Daniel & Amanda Buck

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, what

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

Spring 2021 I am going to start this off honestly (to be fair, I hope that’s what I’m doing with all of these!), this has been a hard letter for me to write. Trying to figure out how to put things into words and explain well without overwhelming all of you, especially since I am still processing things. The short story is this: we are not going to

Winter 2020 For our final update of 2020 we wanted to take a look back at the year. I know this year has been hugely different than anyone expected, unfortunately largely for the worse than for the better. But looking back, we can also see amazing ways that God has proven himself faithful and good. It feels so easy now to become overwhelmed with sadness and grief, especially when painting