Magyar Mullets September 2011 Prayer Letter

Magyar Mullets´ Newsletter 1109
Hungary, September 2011
Dear Family and Friends,
To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. Jude 1-2
It has given us great joy to visit our supporters and supporting churches and find you walking in truth, just as God commanded us. We enjoyed our visits to Cornerstone EFC in Harrisonville, Missouri; Edmond Christian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma; First EFC in Springfield, Missouri; and First EFC in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, this past month.
We’ve cared for our medical and dental needs, shared many meals with wonderful people, and even taken in some American culture. We went to a little rodeo nearby and watched the thrashing of many bull riders, an entertaining clown from Kentucky, and attended Mule Days in Ozark. In order to truly understand one characteristic of my personality, I was told that I needed to observe it walking before me on all fours. Now I can say that I have observed it; and, yes, mules are very persevering.
A few more pieces have come together in preparation for our return to Hungary. We’ve been able to plan and connect with several short-term ministry teams who begin arriving in January. Both Kari and I will teach classes for our English Outreach on Mondays and Fridays, and we’ll also be leading a small group on Friday nights. I’m especially eager to rejoin the Alpha Course on Thursday nights. Sundays will continue to be a full ministry day, and I’ll be teaching the KEGY youth group as well as serving on the elder board again. We continue to be burdened concerning the need to begin a young moms’ ministry on a weekday morning, and we’re praying about an outreach to seniors—of all the age groups I’ve met with over the years in Hungary, the older generations seem to me to be the most hard-hearted. Lastly, we’ve been discussing a fully operational coffee house for years. Each ministry using that space would be positively enhanced by an operational coffee house (except maybe the children’s Sunday School program.) Two couples in particular are entertaining the idea. Perhaps the Lord will make a way.
In summary, please pray specifically for these items:
 English outreaches
 Alpha Course starting October 6th
 Outreach and encouragement to young moms
 Outreach and service to seniors
 God’s laborers to run a coffee house
 Our full financial support
Concerning our financial support, we’re praying God will provide those churches and individuals who might be led to commit support for us during all or even part of the next three-year term for which we are committing. We have approached a few new-to-us churches in particular about partnering with us and are waiting to hear back from them. If you have thoughts on this, please contact us. We still lack $800/month, but would also request consideration of one-time gifts as God might lead.
Brad.Mullet@efca.org Kari.Mullet@efca.org
Contributions:EFCA ReachGlobal901 East 78th StreetMinneapolis, MN 55420-1300(Note on the contribution, “For Account #1425”)
Thank you for your partnership with us in God’s work.
Perseveringly in Christ,
Brad and Kari

Magyar Mullets August 2011 Prayer Letter

Dear Family and Friends,

Just six weeks left before we return to Hungary. Kari has gotten some grand mothering practice in on great nieces in advance of a granddaughter of her own. Whitney is expecting a baby girl the middle of December. I’ve picked up a few tricks myself from watching my older brother Greg with his grandchildren: horses make great baby sitters, even better if your grand child has a strong survival instinct. While we’ve enjoyed our home assignment, traveling and visiting has a humorous side:

On the travel side: Be vigilant; things change. I had a half tube of expensive sun screen confiscated by TSA for being a half ounce too big. He told me the law had changed four years ago. I made a note to buy everything in the new correct size tube. Tubes of the same size and shape demand a new level of vigilance. Curél hand lotion makes awful toothpaste, as does Head and Shoulders shampoo, and Neutrogena sun screen.

As a house guest: Be vigilant; things change. I lie still for a few minutes upon waking and take inventory before leaping out of bed. Floor plans vary from house to house. That strange bump in the night is your missionary planting his face in a wall that wasn’t there the night before. I rearranged an entire wall of pictures in one house while groping around for a light switch. My wife gets the giggles, she thinks it’s funny, it’s not her face. In one basement, I was vigilant. There was a ceiling fan hung at eye level, so I made a mental note of it. When I got up to use the bathroom, I felt like a blind man navigating the floor of a church nursery. The idea of putting a sleeping bag on the floor of the bathroom crossed my mind. We are grateful for your love and hospitality nonetheless, sorry about the wall. We know we are loved.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 1 John 3:14

What a difference love makes. A year ago, the main attraction for teens coming to the ministry center was native English at a teen camp led by a team from the Orchard EFC. A year later, we have another view. As told by one student, for two weeks last summer she heard stories shared, songs sung, truth told, and invitations extended, all the while practicing her English. While all of that was fun, she says it was the deep, genuine, and tender affection that she observed and experienced during those two weeks with that team from Chicago that made the difference in her life. Shortly after camp ended, this young lady was back to the mess her life had always been. She continued to make one bad decision after another until finally in her despair she was reminded of that time when she was loved and where she had observed others in their love for one another. She found the Hungarian/ English New Testament they had given her at the end of camp and began to read it. She surrendered her life to Jesus Christ. She knew then and there that she belonged with those who loved her and loved one another. She found us meeting one Sunday afternoon this spring. Since then, she’s been attending the Kelenfold Evangelical Church, growing in her faith with others, and volunteering as a translator for the Kids English Camp. It was love. God still moves.

We want to be part of more stories like that. We want to live alongside more Hungarians like that. We want to lay down our lives and continue to witness God’s work first hand. We want to continue to facilitate teams like that, steward the ministry center for occasions like that, and expend our lives for the kingdom.

Pray with us that we could return fully supported for another term. Lord willing, we will leave in six weeks.

We currently lack $900/month in regular support. Practically speaking, we are in need of nine new financial supporters to commit to give $100/month for two years, or a one-time gift of $21,600.

With Much Love,

Brad and Kari