Author: jim
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Special September 2016 Update
September 1, 2016 Dear Special Friends , Wow. We are now in our 20th year as serving here in Hungary. It seems like so long ago when we moved here back in 1997 with our four children, with our youngest daughter, Audrianna, just ten months’ old. Now just our daughter, Alexandra (22) is here with…
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Special July 2016 Update
This year once again we will celebrate the 4th of July Independence Day here in the US. It’s been wonderful for us to spend a few weeks in the US with our children and getting to see our families and also minister at some churches. It is ALWAYS such a welcome break for us from…
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Special May Update
Dear Special Friends, This past week I was in Prague, Czech Republic. I was meeting with yet another key Christian leader here in Eastern Europe. Pter, (Peter) works for TEEN CHALLENGE and is involved in helping those on drugs get free. Czech is one of over ten countries we work in but Czech is unique…
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Special Spring Update from Budapest
Dear Special Friends, Last week there was another terrorist bombing here in Europe. This time in Brussels, Belgium. Over 30 people were killed and scores injured. ISIS said more bombings were coming to cities throughout Europe. They even named Budapest as one of the cities they would target. In the midst of all this we…
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February 1 2016
Dear Special Partner, Crossing The Macedonian Border – As I crossed the border last week and the passport control officer looked at my passport and thumbed through the many pages of “boarder crossing stamps” from so many different countries he smiled and looked up at me. I have seen this look many times from border…
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January 1 2016
Dear Special Friends, As you look at the enclosed photo, we have been serving as missionaries for over 34 years as missionaries now, we think you will be as amazed as we are about the journey God has led and is leading us on. When we moved to Costa Rica, Central America in early January…
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November 1 2015
Dear Special Friends, Special Personal News. . . On November 8 we will celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary. Like most people who have been married this long we look back on the long and winding road that we have traveled all these amazing years. This year we will probably celebrate in a special way by…
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October 1 2015
October 1, 2015 Dear Special Friends , Some of you may have seen that Hungary has been in the news lately because of the refugees coming from the middle east countries to settle in Europe. This has been happening for over a year but the News just started covering it in the last few weeks.…
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August 1 2015
Dear Friends, We remember well that day in the Summer of 1997 when we boarded that plane, leaving Florida with our whole family, to Budapest, Hungary. We were all so excited and a little nervous at the same time. Just I, (Jim) had been there before and here we were taking our four children to…
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July 1 2015
Dear Special CMI Friends, We always so enjoy when we get to come back to America for a several weeks during the summer. We have been here a couple of weeks now and have loved seeing our families and friends, eating at our favorite restaurants and ministering at several churches. When we look back on…