May 5th, 2009 by Zac

Thank you to all those who prayed over last weekend. Over 500 youth workers came together to concentrate on preparing themselves for the next stretch of service in their local church youth ministries. Now in it’s 16th year, this conference is a phenomena among our European partner countries. It’s the largest of it’s kind and was recently called a “flagship” for Josiah Venture in Europe.

This year’s theme was “Restart” and emphasized our frequent need to restart things like our RELATIONSHIP with God, our ATTITUDE, our MINISTRY, our relationship to UNBELIEVERS, our relationship to the CHURCH, our relationship to GOD’S WORD and our relationship to DISCIPLESHIP.

The conference hall was packed with energetic youth workers. Each one typically representing small youth ministries around the country of 20 youth or less. One missionary from Slovenia (two countries to the southwest of Slovakia) who was visiting the conference, said that he sat in the balcony on the first night and cried. Nothing like this exists in his country and he was asking God to grow up an army of youth leaders like this one in Slovenia.

Our Kompas team (pictured at right) consists now of 8 Slovak nationals and three Americans. Each one is responsible for a certain conference department. Some over accommodations, some over program, some over registration, some over the technical aspect.

I (Zac) was responsible for several areas. I spoke at one of the main plenary sessions,  I had a seminar on men’s purity and  I organized a labyrinth walk, which facilitates prayer and meditation over Biblical themes. Our whole team worked with amazing cooperation to coordinate every aspect of the conference.

We could not be more excited about the momentum created for the kingdom of God through this event. And it’s your prayer and support that sustain events like this, which in turn directly impact the next generation of Christ followers in the churches of Slovakia. Thank you!