We want to begin with a big THANK YOU!
There were many of you who gave to a love offering at our home church just before we left. That offering gave us the ability to:
- restock our pantry
- provide our landlord with the 2 months of the rent deposit that he needed
- pay for the visa and registration documents we need to stay here in Budapest
- be able to re-register our car to be able to use it here in Hungary
These were significant starting expenses that are not included in our monthly budget and we are grateful to each person who gave!
YWAM Kyiv incredibly continues to disciple and train young people in a nation that is regularly bombed almost daily.
Maybe overtime you have become so habituated to this thought that it doesn’t bring the same shock as it once did, but take some time to localize it to your own nation. Imagine you had a group of young people in your church that you had living in homes and coming together for classes everyday in discipleship, and at the same time, bombs, drones or missiles were being shot at your downtown, the nearby cities etc. What kind of strength and resilience would you need to keep your focus on the importance of God’s kingdom in the midst of it all? What kind of prayer support?
Well, at YWAM Kyiv, we have people from different nations, cultures, and backgrounds just starting this September—united in their desire to know God more deeply and make Him known.
We are so excited to see them walk together over the next months, and watch all that He will do in and through their lives. 
Please pray for them. Our family may not be physically in Kyiv at this time, but Ben and I still serve on the leadership team and our hearts are still deeply invested in this ministry.
Please pray for us and Ukraine over these next few weeks. We will be going to Ukraine October 23-27 for our YWAM Kyiv staff retreat and Leadership Team planning days.
Locally here in Budapest, Ben continues to serve at ICSB (International Christian School of Budapest). One of the best parts of his work is that he has relationships with almost every student from grade 3-8 because they all come through his classroom. If you add to that coaching Junior Varsity Volleyball, now that group includes Highschool boys.
All of these daily encounters are a part of impacting young people with God’s love. About 40% of the students are local Hungarians who are not usually from faith filled families, and the others are from countries as varied as Korea, China, Finland, Brazil, America, Canada, Bulgaria, etc. The influence that Ben has is extremely diverse and we would really appreciate your prayers!
Angela enjoys serving with YWAM Budapest as well as other international YWAM ministries. This past month has included a fun time of teaching the YWAM Budapest staff. It can be difficult, once a person starts working in full time ministry, to find time to allow yourself to grow, and to receive input. The YWAM leader here in Budapest recognized this and asked if I, along with two others, would be willing to take some time to teach on Tuesdays to the staff.
We have had a great time teaching so far! We have done one week of teaching the book of Titus (using the inductive method in a seminar format), one week on 3 great reasons to believe in God (apologetics), and these next few weeks will be on church history and heresies in the first 500 years.
We had a great visit from Uncle Charlie and Auntie Kathy (Ben’s mom’s sister). They were able to be in one of my sessions with the YWAM staff here and we asked her to tell us about her experience:
”While we were recently visiting Budapest, we were privileged to attend Angela’s teaching on the book of Titus. Her ability to connect with those attending the workshop was wonderful to watch. During her teaching, Angela never looked at notes; her knowledge of the book of Titus was obviously second nature to her. She involved the attendees utilizing the inductive Bible study method, with three key stages: observation, interpretation, and application. We personally learned so much from Angela’s teaching and plan to utilize this approach in our own future Bible Studies.”
We were SO glad to have them here!!
We’ll end this with a little update about the kids.
Cassie is enjoying her senior year! She is able to come home everyday for lunch, which is so nice for Angela to have her company! She is also in the middle of applying to many colleges – please pray for the right one to offer the best scholarships!
Jay is just loving being back in school and has really enjoyed the volleyball season so far. There are many weekend tournaments to come so pray for safety and health for his body.
Kai is at the top of the middle school (grade 8) so that is always fun. He is in the middle school musical called Seussical, and is right into the swing of things!
In a couple of weeks the kids will all have school retreats and then a fall break (which is when we will be going to Ukraine), so you can also pray for the fall retreat as that is a time when the kids really get a chance to get to know their friends in a deeper way, there is a speaker, and there are lots of games etc. Pray for each one of our kids to have a great time, and more importantly, for all of the kids in the school to meet Jesus in a personal way.
Teaching Adventures 