Old Updates: The One Where Daniel Helped Build a Greenhouse and Other Things

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 

partners to build a greenhouse on their church property that will be used to share fresh produce with the people in the village. A time lapse on the facebook page shows how it progressed. It is a very poor village—basically consisting of one street and one public water pump, so we hope this greenhouse can be a way for the church to be a huge blessing to their community.

Amanda has been grinding away on the business plan. Both the joy and the sorrow of the effect of the pandemic is more time to fine-tune the business plan, but also that she has had to continually go over it time and time again. The good news is that, as she digs deeper into trends and demographics, it’s becoming more and more clear that a brunch spot is the right direction to create a successful business AND get to serve and love people here every single day. 

We have both been helping to retool communications within the One Mission Society Europe and the Middle East Region. Amanda, especially with her background, has shared her wisdom on the best practices on how to structure a communication plan. Another fun part of what I do here is assess other training material to share with our church partners, and I recently finished a more in-depth training that reminded me of my practical theology classes at college.

So what are we looking at in the future? 
God willing, in the early spring we are hoping to return to the US. We are excited to meet some little ones that were born after we moved to Hungary, and to spend some time reconnecting with family and friends.