Daniel & Amanda Buck

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

Summer 2020 Summer is officially in full swing here in Hungary. Just yesterday as I write this, the temperature here in Budapest reached 100 degrees with a heat index of almost 105! That heat has us feeling a bit sluggish, but we have a busy summer ahead so we are pushing on. The heat also reminds us how extra thankful we are to have air conditioning in our living room.

Spring 2020 We have to start out this out by saying, “Thank you!” The feedback to our last two updates has been wonderful, and we have enjoyed getting to hear from some of you about your favorite things. Thank you, from the bottom of both of our hearts! But what has been going on in the mean time? I (Daniel) had a chance to work with one of our church

Summer 2020 It’s strange—as I sit down to write this letter, I truly realize how fluid time is. Some months, I sit down to write a letter to you all and it feels like I just sent one the day before, and other times it feels like it has been years! But regardless of how the time feels, it is nice to have this concrete touch point in

Summer 2020 Seeing the date on this post was almost surreal, how is it June already? In Budapest, Coronavirus restrictions are slowly being lifted, but we are continuing to maintain social distance as much as possible as a team. It is difficult to put these past months into words. Honestly, our hearts are heavy for the world right now. Amanda is working on a post with a bit more detail

Summer 2020 When Daniel suggested changing up our update letter for these two months and instead sharing a few of our favorite things I wasn’t quite sure how I felt. Honestly, I wasn’t sure what I was going to share. Is anyone else like that? Perhaps a bit more negative and not readily able to share what you are thankful for? It’s something the Holy Spirit has

Summer 2020 Pékműhely: While, of course Amanda’s baking is amazing, having a local place to pop down to is always good. This place has some of the best chocolate csigas and they make this pastry that has gorgonzola and jalapeños twisted inside of it—they call it a cravat. The pastries are made fresh every morning, and I think it has become the (semi) equivalent of going to a

Spring 2020 We planned for this update to go one way, continuing the idea of listening and the importance of sharing our testimony’s with each other. However with the virus hitting the world this will have to go another way — it feels disingenuous not to.    Ministry and a Global Pandemic: What do you do when you can’t leave your flat?   We have been practicing social distancing (for about

Winter 2020 Boldog Uj Evet! For our first update of 2020, we wanted to keep it simple and just do as the name implies: give you all a bit of an update about our lives here in Budapest and what we have been up to/have coming up in the next few weeks and months.    This was our first Christmas together as a married couple and we really enjoyed getting