On Hank Paulson’s first trip into Eastern Europe, 30 years ago, he was introduced to the Bojtors. That introduction was the start of a mutually encouraging friendship, while strengthening each other’s ministries.

Through the years of Communism, Istvan and Uzonka were committed to bloom where they were planted. They started reaching out to local teenagers in a parsonage with no indoor plumbing. Besides being head pastor of their village church, they had a dynamic youth ministry -- great for young people fed up with Communist lies and wanting truth. They sponsored youth camps each summer held secretly in the mountains of Romania or Poland. They discipled young people and gave them counseling about their futures, marriage and an uncompromising walk with Christ. And these young people grew up, and today are scattered across Slovakia, Hungary and Romania as spiritual leaders...blooming where they are planted.

Now in their seventies, Istvan and Uzonka Bojtor have not let their age get in the way of their calling to work with young people. They still hold youth camps each summer, sharing the Good News of Jesus with yet another generation of youth.