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March 27, 2010
Host: Vera Csapó
Hi everyone,
Since I have started coming to Golgota only a couple of months ago, I signed up as a host because I thought it would be a good opportunity to get to know other people from the church. So on March 27 we had one of the "tables" which was surrounded by actually only 5 people, not 8. Having less people though was not a disadvantage at all, because we had more time to get to know each other.
Good food, nice desserts, good conversation highlighted the 3-4 hours that we spent together. I would love to take part in a Dinner for 8 again, and to be a host. I'm looking forward to meeting my new friends at church who used to be “strangers” before the dinner.
Veronika Csapó
Host: Maria Gottschall:
We also had a fun afternoon together. Everybody provided a lot of food, the dinner table was full of salads, cookies, honey-mustard chicken, yoghurt cake.
We hardly could fit around the table :-) We also had a fine Villányi wine while we chatted. We discussed how each of us had joined the church. It was great to see how diverse our group was, but Christ is the common link. Maybe we'll get together again.
You did a great job selecting the people for our group. :-))
Thanks!!!
Host: Csilla Gulyás:
Csilla Gulyás' family hosted us in their cosy, spacious home in Solymár. We needed the space because 13 of us were there as guests, not including the five children of our hosts.
We were treated very well, everybody could come by car. Our group was very colorful both concerning personality and age (from age 5 to 70).
For many of us it was the first time to meet each other. Our converstions flowed freely. We talked about coming to Christ, God's leading in our lives and we could also hear some great testimonies. Some made us laugh hard while we had yummy mayonnaise eggs, cheese cake, muffins and salty snacks with nice tea and white wine (of course in moderation).
On Sunday it was great to see the new friends in church : ))
Dear Csilla and Peter, thank you for this uplifting afternoon.
In the name of a really big family,
Angéla
Host: Gyula Kocsis:
We ate and had fun. We praised the Lord and we all shared why we love to come to Golgota.
It was a pleasant, cheerful evening. I hope all the guests felt the same way.
Kati-Gyula.
Hosts: Tünde and Michael:
Dinner for 8 was a great success all round, everyone who didn't get lost got here on time and everyone who got lost- got found!We made Gluten free Mushroom soup and Turkey curry with rice for everyone and dessert and drinks were contributed kindly by our guests.
The conversation flowed freely through the evening accompanied by some of our favourite Christian music.
This was our first experience of Dinner for 8 and our first at hosting and we would definitely do it again, it gave all of us a chance to get to know each other and we all keep in contact since that evening.
We all enjoyed it alot and had a good laugh, And we have included the pictures from the evening.
Thankyou and Bless you for the experience
Tunde & Michael
Host: Kinga Petrényi:I have to confess that I was preparing for the evening so much that even though I had my camera ready to be used, I forgot completely about it because we got lost in such deep and meaningful conversation.
Not everybody could come, and we don't know if we're going to meet again, but hopefully we will. We had an odd one out :) a guest who missed his own group, because their dinner was moved to Friday, but we were glad it happened this way.
I suggested a menu for the evening which the others willingly accepted and even ate (desipite the fishbones). I even heard them saying that it was delicious. :)
Those who came were very nice. I had the same feeling as I had when I first went to the gospel choir rehearsal recently. People were so nice and patient with each other. They didn't only bring cookies and drinks, but they offered themselves too.
We talked about how they came to Calvary first, somebody even shared what causes difficulties for them in the church.
Since there were five ladies and one gentleman we started to talk about some female topics, like finding our mates. But since Marci is also single, it was a topic that also interested him too. We discussed whether it is the expectation of spiritual, emotional purity and relationship with God that makes it harder or is it the lack of oppeness and the coldness of people in the world that causes difficulty in finding our mate.
Topics like programs in the church, building relationships, deepening our faith and studying also came up, and we were able to share ideas and experiences.This dinner was very valuable for me, and it affirmed the same impression I got in the choir: I am among the right kind of people. Thank you!
Kinga
Host: Emi Selzák:
I’m happy to share about a great Saturday evening.
During the week we organized who would bring what and everybody did a great job in arriving on time and bringing wonderful food... let me say, nobody stayed hungry.
Dia had to cancel the dinner in the last minute, but I invited an old friend of mind who is open to talk about the world and spiritual things. We went deep into discussions after a short introduction. We talked about what it means to become a Christian. We kind of bombarded him with our definitions... maybe it was a little too much for him, but for the others it was a blessing that they were able to share their faith with him.Because of the Earth Day we switched off the lights for an hour and had romantic candle light instead...
We had a cool and laid-back atmosphere all through the night which was due to the guys who loved to talk. After adjusting our watches to the day light saving time we said good-bye to each other at midnight until we see each other in the morning in the church.
What was surprising for me was the average age at the table. My guests were almost all in their twenties, the oldest in their thirties. Before we had bigger age gaps among the guests. Of course it was not a problem, I tried to be young as well :)))
I think we can all say thanks for the organization and we are gladly looking forward to the next event
Emi
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,we have had a very pleasant time at our host, Marcus Frakes.Good food, nice people, thanks for all of you for this opportunityto get to know each other a bit.
Wishing to have similar occasions also in the future,Slezak Emilia
Hello,
I hope I can talk in everybody’s name when I say that our dinner for 5 was great.
Probably we were the smallest group in the history of dinner for 8, but it surely wasn’t a disadvantage because we had more time to share our thoughts and opinions when we were talking. So, we were very satisfied.
I think the food was especially great, let’s say I would give 9.5 points out of 10. :-D
I was a little worried about group dynamics, because I'm not a big talker. But Évi, Luca and Eszter were great and talkative and smiled a lot.
So I think we had great conversations.
It was great to get to know each other, we now know more faces and get more smiles when we go to Golgota.
We are definitely looking forward to more dinner for 8 events.
Kristóf and Brigi
Hi,
Greetings to you all. Just wanted to say a very big thank you for coming round on Saturday. I had a very lovely time, hope you all did too.
I was once again reminded of how God takes care of the smallest things in our lives. Before we even open our mouths to ask in prayer, He provides. He uses people who don't even realise they are an answer to someone's prayer. It was so beautiful to see God provide all we needed to make the evening nice. We praise Him forever.
God bless you all and have a great week.
Love
Florence
We went to Péteri to visit Anett Kirchner on February 21.
I want to thank you for making this happen. I think I can speak of all of our names that we had a great time.
It was hard to kick us out to leave in the evening :) (just a joke). It was great.
Rob
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We joyfully share with you that after some sicknesses due to our good God we were able to meet with our dinner for 8 company. 5 out of 8 could come and spend a splendid evening to gether. We got to know each other a bit and we talked a lot. We could listen to each other's testimonies about God's eternal love. We also took some pictures.
We think starting dinner for 8 was a great idea.
God bless you all,
Judit and Lajos
We really enjoyed spending time with these dear brothers and sisters. What I most love about dinner for 8 is that from now on it is going to be easier to start conversations in the church, if we run into each other, and we actually do.
We are a married couple. We see that maybe some of those single guests we had are looking for their mates. So my prayer is that may these dinner for 8 events could start friendships that could also end up in a marriage. How great would it be if one of the couples in the church could testify that they got to know each other at the Gulyás'. May it be so.
Thank you for all the organizing, God bless your work.
The Gulyás family
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Dear Organizors,
We could spend a wonderful evening together in Solymár at a kind family, at the Gulyás', Peter and Csilla and therir 5 children. They made room for us and we could enjoy their great hospitality and love. We had Gulyás soup (how apt), cakes, cookies, whatever you want.
And then I haven't even mentioned their great testimony yet which is their life that they shared with us without words, but we also had wonderful conversations which helped us to draw closer to each other.
The three guests who couldn't come can be sorry for missing this great evening. A great thank you for the Gulyás family.
Slezák Emília, Császárné Gizi, Majnár Levente, Piros Zoltán
Hello,
We had much fun despite of 3 guests not showing up. Of course we forgot to take pictures because we got lost in our conversations. With the girls we mainly talked about the difficulties of being single. There was one person in the group whom nobody knew, so 4 out of the 5 people knew each other. As a start we played a game to get to know each other with photographs. Everybody had to bring a childhood photo which we put in a hat when people were arriving. When we played the game everybody had to pull a picture and guess who it can be. Since there were not too many of us, it was easy to find out who is who. After that you could ask 3 questions of that person whose photo was matched. Well, half of the evening went by this way. Then we had Italian spagetti for dinner. The last guest left around midnight, but the others didn’t leave before 10 either. They all arrived at 5. So, we had fun.
The Kenéz Family
Hello everybody,
We finally ended up being 11 because 3 extra people wanted to come. We had dinner together and talked. We were too many to get to know each other in a deeper way, but it was fun being together. Several people wrote emails after the party saying they enjoyed it. I'm really glad about it.
I just want to thank you for your support and prayers :)
Dóri
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to thank you all for the memorable evening last Saturday. And I feel this dinner should not pass without a big public THANKYOU toward our hosts, Doini and Heidi, for preparing a delicious meal, cleaning the apartment before the guests and after the guests, setting up the candles,
conducting a professional Uno-training, etc :)
It is always great to spend time with members of the Kingdom of God, and I am looking forward this reunion thing :)
Best regards,
Áron
Dear Organizors,
We had a very nice lunch together, at least that's what the feedback shows. Nobody got sick from the food :o), only me but because of being worried if the party would go well.
I think the group was a great match, some friendships just started (i hope).
Let's have more dinner for 8 parties!
Judit
