Magyar Mullets April 2012 Newsletter

Duane and Janice Mullet, Kari and Brad in Salzburg

Dear Family and Friends,

John Westrum, Area Leader, pitches in.

April was a full month of labor, expenditure, and joy.  My parents were here for the month and with the exception of a couple holiday weekends away from Budapest to see some of their old stomping grounds in Vienna, Salzburg, and Mittersill, Austria, they pitched right in with Alpha course preparations, English club classes, and work on the Ministry Center. We also had a visitor, Harold Golden, from Springfield, Missouri, throw his lot in with us.  From the pictures you can see where it got him.  As usual, Mark Revell, City Team Leader, and John Westrum, Area Leader, couldn’t miss out on the fun.  We excavated the new youth-room floor.

Mark, Dad, Harold--vacation, huh?

Brad, Harold Golden, Duane Mullet, Mark Revell, John Westrum

Thank you for praying for us. God is stirring us in our labor here as I was reminded again last week as I prepared my sermon entitled, Storing Up Treasure in Heaven. I see that rust and moth and their counterparts destroy my earthly treasures, and in Hungary there are also daily reminders that thieves break in and steal earthly treasure. What treasures withstand destroyers? Or further, what earthly treasure can I exchange for treasure in heaven?  The Bible presents it this way: “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his own soul?” (Luke 9:25)

  My treasure is time, energy, and possessions. In my study, I was directed to Revelation 7:9-10 which reads, “I looked and there was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. They were shouting out in a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God, to the one seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!’”  These souls were not forfeited. These people from every nation, tribe, people, and language, are the treasure.  How did they get there? They heard the gospel. How did they hear it? Someone was sent to preach the word of Christ.  (See Romans 10).

 You exchanged your treasure on earth to partner with us in the gospel in Hungary.  The very gospel that the Bible says is the power of God to save persons from their certain hellish demise is being proclaimed because we understand this truth about treasure.  I have less earthly treasure than I once had thanks to age, poor investments, thieves, rust, and moths, but by God’s grace there will be people around the throne by virtue of our partnership in the gospel. That is treasure worth storing up!

May God continue to guide us all in our obedience to the praise of His Glory!

In Christ, for Kingdom treasure,

Brad and Kari