Magyar Mullets August 2010 Newsletter

Dear Family and Friends,

We send our greetings from sunny, but cool Budapest. It seems that summer left us at the end of August and winter has arrived. We don’t dare turn on the heat yet, but there’ve been a few nights the thought crossed our minds. There’s an air of excitement as school has started up and fall ministries are going again. Thank you for praying for us.

On the family front: Jacob is back for his senior year after working all summer with Weddle and Sons roofing in Manhattan, KS. He brought his cousin Max, from Arizona with him and he’ll be working alongside me for the next three months. I caught him digging in our dumpster his first day on the job. Rank has its’ privileges. He’ll be serving coffee, playing drums on the worship teams, helping with the arts café ministry, teaching English, and learning the ins and outs of the ministry center. Kari and I enjoyed a day with guests and were able to show them a rare view of the Parliament building without any scaffolding around it.

One of my daily chores has been removing or painting out graffiti from the ministry center exterior. It seems to have increased since we’ve been back. In a familiar fashion, God corrected my attitude and response to such a chore a couple weeks ago. A crew of street surveyors asked if they could borrow my spray can to mark off a new street going in. I see them every day now. I’m also prompted to pray for God’s mercy and salvation to be made known to those who graffiti and vandalize His property. He affords me the occasion to pray for them regularly. Pray that I would not become a bitter whiner, but rather a better witness in the neighborhood around the ministry center. Pray that I’d make the most of every opportunity.

This month our new ReachGlobal International Leader and his wife, David and Dora Amalia Ruiz, came from Guatemala to visit missionaries and the ServEurope office . Their life story was a great encouragement to us in ministry and dependence on the Lord. David preached at KEGY and pastor Máté translated for him. His message was well received by Hungarians and gave them hope for what God can do in Hungary. We took them to our favorite restaurant in the hills, Náncsi Néni’s, and enjoyed a wonderful evening getting to know them better. It was a blessing for them as well to hear what God has done through our partner churches praying, sending, and laboring with us in Hungary. Praise be to God!

· Pray that God would add to our number daily those who are being saved.

· Pray for the evangelism efforts through English clubs, Arts cafe, and Alpha courses.

· Pray for our co-laborers as they come and go this fall and serve alongside us. Sometimes they are served some pretty scary looking meals. This one is is kind of like meat loaf made out of cow stomach. Tripe loaf?

For the sake of the gospel,

Brad, for all of us.