Daniel & Amanda Buck

Fall 2022 Welp, we had a bit of a surprise visitor last weekend. Last Sunday the 23rd at 3:01 am, Arlo John Buck surprised us by coming a little early. His weight was a little low at birth, so he has been in the NICU for a few days. His care is great, and the doctors are happy with his progress, but he still needs to be monitored. Amanda

Fall 2022 A comical photo from my excitement a few weeks ago at the baby being the size of a squash! In what seems to be true "final month of pregnancy" fashion, I wrote this letter and had it all ready to go at the end of September... And forgot to send it. It really is hard for me to believe that we are looking at the beginning

Summer 2022 Spain camp: When most of the kitchen staff came down with Covid at the OMS camp Peña de Horeb back in May, we were called upon, along with Chuck Long, to step in and help in the kitchen, feeding a camp full of Romanian teenagers. We worked from 7am to 11pm prepping the cafeteria and the food, with a siesta time in the afternoon for a short break.

Winter 2022 We have to start this off with both an apology and a genuine "thank you".  We know news from us has been sparse recently, and we are sorry that we haven't been able to update you all the way we typically do. Despite that, we are perhaps more thankful for each and every one of you than ever before. The ways you have reached

Winter 2022 Even as someone who loves the cold and winter, there is something about spring starting to show itself that brings new life—both literally and metaphorically! Budapest seems to start breathing, people come out of their flats, birds start showing their heads, and the flowers start to bloom. It always brings a certain amount of hope and I’m reflecting on that as I sit down to write

Summer 2021 This past month has been busy to say the very least. After getting our second dose of the vaccine we shifted our focus in the states to leaving well and found ourselves juggling spending as much time with family as possible and navigating travel restrictions and packing in order to return home. We were also happy to be preparing along with the rest of the team in Hungary

Winter 2022 We keep finding ourselves looking around a little wide-eyed. It’s 2022. We have been living and serving here in Hungary for just over 2 years now, with a majority of that time falling during a global pandemic!   As this is our first update letter for the year, we wanted to take a little bit of time to fill you in on what’s been happening here,

Fall 2021 It’s been quite the month! Rather than write a long letter, we decided we would rather show you. So here are some photos of the last month.   Also, just a note, we will be sending out Christmas letters soon. The mail can be a bit unpredictable here, and with it traveling over the ocean they might not make it quite in time for Christmas, but we hope

Fall 2021 Thank you all for your kind and encouraging responses after our last update from Amanda, and all your prayers and encouragement leading up to and after surgery! Since Amanda shared about her new role here in Hungary recently, we had people asking what I am doing now. This update will cover that, as well as a quick update on Amanda and how her surgery went.  Our mission statement