Summer of 2010

This summer has been amazing! We have worked hard and played hard. God has shown us so much and allowed us to have so much fun at the same time! It has been a busy summer of moving from one thing to the next. Being in the US was super fun, and then we went on to SpeakOut which was a blast. After that we got to enjoy a sweet time of vacation in the High Tatras of Slovakia and then we headed to our CCC Staff Conference. We just returned and it was a great time of teaching and focusing on the fall/future of our ministry. We studied the book of Haggai. Julia and I both learned a lot, were challenged and encouraged. God also led our leaders to rearrange some of the leadership responsibilities and teams to better accommodate the growth and future needs of the ministry and for the sake of reaching our ministry goals in Hungary. These changes are very encouraging...
It means our Budapest Campus Team will now work much more with the Budapest High school Team and will together be called Budapest Metro Team. It also means Kalman will be leading the ELTE and Károli Universities' target area team. He is also going to be in the Budapest Metro Team Leadership. So please pray for him, for wisdom in walking with God, leading and planning his time even better.

But hey, let us tell you a little more about SpeakOut!
SpeakOut is a multi-layered summer project that includes lots of evangelism and discipleship on different levels.

Layer #1: We run an English camp for Hungarian students from all over the country, most that attend are non-believers. American students come over and are the tutor group leaders. They build relationships all week and share their faith with these campers daily. These American students are trained and discipled all summer long as they pour out to others.

Layer #2: We have Christian Hungarian students who are involved in our movement who come and serve for the month. They serve along side the Americans and also spend most of their day at the streets and beaches of Lake Balaton sharing Christ. These students are also in discipleship groups and are trained and discipled all summer long. From this group of Hungarian students there are also teams that get sent out mission trips from SpeakOut. This year 3 teams were sent to Romania, Albania, and the city of Siofok here in Hungary.

Julia and me led the team to Csikszereda, Romania again. It was absolutely awesome! In fact it was so encouraging it deserves its own post. Do check out the video we posted just below this post... and pictures by clicking here or on the image below.

This Summer, the total number...
... of workers: 127 (Americans: 47 - Hungarians: 80)
... approached with the Gospel: 2597
... heard the Gospel: 1599
... started a relationship with Christ: 94!

Thank you for all of your prayers and support. We could not be a part of this ministry movement without you! God is blessing the ministry here in Hungary. Thank you for caring for the lost of this world. We are grateful that God has called us into this ministry and we are so very thankful that each of you support the work here in Hungary!