Praise God for continuing to seek and save the lost and working to reveal His Son Jesus Christ to a new generation of Hungarians! On the surface our campers look like normal middle class kids, but the majority of them come to our camp from broken homes. They deal with their parents’ problems with alcoholism, divorce and a lack of love and abandonment. And unfortunately many are on the same path of destroying their own lives following after sin and tempted toward suicide. Although things seemed to start at a slower pace than previous years in kids opening up and showing signs of seeking, as we reached midweek we saw signs of God’s Spirit drawing these kids to Jesus and revealing the hope we find in Him.

Midweek, I was able to spend some time with camper Gerda as she came down with some kind of skin rash and pain. I was called to watch over her until our resident doctor came to examine her. God opened the door for conversation about Jesus and Gerda shared some of the questions she was working through. As we continued to talk it became clear to Gerda that there is a big difference between claiming to be a Christian and being religious and having a living relationship with Jesus as Lord and Savior. Gerda ended up putting her faith in Jesus later in the week!

Every year towards the end of camp we hold a special Gospel Night. After the special music, two testimonies, Gospel message and an evangelistic drama, we dismiss the campers but also invite anyone who would like to stay afterward to talk more about what they heard. One of the unexpected joys I experienced at this year's camp was my own son coming toward me in tears saying, "Dad, I asked Jesus into my heart tonight." I embraced him and began crying with joy. Ben told me that the messages he heard and even the evangelistic drama he performed in began to grip him and he understood in his heart that he needed Jesus.



Above: Ben letting me know about his decision.

Other than Ben, there were nine other campers that made decisions to trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Two of them are campers from our area of outreach, Réka (see photo below) and Mercédesz. Réka's mother was recently saved and baptized this year in Petofibánya and Mercédesz came to know us through our ESL program in Rozsaszentmarton where we are planting a church. All the others who came to camp from Petofibánya this year were in serving roles as Salt and Light Campers. They also did an excellent job on Gospel Night presenting a powerful drama. We praise God to see their lives transformed by Jesus and how they are so integrated as partners in ministry in church planting.



Above: Mercédesz (purple) who made a decision this year was a student in Sandy’s class.





Above: Réka with Erika.







Above: Closing ceremonies. Even though we have the highest number of campers this year than any year past there were no major disciplinary issues and there was a sense of peace and unity throughout the camp!



Above: I was called to teach level 7 English class this year. I had a great time with these students, most of whom I already knew from last year. Levi to my right in the picture was also one who put his trust in Jesus this year.

Bogacs Update

Above: Pujka with one of his grandchildren. Pujka is the father who has opened up his home for Bible studies every week. Now that it is summer, we pull up lawn chairs in the shade of an unfinished house in his yard. Some of his kids pull up and listen while sitting on bikes.

After English Camp I was looking forward to seeing my friends in Bogacs and studying the word together with them. I praise God that he has opened this door and continues to keep it open by His grace. There continues to be a sect that is making rounds to this family and I am thankful that it has become clear to them that the Bible reveals God’s truth. God is equipping them to discern the difference between opinions and God’s truth as we study the Scripture together.



Above: Ödön left and Pukadur right faithfully attend each week. Ödön knows that his faith is growing but that he is not yet ready to make a decision. Pukadur believes what he has understood thus far and there are signs that the Spirit has changed his heart. Just this past week he shared that while in a hardware store the cashier began giving him back too much money. Pukadur gave it back and tried to explain to the cashier that they had given too much. The cashier was so flustered that he couldn’t grasp what was happening and his boss came out from the back room thinking that Pukadur was trying to do something wrong. After Pukadur explained what was happening the boss said that he has never seen a ‘gypsie’ behave with such honesty. Pukadur is experiencing that he doesn’t have to steal anymore, but can follow God’s way and trust that He will provide.



Above: Ödön’s sister Timi (far left) began asking some questions about life after death while peering at our study from her fence. I hope that someday she will also begin attending the study.



Above L to R: Krisztian, Izabella, Izabella’s sister, Mazsi and husband Pukadur. Izabella, Mazsi and Pukadur have made decisions to believe. Please pray for their continued growth in their relationship with Jesus Christ.