Old updates

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

Fall 2019 Does anyone else feel like they are constantly in a state of mild amnesia? Not just the kind where I can’t remember what I ate for breakfast (although that is also often true,...I think it was an egg this morning?) but the kind where I constantly forget and doubt God’s faithfulness and goodness.   Time and time again, I find myself stressed out and running ragged

Summer 2019 July has been quite a month! CROSS Training at OMS headquarters started the second week of July and since we have been living on campus, Daniel was also able to attend most of the sessions in preparation to leave for Hungary soon! We are so thankful for the training team at OMS; it was a really great time of learning and preparation, and it was so nice to

Winter 2019 Waiting and Trusting. Two of the hardest lessons one can ever learn. Both of which seem to resound all the louder in light of our walk with Christ. Life has, as it seems, given me some real and tangible experience with both of these things; seeing two of my sisters wait in pregnancy and seeing my dad trust God with a scary surgery.  These both seemed to reflect

Summer 2018 Deep into summer here in Budapest and the heat isn’t the only thing rising! The last few months have been crazy. Between the church building project, which you read about in my last letter, and English camp, which is just around the corner, it has been a busy time. At the end of May I took a few days off to visit my then girlfriend and her