Al’s Story

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I have had many friends and family who have gone through health challenges but never realizing I would be the one sharing my story in a context such as this. When Chris and I married in 1984, we agreed to be together for better or worse, in sickness and in health. At times it seems like I've  brought the sickness and worse part to the marriage.  Through heart issues, diabetes, and now cancer Chris and our family have been awesome.

I  recently have been following a calling from God to go into full time ministry with Man in the Mirror as an Area Director in WI.  While not full time  yet, I am working at building ministry partners.  My goal is still to make it to boot camp this fall even through this set back. For more information  about becoming a partner please go to www.maninthemirror.org/algilanyi.

My hope continues to be in the God of my salvation through whom I've been saved.  Nothing about this condition has surprised God as He knows the beginning from the end. I trust in Him through it all. My hope is that you would trust in Him too.

Newest Update

Journal entry by Al Gilanyi

Happy New Year to you all! To me, it is truly a blessing to have shared with you over the past year. I do not know how someone can go through this without the Lord carrying them. Your prayers have made a huge difference this last year in so many ways. 

I want to thank each of you individually but know that is unlikely. So, I thank you here! I thank you for your prayers, thoughts, good wishes, physical help, emotional encouragement, and spiritual uplifting. I am working on returning my attention to ridding my body of the poison they used to kill the cancer and looking to the future to invest my time ministering to churches and men through Man in the Mirror.

For those of you who may not be familiar with Man in the Mirror, it is a ministry working directly with pastors and Men's Ministry's leaders changing men's lives to make a difference in their marriages, families, churches, and communities. I can only do this work with faithful people who partner with me both through prayer and financially.  I will be reviewing my pathway back into active ministry on January 2nd with my Regional Director. Please pray for wisdom and clarity for the road ahead. Please pray about how you can join me in this ministry to men.

Thank you again for all your prayers! May 2020 truly be a year filled with blessings and good health!

To contact me in regards to Man In The Mirror,  
Email: Algilanyi@maninthemirror.org or agilanyi@hotmail.com 
Phone: 920-538-2062
Website: www.maninthemirror.org/algilanyi 

P.S. I will continue to send updates here as they become available. 
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