God is love I have been thinking recently a lot about love. I Corinthians 13:13 says that the greatest thing is love. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to do a chapel for the high school and spoke about I Corinthians 13, but really the second half, “Now...
The Situation Imagine standing in front of 15 or 20 young teenagers every day who have no interest whatsoever in what you have to say, don’t want to be there, and if they have to be, would rather talk to their friends. Imagine, even though you are sick or tired,...
To Everything There is a Season In Ecclesiastes 3:1, the Bible tells us “To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” I don’t know who or how many people read this newsletter, so this might be old news to those of you who do...
Have you ever had one of those days that feels like three days? That’s how this month has felt for me, but in a good way. 300 miles just with God I realized a long time ago that with all of my activity it is vital that I find time...
Jesus has been so gentle and gracious with us at International Grace Church Budapest (IGCB) as we made the transition of the Senior Pastor from Graham King to me. What a joy it has been to be immersed into this precious body of believers. We are growing in number and in...
I just returned to Budapest from a great summer spent mostly in Baltimore. It was great to be with friends and family, this was actually the first time that I spent a prolonged period of time in Maryland since I moved to Hungary in 2013. Camp Life Europe I left...
Summer Is Here We had a spring high school retreat which I already told you about, I went to two graduations and two banquets, and now we are wrapping up the end of the school year with final exams this week. Graduation Last Saturday was the GGIS graduation. It was...
Spring This past month, spring has finally come to Budapest. In a recent teachers’ meeting, it was mentioned that sometimes the winters here, which are pretty dark and gloomy, can wear you down. You can start to wonder why you’re here or what is going on, but then, boom, before...
Korean Youth Group I have been working with a Korean church in Budapest as a youth leader for about a year and a half now. Generally what happens is after the main service, we all get together, sing, talk, and discuss the message. We also do events and had a...
Student Talk I don’t know where to begin. Let me rewind to last week when I was able to sit down and talk with one of my ninth grade students for a while. She is Chinese , born and raised in Europe in a Christian home. Most of our conversation consisted...