Author: jim

  Dear Special Friends, Last week I visited the city of Doboj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, a town that just been hit with a major flood after rains that they hadn’t experienced in over 100 years. As I drove into the city, I could immediately see the destruction. Piles of trash everywhere, the army and the police directing…

Dear Special Friends , When we visit the US people ask us quite often about our personal lives and what it’s like living in Hungary. We are always thrilled to talk about this.  If you have been receiving our letters for any length of time now, we hope you can tell how much we love doing what we…

Special News From The Nations of Eastern Europe August 1, 2013 Dear Special Friends, Whenever we are back in America and speak at churches, people ask us all the time to not only talk about the ministry we are involved in, but also about our personal lives as missionaries.  They want to know what we…

Special News From The Nations of Eastern Europe August 1, 2011 Dear Special Friends, Erion and Gentiana Cuni are some amazing people. I remember the first time I met Erion a few years ago in Tirana, Albania and he told me how he was going to start a church soon. I remember how excited he…

Special April Update from Jim and Brenda in Budapest, Hungary Starting Churches Among the Gypsies Gypsies make up almost 10% of the population of Romania.  They usually have their own language, culture and are generally outcasts in their own country. For the last ten years we have been able to help start about 15 churches…

May 1, 2011 Dear Special Friends, “The Power of Perseverance in Faith” is a title of a message I give often. I have given this message all over Eastern Europe, in churches large and small. It’s one of my favorite messages to give as we have lived it all areas of our lives and ministry. …

April 1, 2011   Dear Special Friends, How is it raising your kids on the mission field?  This is a question that we are often asked. We never hesitate to talk about the different advantages and challenges we face raising our children as “missionary kids.”  We are well aware that raising children on the mission…

Special News From The Nations of Eastern Europe April 1, 2011 Dear Special Friends Around the World SPECIAL FAMILY NEWS . . . We are so excited that our son Nathan is getting married on May 1. Nathan met a wonderful girl last year at his church in Orlando. Lori came to Budapest for Christmas…

Special News From The Nations of Eastern Europe March 1, 2011 Dear Special Friends Around the World SPECIAL FAMILY NEWS . . . We are so excited that our son Nathan is getting married on May 1. Nathan met a wonderful girl last year at his church in Orlando. Lori came to Budapest for Christmas…