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The Word of Life Hungary Bible Institute
has officially begun! Thirty-five students
from all over the world have taken a year
out of their lives to come to Bible School
and study God’s Word ! The Lord
continues to bless our hearts as we become
acquainted with each of these students and
learn about their testimonies and love for
the Lord. Already the students have been
challenged to hit the streets of Budapest and spread
the Gospel! Every student and staff member
jumped into a bus and headed to the city to tell the
Good News. Over 200 people heard the Gospel
and 10 were saved! Praise the Lord!
Please pray for our students this year, as they are challenged in their faith and grow in their knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. They will be taught by many unbelievable guest teachers, including pastors, missionaries, and seminary and college professors. Please pray that the Lord uses this year to challenge them to grow in their personal walk with the Lord, understanding of God and His will for their lives, as well as prepare them for a life-time of ministry. To God be the glory!
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One of the challenges of Christians, but especially young people, is to bridge the gap from theory to practice. As Paul the apostle teaches, “knowledge puffs up but love edifies.” Paul certainly was not teaching to avoid education or especially the study of Scripture. Yet he understood the danger in approaching Scripture simply to gain knowledge. This is why we love the balance that Word of Life Bible Institutes provides. What our students learn in the classroom is almost immediately applied in and through ministry and community. To also help bridge the gap between theory and practice, Paul began a chapel series this year on: Thinking, Living, and Behaving Biblically. Paul challenged our students not to do things because they have always done them, their parents tell them to, or even their church says so. Rather to make decision based solely on the authority of Scripture. This sounds very basic, but the truth is, most Christians have never stopped long enough to assess whether their actions are indeed Biblical or as a result of other influences (cultural pressures, upbringing, wrong theology). In this series, Paul also addresses the growing influence of post-modernism in our world today which cuts at the very foundation of the authority of Scriptures. In a world of moral relativism our students and Christians in general must be reminded that we do have one and only one authoritative source of absolute truth by which to live our lives, the Holy Scriptures.
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Come one, come all to the Word of Life Hungary Bible Institute! This year, for a limited time only, WOL Hungary is opening up the castle gates to allow men and women from all over Hungary to attend Bible School for free! In order to promote and advance the school, Paul has put together a special program, in which guests from various villages and cities can come to campus and be a student for a week! Through this program, Hungarians will be able to experience WOL Hungary Bible Institute first hand, get a taste of the ministry, and get excited about the Word! There will be four classes available throughout the year.
Oct. 19-21 I John - Dr. Eugene Pond (Associate Professor, Dallas Theological Seminary)
Nov. 19-20, 24-25 Galatians - Pastor Meno Kalisher (Pastor in Jerusalem, Author, Conference Speaker)
Feb. 22-32 Revelation - Dr. Jimmy DeYoung (Founder - Prophecy Today, Conference Speaker, Radio Host)
March 9-12 Apologetics - Michael Gleghorn (Probe Ministries, Radio Host)
Guests will be able to stay in the castle and enjoy meals and fellowship with our students and staff. We are currently sending out flyers, brochures, and emails to potential students. Please pray with us that the Lord uses this program to bring more students to the school and in turn more trained servants of Jesus Christ. Of course, if you have the resources to fly to Hungary, you are more than welcome to attend as well!
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As many of you know, we recently bought a home in the village. Our new neighborhood is filled with energetic and friendly children. Almost every day we get a “Szia!” or “Hallo!” from a little friend. In fact, the other day, a little girl tried to say hello to Jill by saying “Goodbye girl!”
Ever since we moved to the new house this past June, the Lord has placed a burden on our hearts to have some kind of meeting that these children could attend weekly where the Bible would be shared. Both Paul and Jill grew up with WOL Bible Clubs in their home church, and know the importance that regular Bible teaching can make in child’s life.
All that to say, we are planning on having a Bible Club in our home for the children of Tóalmás. We have already shared our thoughts and ideas with a few other staff members, and they too are very interested. We also have the approval of the leadership of our local church here in Tóalmás. In fact, last Friday we had our first official meeting with some potential Club leaders. Please pray with us that the Lord makes it clear how we are to create, advance, and lead this Bible Club. We know that the Lord is faithful and he can use even a Bible Club meeting in our home to reach hundreds of youth with the Gospel of Christ! To stay posted on our Bible Club progress, you can visit Jill’s blog at jillweaver.blogspot.com.
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During these increasingly difficult financial times, faith missions have experienced a significant drop in financial giving. Virtually all of our staff here in Hungary have lost financial support. We have been no exception. Over the course of the last several months we have lost about $600 of monthly giving. Would you pray with us, that the Lord would lay our financial needs on the hearts of others to fill the gap for those who cannot give like they once did.
If you would like to personally be a part of the answer to these prayers or know of someone you think would, please direct them here for more information. Thank you for your faithful partnership through prayer, it is essential to our success for God's glory!
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