helps us with language and our girls. She is awesome. Still running the house.

2011 Christmas Outreach December 9, 2011

Our Christmas Outreach was last night and it was a great success.Our staff and student leaders were working together to set up the room: it was awesome! Just imagine: Christmas music playing, everybody moving chairs, and tables, decorating, and while working: just laughing and talking with one another: no stress, but it had a feeling of a big family preparing for guests for a family celebration! The true Spirit of the season filled the room, and our hearts.And when time came, students filled up the room. Close to 200 of them. We never know how many would come, as exams are beginning these weeks. But, this night, a lot of them decided to put everything aside, and come and celebrate. A professional Hungarian musician performed and did great: he played from Bach to modern to post modern, and in between the plays, he cracked up jokes, shared personal stories, and explained what Christmas is about. And at the end, when he and the pianist played the song: “As the deer pants for the water…”, it was compete silence in the room. Just another one of those holy moments. All that to say: it was a great time finishing a strong semester, going into the Christmas break with a great last momentum event. Next week is our annual prayer week with our staff. Hope your Christmas Season brings you joy and peace.