Giovani on coast of Maratea, Italy

Dear Family and Friends,

Gulash party for English Clubs

Randall and Timi Stone

Friday morning English Club

Festival of Hope with Franklin Graham

We wrapped up our weekly English clubs this past month with a closing garden party and a pot of Hungarian goulash.  Jack and Susan Morris introduced their replacements, Randall and Timi Stone, and they shared their personal testimonies with our students. After the Stones return from home-assignment this fall, they will begin directing the English Outreach efforts. Our City Team Leaders, Mark and Jodie Revell, are also back in the US this summer, so Kari and I have our hands full.
  For the last year Kari has been planning a two-week vacation with our boys and Peter's girlfriend, Emily Jackson.  My parents arranged a week in a residence for us on the southwestern coast of Italy, so we drove down and saw the sights.  On our way home we happened to be in Rome at noon on Pentecost Sunday, so we saw the pope and heard him bless the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square.  We were grateful for the two weeks away to rejuvenate and to prepare ourselves for a packed summer and fall of ministry in Hungary. Kari and I are directing the English Camps this summer, mobilizing volunteer translators and helpers, as well as hosting teaching teams from St. Peters and Chicago. We’ll have a houseful of guest helpers, all the while continuing to meet with our small group, teach English, preach at our church’s weekend retreat, and manage the Ministry Center.  A city-wide evangelistic crusade was held this past weekend called the Festival of Hope. Four years of preparation went into bringing Franklin Graham to Budapest. Praise God for the cooperation of churches and government to bring it about. Pray for good follow-up of the hundreds of people who came forward each evening.

We have much advance preparation for the arrival of our
first team for Kid’s English Camp on June 24th. Grace
Community Chapel in St. Peters, Missouri, is fielding a
team of 15 workers. The camp is already full with 80 kids
registered and deposits paid. Peter and Emily depart in a
couple of days and Jacob will follows in a couple of
weeks. Clint, Whitney, and our granddaughter Isabelle
arrive in 10 days to help for a month. We are blessed with
laborers—pray for the harvest in Hungary this summer.
With Love in Christ,
Brad, for all of us.