latest updates on our mission

Hello Friends, We have have been in America for three weeks now and are totally enjoying our time here in the USA.  We will be here until mid-August then return for our 24th year of serving in Eastern Europe. Since arriving in America we have gotten to so our kids/grandkids and so many family members […]

Dear Special Friends, We, like all people around the world, want the pandemic behind us.  But we continue to move forward in all that we feel God has called us to do here in Eastern Europe. As I write this update to you we are in Croatia once again. Croatia is to the south of […]

Dear Special Friends, A Few days ago we were in Croatia and we were amazed once again at the opportunities we saw there. Croatia is just to the south of Hungary and about 4 hours drive from our house to the Capital, Zagreb.    We met some amazing people there and look to make an […]

Dear Special Partner, Blessings from Budapest, Hungary once again. Christmas!  It always been one of our favorite times of the year.  We always think of our own childhoods so many years ago for me, growing up in Wisconsin and Colorado and Brenda in Florida. Our own families, who probably didn’t have much, but made Christmas […]

Dear Friends, On November 8 we celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary.  Yes, on November 8, 1980 in Gainesville, Florida we said “I do.”  Florida girl with a Colorado guy.  So nice. At the end of every Summer here in Budapest we can’t help but be reminded that it was the end of the summer back […]

Dear Friends, We are so enjoying our summer here in Budapest. Of course we miss seeing our families in the US but we have made the decision not to dwell on things we can’t really control. Mexican Food is my favorite (Jim) kind of food and I can never have too much of it. So for my […]

Dear Friends of CMI, We probably like you are so looking forward to this summer and all the things that have gone on in the world in March, April and May. Even though we are thousands of miles from the USA here in Hungary, are hearts go out to so many in America. But in […]

Dear Special Friends, WOW, how the world has changed in the last month! With the COVID-19 passing through Europe and the USA and so many nations, we have seen such massive changes in everyone’s everyday life, work, and even the church.    But as we heard one Pastor say;, “This should be the church’s finest […]

Hello Friends, Coronavirus…This word is all over the internet, the news, and social media. The words “GLOBAL PANDEMIC” sound like something from the movies. I’m sure most of us have never heard “WASH YOUR HANDS” so much in our lives. We are able to keep up not only with the NEWS here in Hungary, but also in […]