God blessed me with so much and has been watching over me my whole life. God used two Mount Zion International School of Ministry graduates to minister to my life and encourage me to attend this school. My sister, who is a Mount Zion graduate, ministered to my heart. I was able to clearly see the effects that this school has had on her life and that God is her first priority. I saw this and I wanted it in my life. I wanted the love that is inside my sister.

I wanted to love the people around me and not judge them. I wanted to love as God loves and I knew that Mount Zion was a place where I could acquire such a love through quiet times, the chapels, the classes and the many opportunities we have to enter into worship on our own or with classmates. Our Lord and Savior is working in this place. He is working in our lives and in our hearts that we can show others what God has done in our lives with the hope that God can do the same for them.

Mount Zion has proven to be exactly what I thought it would be, a life-changing experience and a constant presence of the Holy Spirit around us every day. God has truly blessed me in bringing me here and I thank Him for it daily.

First Year Student
Pennsylvania

I believe that God has brought me to this school for a purpose. During my application process I did a lot of fasting and praying asking for God’s will to be done in my life. I was willing to go any direction as long as it was the Lord’s will. My prayer was “God, if it is Your will for my life, let me go to this school; if it is not, I will not go.” The Lord spoke to me and from there on, it has been all open doors. I trusted God. The day I received my acceptance letter was the happiest day because I knew I was in the Lord’s perfect will.

Having been here at Mount Zion International School of Ministry for a short period of time, the Lord has already begun His work in me, making me a man after His own heart. He has been teaching me humility and the ability to overcome small obstacles and problems that may distract us from God. I have been learning how to pray in all circumstances and how to completely trust Him with my life.

I also love the material that is being taught in all the classes. The teachers truly shine God’s light and they are definitely wise men and women of God. I have been enjoying every day at the school here and I am excited to see the man of God that the Lord is making of me.

First Year Student
Washington

I came to Mount Zion a year ago and it has changed my life completely. I am in my second year now and I can honestly say that even in just one year I am a completely different person. God has truly changed me from the inside out, and He still is changing me (Philippians 1:6).

God has turned me into a prayer warrior. He has taught me how to pray just like Psalm 144:1 says, “...teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.” He has taught me to do everything in His strength and not my own. He has brought me out of a lot of bitterness and anger. He is completely restoring my family relations.

I have come to a place where I just want to know Him and Him alone. I want to get to the place where nothing else matters, except Him. I just want to serve my Savior with every fiber of my being and do the work He has planned for my life!

Time is short in these last days and He needs workers. I want to be one of His faithful laborers! Mount Zion has truly been a place and time in my life where I can just set everything else out of the way and focus solely on Him with no distractions. I am so thankful everyday for this place and it is truly a great privilege to be able to have these three years set apart in my life to focus on God!

Second Year Student
Connecticut

Only today I understand that Mount Zion International School of Ministry has been the answer to my heart’s cry.

Some years ago when in the middle of rushing through life, amidst the daily busyness and pursuit for education, the Lord birthed in my heart this deep desire to be set apart and to spend time getting to know Him – a time of just listening to Him. I heard Him inviting me, but felt tied up in responsibilities and duties so that it seemed impossible for me to be set apart for such a purpose in my circumstances, although I longed for it so much. But with God all things are possible and He did a miracle and made a way for me to come to this place.

Now being here I give Him all glory because I cannot imagine myself in a better place. He has been teaching me to draw strength from Him and to walk in intimacy with Him. It was exactly here where the Lord opened my eyes to how much He actually loves me and cares for me. He is revealing His truth to me and this truth is truly setting me free. Still of all the good things I have learned, intimacy – times spent with the Lord is the most important – it is the beginning of all things.

Second Year International Student
Latvia

“I have found the students of Mount Zion to be compassionate, committed, focused on purpose, centered on Christ, unabashedly dependent upon Him, prayerful, and maturing in holiness. Their passion, intimacy and love for Jesus Christ are the bulwark of their experience at Mount Zion International School of Ministry.”

-Pastor in Pennsylvania

“Thanks so much, Mount Zion and Sister Catherine for allowing the interns to be a part of our ministry here in Guatemala. They are such a blessing helping us with the day to day tasks as well as sharing in the church services. On a personal note, their walk with the Lord and maturity has been refreshing.” (Guatemala)

"I am so awed at each church or wherever we minister, God gives us exactly what we need. Though we may be teaching basically the same thing, He knows the needs of the people there and HE meets them. It is nothing to do with us, we are just His vessels. That has been so impressed upon me lately. Though I may feel very weak and incapable in areas, it is okay, because it is not about me; it is about God being glorified. As I let Him have His way in me, freely, whatever He wants, He will be. The time here has been great. Just to see God working through us and amongst us is humbling and beautiful. The pastors that we work alongside are very provoking. It is truly an honor to be here and help hold up their hands for this time."

"God is so faithful. His presence is always there, touching those we are ministering to and touching us... As I walk in simple obedience to Him, He will touch people. HE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL! At one youth group a young homeless man who had just come to that church that day, got saved. At another, one youth had just lost his older brother to gang violence and another boy had an older brother who was the head of one the big gangs in that area, but God touched them. They were weeping at the end of the service as the brothers of our team gathered around them to pray. God is moving."

"It is an honor and privilege to be here and serve the people of Guatemala! If I can sum it up I have seen the simplicity of Christ in everything that we say and do here. It is all about loving the Lord and loving our neighbors as ourselves! We have wonderful leaders that seek the Lord and they have been awesome with us, giving us time to grow and adjust to things here. I have seen the Holy Spirit move in such awesome ways; it is those types of experiences you read about in books! We have seen whole households reconciled with the Lord and the Lord heal them of pain they suffered in the churches they attended. We have seen people get saved in such awesome ways, and something the Lord is definitely establishing here is the need for discipleship! There is such a great need, for truly the harvest is ripe and the Lord has few laborers! I truly know that we are entering into the labors of others before us as the scriptures say. We are just part of something vast the Lord is doing in Guatemala!! It is so wonderful, and I know the Lord has and is changing me since I have been here!"

"Mount Zion International School of Ministry is more than a school - it's a family. I praise the Lord in being able to tell you that when I speak to my son on the phone, I hear a peace and joy in his voice that can only come from being and feeling more than just God's love! He is so very, very happy. As the parent of one of your students (Kids!) I'd like to tell you that I EMBRACE, appreciate, and welcome your guidelines. I am a firm believer in your rules and want to encourage you all that you're doing an awesome job. I know my son - and to hear in his voice what I hear, then I know he's thriving.”