You may have seen some pictures floating around on our Facebook page recently that promote our 2020 SEC giving catalog. In case you don’t know what SEC is, that is what we call our Summer English Camp program, our largest...
I think it would be easy in moving across the ocean to begin to feel invisible to the community you left behind. Out of sight, out of mind, right? People carry on with their lives and you carry on with...
Camp director—well, assistant camp director. That was a new title for me this summer. Even though I have helped direct Summer English Camp for the last two summers, this was the first year it was really in my title. This...
Lately, I have been really enjoying Facebook’s “On This Day” feature. For those of you who aren’t familiar, this little feature allows you to see things you posted and friends you made on that day throughout the years. Sometimes these...
Thank you! That’s what you are supposed to say on this day, right? Well, yes. But do we actually mean it? So often, we get stuck on the things that have gone wrong. Well, maybe I should say, I as...
One of the most difficult things about living in a foreign country is the language. When you do not understand the language in its entirety, you do not get the full picture of situations. This is a constant truth of...
One of our goals on the OMS Hungary field, what we like to call “Strategic Focus Areas,” is to mobilize others. For us, this means we feel God has put us in a unique position to not only serve the...
For much of my life, I lacked a passion to see people believe in Christ. I believed in him, sure, but I did not think too much about those who did not. The more I seek the Lord, though, the...
God and I had a deal…at least I thought we did. The deal was that I would follow him, as long as he didn’t make me rely too heavily on him or other people—specifically in the area of fundraising. About...
When I arrived in Hungary seven months ago, I knew that I wanted to learn the language. After studying communications in college, it became apparent to me that language is a key, not only for practically understanding those who speak...