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Old Updates: The One with ALL the Thanksgivings

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Daniel & Amanda Buck
Old Updates: The One with ALL the Thanksgivings
Photo by Hannah Busing / Unsplash

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 they make it to you and can encourage you nonetheless!
 

Amanda has been meeting every week with 2 girls from our Summer English Camp in Vác. It’s an opportunity for them to practice their English and an opportunity for Amanda to build a relationship with them and share God’s love.
Our newest members on the field have a 4-year-old daughter that we have all been enjoying taking turns spending time with as her parents get things all set up here in Budapest. Honestly, the cats might do more of the watching and entertaining for us than we do…
We had so many Thanksgivings! On the left is a photo from when our team had the opportunity to serve a full Thanksgiving meal to a local Hungarian high school this year. On the right is a photo from our traditional team Thanksgiving, and this year we got to share it with the team from OMS Israel. Finally, we hosted a non-traditional fried chicken thanksgiving for our home group. We were really thankful to be able to all gather together, since last year we had to meet in groups of ten or under.
We have both been busy in our roles, Amanda is working to set up and get the Regional Communications team running (follow on Facebook and Instagram!) and Daniel has been working on updating the Hungarian publication of Banding Together, as well as planning a conference for pastors in discipleship next year and keeping the field running smoothly on the Leadership Committee for the field. This photo is a "behind the scenes" photo Daniel took!
We have been hosting the only English-speaking small group for our church in our home every Tuesday evening. The group is full of many different nationalities, and can be a bit transient as people come and go from the city. Sometimes there are 5 people, sometimes closer to 15!  But it has been really cool to see God knit us all together as a kind of “second family” as we dig into God’s word and pray for each other and for Budapest.

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Oh baby! Another update re: Inductionary update!

Oh baby! Another update re: Inductionary update!

It has been said many times and many ways, "you can't keep a good man down." However, I might adjust it slightly in this occasion..."you can't keep a good baby in!" For those who many have missed it in the various emails. Amanda was scheduled for an induction this past Wednesday. After further review the doctor's decided things were
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An Inductionary Update

An Inductionary Update

An update from Daniel: Hello and sorry for the pun, but I am going to be a dad again, so it feels appropriate! So as to not bury the lead further, Amanda and I found out last week that Amanda will be induced this week (Wednesday morning). Baby girl is looking healthy and strong, but they have labeled Amanda's fluid on the "low side of normal"
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14
New Year, New Theme

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A post from Daniel Happy New Year!  We hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas and your New Year is off to a great start. As we start to look at a new baby coming in February, this year feels like it will be filled with many new things!  For a few years now resolutions have felt unhelpful to me. They feel too easy to fail or get behind
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