I am writing to you today because I want to thank you for your support during my three long years of study. This was a very hard and stressful period of my life. When I began my studies at the Bible School, I really loved it! ‘Mission Work with Children and Youth’ is a great and very special program of study. Continue reading →

I rang at the front door of the Onder family’s house in a little town on the east of Slovakia. Jan, the father and head of the family, opened the door. A slender young woman with beautiful long hair joined us. I greeted her with the words “You must be one of the three daughters!” After noisy laughter from both of them, I saw the three girls enter the room.

The woman with the long hair who I met first is the mother, Dana. The three girls are Onder’s daughters, and the youngest daughter, Danka, is the one most similar in appearance to her mother. She is the reason I traveled to the east of Slovakia and came to this place. Continue reading →

Life after mission (part 4/4)

How did you feel after your coming home?
Coming home was tough. Fearful that I would forget all the joy and delight of living in Martin, once we came home, from the moment of our arrival there in October, 2009, I tried to press every conversation and kindness experienced in Martin on the pages of my mind so that I could not forget. And because I did that, Martin became my home quickly and deeply. When it was time to come home (back to America), in so many ways we were leaving our home, too. In other words, we were leaving home to go home. Continue reading →