Magyar Mullets Dec 2011 Newsletter

Christmas at Whitney and Clint's apartment

Dear Family and Friends,

  Happy New Year!  We wrapped up 2011 with our whole family together in Branson, MO. A friend arranged a standby pass for me to join my family for Christmas, so I left Hungary right after our last event. We were able to attend a Christmas Eve service at First Free in Springfield with our new grand-daughter—the first time in 13 years.  It was a blessed conclusion to the year.

Christmas Eve in home church--last time was in 1998

  I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for praying for us.  Praise God, we are fully supported financially going into 2012.  We are blessed to have Fellowship Bible Church, near Springfield, join our support team in January. As sent out ones, with God supplying through you, we can relate to the words in 2 Corinthians about the churches in Macedonia abounding in generosity.  They first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God. Thank you for your partnership with us in the gospel.

Bethlehem Market by KEGY youth

We enjoyed a full month of ministry activity in the first three weeks of December before a break.  All of the English clubs got together for a big meal and program. Everyone got a gift—new students received a Hungarian/English Bible. There were the usual closing parties and concerts which were wonderful, but the highlight for me was the Bethlehem market that our church youth group put on.  It was rewarding to see teens acting out the Christmas story, some of whom came to believe in the living and true God just this past year.  I think we will witness a great harvest of souls in Hungary in the coming years.  Many are sowing and watering; God is making it grow. 

I got back to Hungary after a standby adventure and am now preparing for the arrival and labor of a construction team from Chicago. Please pray for our safety and productivity that we would: serve God’s purposes in our labor, be an encouragement to the believers with whom we meet, increase the usefulness of spaces in the ministry center, and advance the ministry of the gospel in Budapest.

Grandma and Isabelle Eszti

Richest Blessings in Christ,

Brad, for all of us