Posts filed under: Building Project
A Deepening of the Soul
As I spent a week in Hungary this summer, I got to experience a change I have never seen before in all my travels. I was privileged to see a community that would not even look at us and say...
A Call to Build a Church: Part 2
This is part two of a two-part blog. For part one, click here. (LINK) Chuck later explained how he and his son Jonathan (the field director of OMS Hungary) got involved with the building project. I saw through this story...
A Call to Build a Church: Part 1
One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him...
We went to build a chapel…
We went to build a chapel, but God built so much more. We were four guys from the forgotten Middle of Nowhere, USA. Yet we have a God who doesn’t forget about us. When the chair of our mission committee...
New Life
Being a calm and quiet type of guy, few things ring my bell. But when I witness “new life,” I become like butter in the sun – I melt. As a kid, I was always fascinated watching a chick break...
Work Begins Again in Szentmargitfalva
Last weekend, a new work team arrived to continue the work on the chapel in Szentmargitfalva that was begun this spring. Before the summer, the building frame was erected, the roof was put on and the floor was finished. That was...
Dedication of the Szentmargitfalva Chapel
As I sat in the chapel in Szentmargitfalva last weekend during the building dedication, I realized that one question seemed to be coming up amongst many of the townspeople. “Will you come back?” We had all noticed that over the...
Why Spend Time in Hungary?
Why spend time in Hungary? This is a question that has been asked of me often in the past several weeks. There are many places to visit and lend a helping hand on a short-term mission trip. But why go...
Ending at the Beginning
In 1993, my family arrived in Budapest, Hungary. In some ways, not much has changed since then, but in other ways, the differences are astounding. I didn’t know it back then, but those days would lay the seeds and groundwork...
Construction Continues in Szentmargitfalva
The village of Szentmargitfalva is a small group of houses tucked away in the southern hills of Zala county, Hungary, but our small chapel will fill a large need. We’ve been told that from Szentmargitfalva, you can drive a half hour in...
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