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Variations for six dots The 29th of October was a day of great joy for the Hungarian blind community. After ten years of waiting, the Braille Bibles finally arrived to Hungary. Nine books of the Old Testament were presented in not less than 250 volumes and were handed over by Ottó Pecsuk, General Secretary of the Hungarian Bible Society, to the representatives of the Mission for the Visually Impaired. The Mission is located in the Reformed Mission Centre, Budapest, which was also the venue of this long awaited event. One complimentary copy of the Braille Bible was given to Mrs. Jakab Miklós, with whose faithful work the whole story of the Mission for the Visually Impaired had begun in Hungary. Mrs. Jakab Miklós was also the proof-reader of the Braille books in Hungarian. Mrs. Erzsébet Magyar, Director of the Reformed Mission Centre spoke about the history of Braille writing. She said that Jesus sees us as someone who sees the unseen, that what is hidden to the eyes of average people. Jesus also able sees the needy and he is willing to stop by and help. Similar to this is the task of delivering the Braille Bibles to those who need them. She said: "It is our task to take this mission to a wider scale helping to free the captives of uncertainty, fear and darkness, because the Word of God can alone give light to the hearts of man."
In his speech Rev. Otto Pecsuk said: "The Braille Bibles came to Hungary with the help of the United Bible Societies and through the mediation of the Hungarian Bible Society." The General Secretary also spoke of the difficulties of the past ten years that arose in this important project. With such hindrances it took ten years for a good quality Hungarian Braille Bible to come out of the printing house Proson, Netherlands. It was a worthwhile waiting and working for the Mission for the Blind, the Reformed Mission Centre and through the ecumenical work also for all of our needy blind brothers and sisters. Rev. Pecsuk emphasized that "these Bibles are only a small part of the whole quantity the Hungarian blind community can expect. They are like "first fruits" in Old Testament sacrificial language. Not a lot to see first, but yet in the hope of having a bountiful harvest we have plenty reasons to give thanks to the Lord of the harvest." - he said.
Mrs. Miklós Jakab read the words from Revelation 1:1-3 and commented: "It is good that while reading and hearing the Holy Scriptures, we also think of those whose sight is limited or altogether missing, because our Christian faith can only be complete when we care for them."
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