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Miro&marta news
Winter 2008
Potter’s house
Nitra, Slovakia
Can the dry bones live?
Can the dry bones live?
The well known prophesy given by
Ezekiel in chapter 37 has been
preached so many times. Of course,
we understand he is talking about
the prophetic impact of the nation
of Israel coming together to be-
come one nation under God’s rule.
However, there are quite a few
transferable ageless truths in this
passage. We can’t just skip over
them, we have to learn from them.
Let me suggest a few…
First, God recycles the dry bone.
We may throw it away but God will
pick it up from the ground and start
working on it. He is a master in re-
cycling! He takes into his hands that
which others would trample upon
and shapes it into something awe-
some. He did that when he created
Adam—he took the dust of the
earth, shaped it and breathed life
into it. If you’ve been despised and
abused he is ready to pick you up,
gather the shattered pieces and
make them into a beautiful piece of
art!
Next, God uses the exiled
prophet. The same God who does-
n’t really need anyone’s help will
delight in taking somebody’s life
and use it for his glory. Ezekiel is
...to go where no one has ever gone before...
...to go where no one has ever gone before...
far away from his land, family and work with, to come to our new
his dreams, yet God uses him. He church. But guess what, he sends
loves to use the broken, the fallen, those that are broken and shattered.
the exiled. He used Adam who He gives me those that forgot to
sinned, Abraham who lied, Moses dream, lost all hope and can’t laugh
who killed, Gideon who feared and anymore. He sends those that were
David who was rejected. We are hurt by other Christians and were
called to be a prophetic generation, mistreated by friends and family.
a voice to the nation. We don’t There is a lesson for me to learn.
possess the power to revive and And I am learning it. Still... Slow...
heal. But we are the voice that de- God is patient with me. And I am
clares life and healing! learning to be patient with them...
Finally, God revives the valley. It Just a few thoughts from a bone-
was not just a minor micro-miracle. picker in the valley…
God did not just bring to life one
little forgotten dead bone. He actu- Your friend in Nitra,
ally revived a whole valley! He sent Miro
a reviving mighty wind that totally
changed the landscape of the dead
and dry land. It was a mass revival!
There was a mighty loud noise!
See, if God is doing a work in your
heart reviving it and stirring it to-
ward a new thing it will usually be a
part of a bigger picture. He has a
plan, we don’t need to worry about
that! And our story is always a part
of a bigger story he writes.
What I’m learning from the Master
at this time is to be a bone picker.
You know, I would like to have
some ready and perfect people to
 family mosaic
2008 was quite a year for Toby (9). He went through a
major change in school behavior—from being a wild
boy to becoming a serious preteen. After 5 years he
toby
stopped taking medication related to neurological prob-
lems. After his latest EEG test he was declared healed!
He also finished speech therapy as his speech improved
really well. At the same time he is diagnosed with
ADHD by psychologists so we have a hyperactive boy
in the house. Nothing new… Also, he was wonderfully
filled with the Holy Spirit and was water baptized. He is
very much into soccer and art. He is taking painting
lessons and is learning to play the drums. And, he loves
the baby Natan! He truly is a great oldest brother…
Adam (8) has turned into this innocent looking,
blond heart-breaker. He is a talented showman,
fun-to-be-around kind of a guy. He is wild, full of

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energy and passion. He loves to be with his
friends and is good at school. Adam is a singer,
dancer, actor, entertainer. He is taking piano les-
sons and also a drama/theater class. At times we
find it hard to help him channel his energy the
right way—if you know what I mean… He also
loves Natan and teaches him an important lesson
for life: laugh and laugh and laugh again! He
makes sure I tell a good night story to them every
night and doesn’t let me miss even one… He’s
got a strong will and let me just say he is trying to
use it for the good :).
Natan has just turned one year (December 13th). He is
natan

a sunshine! He is not walking yet but after two very

active boys it is actually nice for a change. He is very
entertaining, makes all the funny sounds and just loves
everybody. There’s nothing like his smile! He is just a
happy kid bringing joy to the family and all the rela-
tives. And one more thing: don’t bother buying him
toys. Just buy me a cell phone, remote control or just
any cable and he’ll play with it for hours :)!
miro&marta
As we come to the end of this year we must
say that God is good! It’s been a very busy
year and has gone by sooo fast! We are still
working on the house—step by step. This
year we managed to finish the patio and a
part of the basement. We didn’t have a sum-
mer holiday, instead we had to work on the
house. Toby went to a camp in the summer
and we went to a pastor’s camp. The family
is united and strong. It seems like baby
Natan has brought a new dimension of love
and appreciation to our house. Even the big
boys stopped fighting (almost)! There were
no major sicknesses. Marta says we got
younger :) Maybe it’s because we get to sleep
most nights. She does feel isolated from the
rest of the planet since she’s without a car
when I’m away. Thanks God for Facebook!
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I led worship on a city wide crusade put on by the Lutheran church
in Nitra where probably the most well known German Lu-
theran evangelist Ulrich Parzany spoke.
Our team in Nitra was joined by Matt&Amber Price, missionary
interns from PAOC (Canada). They came to serve for 2 years.
We hosted a young adult student team from St.Catherine’s, Canada.
They served on one of the university dorms helping out in
whatever they could and creating relationships with quite a few
students.
We had a number of BBQ’s at our house. Numerous families,
friends, groups came over and we were able to share life to-
gether. One of them was a whole church cookout at our place
– full of kids, parents, students, good food, lots of fun, etc.
You should have been here!

We hosted a ministry team of 3 ladies from Alberta, Canada,

led by Debbie Fawcett. One of the highlights with team
was a regional ladies getaway in a nice restaurant down-
town Nitra. We had 60 women from our area and it was a
great blessing! The team also served in two family crises
centers.
Our team for university outreach put together a series of club
events entitled “Quietly Outspoken”. It was a great oppor-
tunity to get together with a number of young adults in
Nitra and discuss life and life with God. Nitra has 25,000
university students and this ministry has a great potential!
We had a one day outreac with Operation Mobilization in Nitra. It
was an OM bus with a mobile Christian bookstore. We were
able to distribute quite a few church invitations on that day.
We had a Christmas children production for the children in our
community. We also had a Christmas all church dinner re-
cently.

I was invited to do a 10 minute broadcast on the local TV sta-

tion that has an audience of half a million. It was a presen-
tation about heart and I was able to speak about God heal-
ing the heart. I was on air 21 times that week and even
quite a few of my neighbors saw it:). Then I did another
broadcast. It was a Christmas show where I spoke for
about 5 minutes about family foundations in relation to the
Christmas story.

In October we were kicked out of the place we were

using for our Sunday service totally unexpected. It
was very unfair. For two Sundays we had to meet in
a private house. After trying about 15 different
places we have a place to rent until the end of Janu-
ary . We are now praying for a new place and need
God to open the door.
I had a meeting with the vice mayor, the main city
architect and the city manager. We started the proc-
ess of applying for buying land or an existing build-
ing. Serious prayer needed! Please, pray for a favor
of God for us in the city!
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Conferences, camps and festivals
I had a privilege to minister at a number of events this year. It
truly was a great experience and definitely a great privilege. Here
are the events:
national youth conference in Stara Voda, regional conference in
Nove Zamky, our largest worship festival Campfest, our largest
leadership conference KPM in Zilina, a national youth conference
in Budapest (Hungary), a national Gypsy church conference in
Hungary and a youth camp in Nova Lehota.

Churches and local events

I also had the privilege to speak at a number of local churches
and events including:
Life Church and New Life Church (both in Oregon), ministry
in Zenavlje and Vescica (Slovenia), ministry in Galanta with a
men’s choir and preaching in the Hlohovec church.

Weddings
We did or preached at 6 weddings including one in Slovenia to a
wonderful couple that made me do the vows in Slovene! We also
did a lot of pre-marriage counseling...

Seminars
I had the privilege to either lead or teach at a number of seminars
over the year including:
a leadership training weekend for the northern region of Slovenia,
a day long seminar for the worship ministry in the church in Bra-
tislava, a relationships seminar together with Marta for youth &
young adults in Nove Zamky

Our details (note the new email) Let me just say how thankful we are to
have people all around the globe pray-
Miro&Marta Toth ing for us. We couldn’t succeed in Nitra
without prayer and without you. Thank
Address Ceresnova 41 you again for standing with us!
95101 Nitrianske Hrnciarovce May the Lord bless you as you enjoy his
Slovakia presence this Christmas and as you en-
Phone +421 37 656 3186 ter his promises for 2009. Remember,
Cell +421 905 476 382 the latter will be greater than the past!
Email mirototh73@gmail.sk Love from Nitra, Slovakia!
martatothova@azet.sk
Miro, Marta, Toby, Adam & Natan
Blog http://miroandmarta.blogspot.com