We proudly announce that Hungary held its first Youth for Jesus from the 3rd till the 30th of August!

The first week we had around 40 youth.

They had their share of games, trips and fun; they had very creative and spiritual worships and they even went out do some outreach.

When we asked the youth about the camp (who were not selected, some of them were not even Adventists) they gave the highest score to outreach.

We had a baptism on the first Sabbath, one of our youth got baptized. When appeal was made the great majority of the not yet baptized youth came to the front. We heard kids saying: they want to get baptized in this camp next year!

They left with good memories, testimonies and many experiences with God.

The second part of the camp we worked with 20 youth.The goal of this camp was to hold a complete evangelistic series with young people.

Our speakers were 25 and 17 years old respectively. The rest of the kids greeted the guests, did the registration, held the kids program (complete series), ushered and so on. Before each meeting one of the youth held a health talk.

The evening series started in early August and they proceeded on until the 29th of August every day of the week except Sundays.  The sermons based on New Beginning series.  Each night we had 10-20 guests. The number of registered guests all together was around 75.

Each day we started with a short worship, then we discussed yesterday’s meetings, shared our testimonies, then the morning ended with classes about the Bible, mission work and Christian life.

On the afternoons the youth went out to do outreach: going door-to-door with flyers and canvasses, giving outdoor concerts on the main square and later visiting our guests and giving Bible studies.

The evening ended with the seminars, where each youth had their important roles.

We invited the guests to stay for a little snack (fruits and drinks) where the youth and the local church members were able to talk with them, get to know them. Some guests would stay even for 10-11 p.m.

Prayer had a very important role in our camp. We prayed together in big and small groups in the morning, had a prayer group of youth through each seminar and finished our days with a little worship and prayer at the girl’s and boy’s dorm respectively.

We had a baptism on the last Sabbath of our stay.

Five precious souls got baptized: two people (mother and son) who requested that they would be baptized in this camp, two of our youth (one of them decided during the camp) and one lady who has been a friend of the local church for a long time.

At the appeal before the baptism many of our youth came forward with some of our guests.

The youth worked very hard from morning worships through afternoon outreach till the evening meetings. They made good friends with the guests and each other, spent a lot of time praying and studying their Bibles which left them with many testimonies, helped them to a closer relationship with God and other youth and sent them home with joy and fire in their hearts.

God blessed our project greatly and we are very thankful for all His grace and blessing.

We are grateful to all the people who helped us: our main staff, coordinators, speakers, kitchen staff, guest pastors/speakers, local pastor and church members.

Thank you for all the support, wonderful food and many kindnesses.

We are also very grateful to everyone who supported us and for every prayer said on our behalf.

May God bless you richly.

“And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Matthew 4:19

Melinda Rajki

Youth for Jesus Hungary Coordinator