The serenity of God’s creation made room for women to meet their grief face to face. Not alone, but with safe people standing beside them.

“I think one of the biggest challenges I have struggled with is being flexible when plans change. Spain really helped me to practice flexibility while working through setting up my own structure that catered to my needs.”

As I look back on camps this summer, I am proud of the work and care that made them possible. I am thankful that God uses people, like me, to do his work.

Traditionally, international missions has been organized through a church, but social entrepreneurship seeks to impact people through small businesses.

As tears fell down my new friend’s cheeks, I stepped forward and hugged her. Her heart broke with grief over the war in Ukraine and its impact on her family and community.

When your vision is clear, your culture is strong, and your strategies are effective, alignment is the outcome.

In the midst of it all, when the exhaustion, heat, and work can make you feel selfish, exhausted, and grumpy, you must die to yourself.

It is difficult to contain the lessons I have learned in my time in Hungary to just a few paragraphs. It has been an unforgettable experience filled with joys and trials I could never have anticipated.

I received many questions about my two-month mission internship to Budapest, and they all headed in the same direction.

Over the summer I had the opportunity to help the OMS Hungary team put on their second English camp of the summer in Vác, a town about forty-five minutes outside of Budapest.

After some rough years and difficult effects of COVID, the camp at Pena de Horeb in Spain is back in action and running at full capacity.

We made the decision to spread the word, asking for volunteers to come and drive food over the border. The way that people responded to this call and how quickly has truly been a godsend.