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The state of Hungary

This is an important time in the history of Hungary. 50 years ago there was an uprising among the people that resulted in a huge revolution. Although it took more than 30 years to bring down communism, this was the beginning.

As you probably know, the political state of Hungary has been in uproar over the past month. The Prime Minister has made his people very angry by lying, and there have been many demands for his resignation. There have been protests and demonstrations all over the city for several weeks.

Usually, October 23 is a holiday filled with celebrations and memorials. But yesterday, the protestors took the opportunity to make their voice louder. There was violence all over the city.

My roommate Kirstin and I went out yesterday to do some evangelistic sharing around 2 o'clock. We were surprised to find very few students out on the streets, as they had the day off of school. There were many demonstrations and parades, but they all were very small. We went to two parts of town, Deak and Astoria, but found nothing of interest and didn't stay long, as we couldn't understand most of what anyone was saying. Later that evening, we saw some terrible footage from Deak and Astoria on the news. Police and protestors were fighting against each other and there were several injuries.

Please read this news article from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/24/hungary.clashes.ap/index.html

Please take a moment right now to pray for Hungary. The state of this country is very sad and the people seem to be hopeless. Their leader is lying to them, and there seems to be nothing they can do about it. Please pray for a peaceful end to all this political unrest.

Right now, we are safe. Our apartment is far from all the main demonstrations and we do not know of anyone that has been significantly involved in the action. Please pray that this remains the case and that we can stay away from any danger.

Thanks for all your prayer and support :)

All my love,

Lauren

posted by Lauren @ 3:32 PM