Attila & Adel Toth
Floyd met Attila when he was invited to teach classes at the Hungarian Baptist Seminary of Romania. Bonnie met Adel through Adel’s sister, Elizabeth while on a Mission trip in 1999. Elizabeth had served as a translator. Adel (Fekete) was a high school student. Attila was a student at the seminary. They both grew up in the village of Sarmasag in Salaj district and attended the village’s Hungarian Baptist Church.
Upon graduation from seminary, God led Attila to the Mures region to pastor and do mission work among the Roma people (Gypsies) there. Adel finished high school and continued her education at the university pursuing a degree in education with an emphasis on special needs students. After graduation, Adel went to England to work for a brief period of time. God brought her back home to Sarmasag and she began minister among the gypsies at the village edge there.
Meanwhile Attila was fulfilling duties as single man pastoring the church at Reghin. He was also going into the gypsy village of Apalina sharing God’s love through children’s meetings and building relationships. God was shaping Attila’s vision for reaching the unreached people of that area with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
God was also at work in the hearts of Adel and Attila drawing them together. Love grew and in time they were married in 2011. What a dynamic pair they have become in ministry through the years!
Over the years, Attila and Adel’s work has changed the face of the villages in which they minister. There are 7 established churches and a new mission point group in which Attila pastors. They oversee Teleios Association of Romania, a registered association (charitable organization) that supports a a children's home, an afterschool tutoring program, and Big Hearts for Little Feet, an outreach providing basic baby needs to young, indigent gypsy mothers.
Their work is moving towards sustainability through sales from polytunnels/greenhouse vegetables, a pig farm, a thrift store, and used furniture sales.
God has blessed Attila and Adel with two great boys: Kaleb (13 yrs old) and Dani (11yrs old).
