2012 General Assembly / Missions

Missions picnic celebrates 20 years of Project Ruth among Gypsies

No picnic baskets or ants could be found at this year’s General Assembly Missions Picnic, but the crowd did find stories of changed lives among one of the world’s most neglected people groups. CBF field personnel Ralph and Tammy Stocks led the celebration of Project Ruth, a multi-faceted 20-year ministry among the Roma (Gypsy) people … Continue reading

General CBF / Missions / Poverty & Transformation Ministries / Student.Go

When silence isn’t golden…

This is the third in a series of posts from Student.Go interns who are “being the presence of Christ” alongside field personnel and partners in communities across the globe over the summer months. This post is from Shane McNary – CBF field personnel who is supervising a team of five students serving along the “Roma Road” … Continue reading

General CBF / Missions / Student.Go

A story from the Student.Go Camp TAG team

A team of three university students serving through Student.Go traveled to Hungary and Slovakia this summer to work in camps with Roma children alongside CBF field personnel Ralph and Tammy Stocks and Shane and Dianne McNary.  Tammy Stocks shares the following story about one of the team members – Nina Peppers – and her special … Continue reading

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I am a Gypsy and I am not ashamed

A blog post by Caitlin Walsh – one of over 40 students serving through Student.Go this summer in locations around the world.  Caitlin is a part of the Camp TAG team – three students serving with Ralph and Tammy Stocks in Hungary  and Shane and Dianne McNary in Slovakia providing leadership for day camps for … Continue reading

Student.Go

Team TAG’s final Week in Slovakia

Our latest location was a fifteen to twenty minutes from the nearest bus stop because no city bus wants to service this Roma community. After the walk from the bus stop, you enter a long metal corridor and through two gates. A third gate, a guard, and a guard dog watch the entrance to the community … Continue reading

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Week Two and Three

                                                                                                                                             Team Tag completed our first week of camp in HUngary and have now begun the Slovakia phase of our trip. Our objective is to work with the Roma people and share the love of Jesus with them. Continue reading

General CBF

Kids and Good Byes

Today we were able to play with the neighborhood kids again. We went back to the Ruth School and played with the kids until they all began to trickle in. All they want is a smiling face, a hand to hold and someone to hug them. As we began our program we talked about super … Continue reading

Student.Go

Camp TAG

We’re a group of four American students spending our summer in Hungary and Slovakia to work with the Roma people (gypsies) to show them the love of Christ. We’re working with the Stocks, who live in Budapest, Hungary, and the McNary’s, who live in Kosice, Slovakia. We’re called Camp TAG, with the TAG standing for … Continue reading