Most our European and Hungarian students come from completely secular homes, often very much against their parents wishes. Yet they have a great desire to know God and His Word, and to serve Him, if possible full time. Zoltán Köves is no exception of this. A young man, raised up in a Hungarian Jewish family, who in his childhood was often ridiculed and persecuted for his Jewish identity. In his early twenties, with the aid of some friends he went to a church, where he heard and understood the Gospel. He was afraid of perishing, thus he trusted Christ. But, even after that he had a lot of problems. Finally, 2 years ago, he came to our camp to serve as a volunteer. Immediately he loved the atmosphere and decided to come to Bible School. After arriving in September 2007, in the first quarter he was about to quit at least 4 times. By the grace of God and through the prayers of our staf and students he stayed and he started growing fast spiritually. He learned how to have a daily quiet time, first time in his life he embraced eternal security, and he started using his talents for the Lord. He is a very skilled guitar player and a promising public speaker. After school he is aiming at moving back to his city, where he will work, serve at his Baptist church in relation to missions and will help his aging parents. Looking at him I am always astonished at the change I see. Humanly speaking he seemed to be a very difficult case when he came to school - now he is one of the most promising students we have. What a privilege it is to be part of the process of growth in his life!
26 November 2008
Meet One of my Students
Most our European and Hungarian students come from completely secular homes, often very much against their parents wishes. Yet they have a great desire to know God and His Word, and to serve Him, if possible full time. Zoltán Köves is no exception of this. A young man, raised up in a Hungarian Jewish family, who in his childhood was often ridiculed and persecuted for his Jewish identity. In his early twenties, with the aid of some friends he went to a church, where he heard and understood the Gospel. He was afraid of perishing, thus he trusted Christ. But, even after that he had a lot of problems. Finally, 2 years ago, he came to our camp to serve as a volunteer. Immediately he loved the atmosphere and decided to come to Bible School. After arriving in September 2007, in the first quarter he was about to quit at least 4 times. By the grace of God and through the prayers of our staf and students he stayed and he started growing fast spiritually. He learned how to have a daily quiet time, first time in his life he embraced eternal security, and he started using his talents for the Lord. He is a very skilled guitar player and a promising public speaker. After school he is aiming at moving back to his city, where he will work, serve at his Baptist church in relation to missions and will help his aging parents. Looking at him I am always astonished at the change I see. Humanly speaking he seemed to be a very difficult case when he came to school - now he is one of the most promising students we have. What a privilege it is to be part of the process of growth in his life!
21 November 2008
Laci's Angels
Being a Bible teacher is an undeserved and serious responsibility (James 3:1). And, from this semester, my teaching load is much greater, since Dave James, Director of our Bible Institute is transitioning into a different ministry, and resigning from Word of Life Hungary by February 2. While lecturing, grading papers and counseling students, I cannot stop being a camp director. I am very thankful that two young ladies joined the camping ministry team this past September. Timi Tanyi (on the left) is my new assistant, doing everything from administration to promotion, from writing camp manuals to presenting our ministry on various denominational youth conferences. The job fits her 
creative and colorful personality, and she is a hard worker. Lili Vermes' (on the right) sole responsibility is to stay in touch with campers, who trusted Christ. She is our follow-up person, who uses all sorts of new and innovative ways to encourage kids to walk with the Lord, to pray, read the Bible, etc. She is an answer for 19 years of prayer, and she takes her job very seriously. How do we plan to increase camp registrations? Timi is working hard on a lot of things to make it happen. How do we disciple our campers (most of them bank in secular families with no churches nearby)? Lili is the person to go to. Please, pray for my "angels.”
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