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Team leaders Gary and Carolyn Miller, originally from Missouri and Kansas respectively, are both graduates of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri. Carolyn's degree is in Religious Studies, and Gary's in Religious Studies and Psychology. Gary also holds a degree in Aviation Technology from LeTourneau University. Gary also has a Master's in Missiology from Southwestern Seminary and has pastored in Missouri and Texas. They have two grown children, Danny and Jennifer.

Both Gary and Carolyn were called to missions as freshmen at SBU and were planning a career in mission aviation when a back injury necessitated a change in career plans. Through a series of short-term mission trips into Romania, God led them to Budapest, Hungary, where Gary taught English at the Budapest Teacher Training College for the 1998-99 school year; Carolyn began home-schooling their children at that time. During the course of that year they got know several missionaries with the Southern Baptist International Mission Board who encouraged them to apply with the IMB.

They were given a two year assignment in Romania working alongside career missionaries as Volunteer Coordinators, arranging and providing logistics for short-term mission teams. This experience strengthened their call to missions, and they applied to be appointed as career missionaries themselves.

While meeting with leaders at the mission board and seeking God’s will regarding where they should serve, the Lord led them back to Hungary. They returned in 2002 and studied the language in Budapest while Jennifer attended the International Christian School for her senior year. In August of 2003 Gary and Carolyn moved to the city of Debrecen, which is their home base as they develop strategies for helping initiate a church planting movement among the Magyar people.

Visit the Hathcocks' blog

We are very excited to welcome the Hathcock family as our newest team members. They moved to Hungary in June of 2011.

Darrel and Kimberly have three daughters, Arianna, Abigail, and Sophia. Darrel was born in Amory, Mississippi, and is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Kimberly was born in Big Rapids, Michigan, and is a graduate of Missouri Baptist University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

During seminary, Kimberly and Darrel were parts of separate evangelism ministries in New Orleans' French Quarter. That is where they met in March of 2003. This experience continued to remind both Darrel and Kimberly of God's desire to reach the nations, and on June 4, 1994, the couple married. Before serving with the IMB, Darrel served as a campus minister with Baptist Student Ministries in Carthage, Texas, and in Springfield, Missouri.

The Hathcocks have served with the IMB since April 2002, first in the country of Belarus, followed by a second term in the country of Ukraine. They have now joined the Eastern Hungary team, having moved to Hungary in June of 2011. Following a year of intensive language study in Budapest, the family will move to Debrecen, where they will focus on student ministries. Please pray for the Hathcocks as they continue the process of following Him and seeking His Kingdom.

Journeyman Stacia arrived on the field on September 25, 2009, and serves in student outreach and sports ministry. Pray for Stacia as she prepares to transition back to the U.S. in August 2011.

Stacia was born in Pine Bluff Arkansas, but has lived in various places throughout the southern United States. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Psychology at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Stacia was called to missions while attending First Baptist Church Humboldt. The congregation was saturated with people who understood God´s call for each believer to go and tell, and enabled Stacia to explore what that meant in her own life. Through the church, Stacia was able to serve on mission trips to both Guatemala and Poland, as well as serve the local community through outreach projects. She continues to follow God´s call to missions by serving with the IMB.