Robert

Last Friday, we met with a law student from Károli University. He received a Survival Kit this September and on it indicated some interest in spiritual things. We met with Robert (not his real name) in a Burger King and he listened to us attentively as we explained to Him God’s plan for salvation. He was very open and wanted to know more. He had many questions, and the more he asked, the more questions came up. After he seemed to understand the message, I asked him what stands in the way for him to make the decision to follow Christ. He said he had questions he needed to have answers to and understand as much as he could. I explained to him that no matter how many questions he will ask and how many I can answer, it will still require his faith at the end to decide. I will meet with him again this Friday (tomorrow) and give him the “More than Carpenter” book, which he said he is very excited about reading! Please pray that as we continue to meet he would have a genuine desire to know God personally!

All the Christian lawyers please stand up!

We advertised the discussion with this poster/flyer (Kalman’s design)

I cannot say there are many Christian lawyers in Hungary. The Hungarian Evangelical Christian Student Association’s (internationally: IFES – International Fellowship of Evangelical Students) local Bible group and YTL organized a roundtable discussion this Monday at the University of Law. The title: ”Christian lifestyle and lawyer’s call: Can they get along?” Invited to the discussion were two professors and two practicing lawyers. Our goal was, in the form of this conference, to step out towards non-believer students and to show them real Christianity that can be represented and lived among lawyers. Turned out that one of the professors was a seeker, but was not a born-again believer. God used him to raise good questions in the discussion and though he did not agree with many things, by the end he claimed that: “I thank my colleagues around the table, it was an honor to be here. I have learned much tonight and I am left with much to think about.”

The three other lawyers were very bold in talking about their personal faith in God. He brought 17 new (non-believer) students at the discussion and all the response cards we got back were all positive. Among the student attendees, there even was another professor, who was curious to hear about this topic. God is doing something amazing at this school.

- Please pray also that more students and teachers will open up to the Gospel
- Please pray that this event will be an encouragement to all involved (to the local IFES Bible group as well) and that there would be lasting fruit!

Experiencing God at Csillebérc!

Last weekend’s YTL youth retreat at Csillebérc (a camp on a mountain near Budapest) went really well. God has blessed us with His presence through worship, teaching, fellowship, small groups, games and rest. There were about 80 of us – university and high school students as well. Over all we have seen several people come closer to Jesus. A girl named Eszter wrote an email to one of our student leaders few days ago and said that she claimed to be a believer before, but realized over the weekend that she was following God from a great distance. She said that she could not talk about her faith, but the kind of love she saw among us was and experience of God. She came close to Jesus and her life will never be the same again. Praise the Lord! I saw Eszter last week at the Economical University and she was eagerly wanting to share her faith. Once we face the living God, we just cannot remain the same.

Call to prayer!

Something wonderful is going to happen in our (yours and ours) ministry this weekend. Every year, and so this weekend, we gather about 90 of us together at Csillebérc, in a former Communist Pioneer camp in the Buda hills, to hold a YTL (FÉK) Student Retreat. This will be a weekend of worship, teaching, prayer, group discussions and fun. The theme: Experiencing God, our speaker will be Gábor Grész, National Director of CCC Hungary. We have out lots of prayer and planning into this and we want to ask you, our partners in the Hungarian harvest to please pray. We need your prayers! There will be many young believers as well as some non-believer students.

Please pray that:

- the students would come to a better understanding as to what it means to experience God Biblically.

- the students would experience personal growth.

- those students who do not yet know Jesus, would come to know Him personally.

- as members of the Sunday morning panel discussion, Julcsi and I would be able to help the students by answering their questions as much as possible.

- Judit, a girl from Szeged would be permitted to come by her parents.

K

1st week

This is our first week of full-time ministry with the YTL (Youth at the Threshold of Life) Campus Team. It is exciting, we have a lot to learn and we have to adapt to a completely new timetable. At first it seems like a lot, but we believe that one step at a time we will get used to things. The first 3-4 days, we have had team meeting, planning meeting, personal meeting, student meeting, student leadership meeting and weekly meeting. Quite a full and joyful first few days.

Thank you for all your prayers for us. One of our prayers was to be able to start full-time student ministry by the beginning of November. God has answered this prayer. Thank you for all your support in prayer and in finances. We praise the Lord for you and His wonderful plans!