Dear Family and Friends,
This is our final newsletter—we’ll no longer be Magyar Mullets, but we’ll always have Hungary in our hearts and we’ll always cherish your partnership with us. Words cannot express our gratitude to you for your prayers and support these past fourteen years. We were the privileged ones to see firsthand what God has done and is still doing through our partnership with you in the Gospel. We count ourselves blessed that our obedience was to go and that your obedience was to send.
Each day in December brought us closer to the finality of leaving Hungary and that all these relationships will be different from here on out. We had many lasts in December and each one brought tears of joy and grief to our eyes. We had a wonderful week of Christmas celebration with all of our kids being back one last time. We visited favorite spots and enjoyed meals and activities with dear friends. I was asked to preach at KEGY on Dec 23 and the church gave us a very nice gift and send off. We said many farewells. The movers packed up our house the 27th and loaded the container the 28th. We spent our last three nights in Hotel Griff near the Ministry Center. I put up many a short-termer in that hotel, so I figured I was reaping what I’d sown.

Christmas 2012

The last days were filled with precious goodbyes, cleaning, errands, and packing. My final act the morning of our departure from Hungary was to hand over my keys to the Ministry Center to my replacement: Tomi Lajos. (Tom Louis in English) Thank you for praying for us. God supplied good health and energy for us and everything went sooooo smoothly.
We arrived in Phoenix around 11pm on December 30. Twelve hours later we were the proud owners of a ten-year-old-like-new Subaru. We’re thankful to God for a good car we could afford and a New Year’s celebration with our folks and relatives in Arizona. We started out in Mesa and are currently making our way across the country visiting churches and supporters on what will be our final home-assignment before starting work in Chicago at The Orchard on February 1. We regret that we cannot visit, thank, and hug each and every one of you, but know that we are deeply grateful to God for each of you.

The third verse to the old hymn, “Trust and Obey,” keeps playing through my mind:
But we never can prove
the delights of His love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor He shows,
for the joy He bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey.
Although, we know little of what lies in store for us in the future, we know Who holds our future and that what He holds in store for us is not little. Richest blessings to each of you as you continue to trust and obey.
In the Light of His Word,
Brad and Kari