Wednesday, December 5, 2012


The Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz authored a well-known novel titled: Quo Vadis? This Latin phrase means "Where are you going?" Each year we devote a day for university graduating students in YTL ministry to ask this question from them: "Where are you going with your life?" We only invite those students who are interested about joining full-time mission work either with YTL as missionary staff or they are considering other type of ministry as their future. 23 students came to the "Quo Vadis? day" last Friday! These students a few years ago were nonbelievers and now they are willing to give up their future carrier for the sake of the gospel! Seeing non-believers coming to Christ and becoming life-time laborers of the gospel are the heart and essence of our calling! What a privilege to see that happening in such a great number! Each of them has a unique and wonderful journey with Jesus! 


Five of these 23 students are already decided that this next year they'll submit their application for staff with YTL. This is a wonderful news and a wonderful challenge. Because of the legal structure in Hungary we can't bring people on staff (and they can't start raising their support under our name) unless we start paying them from the first day. As you know, each of our staff has to raise their own financial support and they will not have their support raised probably within the first year or so. That means we have to have some seed money to bring these people on staff until they are able to raise their own financial support. Please, pray that the Lord would provide the financial resources necessary to bring these young committed Christians on full-time mission work. The prayer that Jesus commanded us to pray regarding the Great Commission is the prayer for laborers: "pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest" (Lk 10:2). We have the potential laborers, but we don't have enough resources - yet!

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