This weeks missionaries are Gideon and Yolanda Olah serving in Hungary. As you would assume 88.8% of the people occupying Hungary are in fact Hungarian. However, roughly one third of Hungarian people live outside the country. This country has only recently seen religious freedom (1990), having been captive to Communism from 1948 to 1988. Research indicates an increase in stress, suicide, alcoholism, cults and even the occult, presumably from 4o years without the Truth of the Gospel being widely available. While the 1990's saw church growth it was not nearly as large as it could have been, mostly because the church had not properly prepared itself to take full advantage of the new found religious liberty. An area in need of great prayer is the younger generations. As seen in other countries, this is the group where the greatest interest in spiritual things is being seen. Some other outreaches are Scripture distribution, other Christian literature, Christian radio, and interestingly enough the JESUS movie (which happens to be one of the best selling videos in the country) Remember to keep them in your prayers this week.
Till next week,
"be a reacher"
Thank-you to Operation World for the statistical information in this post. We appreciate this information in our pursuit of understanding the lands where our missionaries are spreading the gospel. For more information on this and other countries you can access Operation World HERE.
