Our “thanks list”

Dear praying friends,
At this time of Thanksgiving, it is a joy to look back over the last twelve months to see what God has done and take time to give him thanks. There are many things on our “thanks list”, and here are a few of these “works of God”. Join us in giving Him thanks!

  • We completed the quality assurance (consultant check) of 5,710 verses of the Bible.
  • These verses include Genesis in Serbian Arli; Hebrews and Joshua in Serbian Arli, Gurbet and Chergash; and Matthew and 1 Timothy in Macedonian Arli.
  • The Serbian Arli, Gurbet, and Chergash teams completed the New Testament in both written and audio form.
  • Our partners completed a film adaptation of the Gospel of Luke for the Bayash and Ludari languages.
  • I taught an online class on Lexicography and another online class on New Testament Greek to six of our Bible translators (pictured above in my office).
  • I attended Bible translation training and strategy meetings in Albania (March), Kenya (April), South Africa (August), and Thailand (October).
  • We led a team of 13 to Croatia for our summer outreach of VBS and teen club for Roma in two villages.

We praise God for his kindness in accomplishing these things through your prayers and support.

Please continue to pray for the remaining $400 for Daniel’s February trip to Croatia to work on finishing our church’s home for single mothers and children coming out of the foster care system. (If you would like to donate, you can give here.)

Here are some family pictures, including Timothy’s 35th birthday, Ariela’s Friendsgiving party and Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child boxes, a fun photo shoot, and a Daddy date at a new coffee shop in town.

Thank you for your faithful prayers and generous financial support!

Todd & Pamala (Ariela & Daniel) Price

Back from Thailand

Thank you for praying for my trip to Thailand. I’m sitting in the airport in Dallas, waiting to board my final flight, back to Kansas City.

The biennial (every two years) Bible translation conference was extremely fruitful. The conference lasted four days, with daily worship (in multiple languages), devotions and plenary sessions, followed by full days of workshops. We participants also had a lot of time to talk and network during coffee breaks and meals.

The theme of the conference was “ethics in Bible translation,” and much of the discussion centered around the ethics of using Artificial Intelligence in Bible translation. The discussions were very stimulating and challenging.

I had numerous practical discussions and received some training on specific software programs that leverage AI in a responsible way, which will be helpful in Bible translation. I’m grateful for the pioneers in these fields and that I was able to talk to them face-to-face and get my specific use-case questions answered.

Most of us who do Bible translation work in somewhat isolated situations or virtually so, it was a wonderful refreshment to meet in person with others from all over the world who also do Bible translation.

For security reasons, I was not allowed to take pictures of the meetings, but I have included some of the sights and sounds of Thailand.

Thank you again for your loving prayers and generous financial support.

Todd

Our daily prayer calendar (November 2025)

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November 1 Pray for Todd flying home from Thailand, for safety & good health & to quickly readjust to the US time zone

November 2 Pray for a fruitful quarterly members’ meeting at our home church where we serve in leadership

November 3 Pray for Todd for wisdom & adequate preparation time for teaching NT Greek to the translators twice weekly

November 4 Pray for Daniel’s appointment with the ENT today, for relief from his tinnitus

November 5 Pray for God’s powerful presence at our weekly church prayer meetings, for good attendance & for revival for our church

November 6 Today is Mike S.’s (Timothy’s landlord’s) birthday. Praise that he has been a helpful mentor to Timothy for the past 10 years.

November 7 Pray for a productive work camp for Daniel & the church men and for Ariela’s AHG mother/daughter sleepover

November 8 Pray for Todd as he visits his mom, Geri Price, at her nursing home in OKC, & for good weather for Daniel’s work camp today

November 9 Today is Timothy’s 35th birthday! Pray for daily joy doing good works stemming from God’s love for him.

November 10 Pray for Todd & the Bible translators as he teaches them NT Greek online over the next several weeks

November 11 Pray for Todd, the Serbian Arli team & a new consultant-in-training checking their translation of Joshua & 1 Samuel

November 12 Pray for Todd & the Gurbet team for wisdom as they do the quality assurance (consultant) check of their translation of Joshua & 1 Samuel

November 13 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the S. Arli, Gurbet & Chergash translations of Joshua & 1 Samuel

November 14 Pray for Todd & Macedonian Arli team for wisdom as they check their translation of 2 Tim, Titus, Jude, Philemon & 1-3 John

November 15 Pray for a very productive Christmas play practice Pamala is leading; Ariela is acting & Daniel is running the sound

November 16 Pray for Todd teaching Equip Hour (adult Sunday school) at our church on Sunday mornings

November 17 Elizabeth starts working 20 hrs/wk & Pam & Ariela get to care for Baby Sell on Mondays & Tuesdays starting today

November 18 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the Macedonian Arli translation of 2 Timothy, Titus, Jude, Philemon & 1-3 John

November 19 Pray for Todd & the Chergash team for wisdom as they do the consultant check for their translation of Joshua & 1 Samuel

November 20 Pray our team in Croatia can make good connections with people in the village of Kutina before next summer

November 21 Pray for Ariela’s Friendsgiving party to help the girls focus on Jesus, as Pam hosts & speaks at the party

November 22 Pray for the songs & script to teach the children during play practice. Praise for musicians & helpers putting on the play.

November 23 Pray for Pam serving weekly on the worship team at our home church, teaching youth girls’ Sunday school & songs to toddlers

November 24 Pray for each of our children to know & walk closely with the Lord & serve Him with all their hearts

November 25 Pray for Todd & the other elders of our home church, for wisdom & strength to serve our local church

November 26 Pray for God’s guidance & for adequate preparation time for Todd teaching Equip Hour at our church

November 27 Happy Thanksgiving! Praise God for salvation & daily provision. Pray for a special family time today.

November 28 Pray for Matthew’s new job insurance to approve a good prosthetic arm for him

November 29 Pray for driving safety& good health during this winter season

November 30 Pray for Daniel sharing at our church today about his upcoming trip to Croatia in February to do general contracting on a halfway house

Todd traveling to Thailand; Daniel preparing for Croatia

I’m writing this from the airport in Kansas City, on my way to Thailand for Bible translation meetings. I’d appreciate your prayers for safety and health in travels, and primarily that the Lord will use these highly strategic meetings to encourage and equip me and my fellow Bible translators in this high and holy task. Pray that the Lord’s will will be done, his name will be honored, and that we will learn the things we need to know through the various seminars and training sessions.

Thank you to those who have already donated to send Daniel on his trip to Croatia! We appreciate your enthusiastic support. Daniel will be in Croatia from February 21 to March 2 to volunteer as a general contractor to help finish a new ministry center that will be a home for single mothers and foster children through our church in Slavonski Brod, Croatia.

To watch a video explaining the trip, click here.

If you would like to donate to help cover Daniel’s expenses, you can give through the sponsoring church (Fellowship Bible Church, Nashville) at this link. (Please note that this trip is not through Pioneers, so finances cannot be donated through Pioneers. Daniel is traveling with Fellowship Bible Church, Nashville, which will process the donations.)

Thank you!

Todd for all of us

Matthew’s visit; Daniel’s upcoming trip to Croatia

Dear praying friends,

Matthew recently visited us from Atlanta for several days, which was really fun, and he was able to meet his first niece, Baby Sell! (See pictures above.) Insurance approval for a prosthetic arm was denied by his company’s insurance, but he has started a new job with a different insurance provider, and we are praying for approval from them as soon as possible.

We are excited about a ministry opportunity the Lord is opening for Daniel. The Baptist Church we attended in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, where Daniel was baptized, is building a halfway house for children leaving the foster care system. (See pictures above).

They have finished phase one of the facility and now need help completing the interior. That is right up Daniel’s alley as he is currently working as an HVAC, plumbing, and electric apprentice. From February 21 to March 2, he will travel with a team from Nashville, TN, to work on the building in Slavonski Brod, Croatia. Please pray for him in this exciting endeavor, and consider helping to fund his trip ($2000). You can watch a video about the project at https://tinyurl.com/2d2my6ml

This trip is with a friend of ours from Nashville and is not through Pioneers, so donations cannot be given through Pioneers and are not tax-deductible. Gifts can be made out to us and sent by PayPal or Venmo to @toddlprice, or by check to our house (15907 Ryan Dr., Belton, MO 64012).

The team leader for the trip takes summer teams to Slavonski Brod, so we got to know him when we lived there. The following quote is from him:

“Darko and Gorana (pictured above) were refugees during the Homeland War back in the early 90s in what was known as Yugoslavia. Those events shaped their lives and how they approach their ministry and community. They have a heart to serve those who come from broken homes and families. This led them to cast a vision to build a facility next to the church building in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, that would be a community resource center for single parent families and children in the foster care system.

A lot of work has taken place over the last 3-4 years but based on forecasted budgets, it will be at least another 3 years until it will be complete: 6+ years to build a single structure. We want to shrink that timeline down and many of you can help.
We want to take a team of about 25 workers over to Slavonski Brod and crank out 2 interior projects to get this facility up and running. We need to lay the flooring throughout the structure (laminate and tile flooring) as well as do some electrical work (lighting fixtures, outlets and switches).

We don’t need everyone to be a professional general contractor. We already have a couple of those on our team which will help to guide the workers on installation processes and such.”

Thank you for your faithful prayers and support for our work of Bible translation, and for praying for and this opportunity for Daniel.

Todd & Pamala (Ariela & Daniel) Price

So, what do you do all day?

One of our supporting churches recently asked for a report from us, in the form of the following questions. I wanted to share part of it with you all, since you may have some of the same questions.

What is your primary task or role as a missionary?

I am an International Bible Translation Consultant and also a Regional Consultant Coordinator. This means that:

1) I check translation drafts of the Bible verse-by-verse in four languages that are spoken by Roma (Gypsies) in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Macedonia. These four languages are called Serbian Arli, Gurbet, Chergash, and Macedonian Arli, and do not yet have a Bible in their languages. For the first three of those languages, we have completed the entire New Testament and are now translating the Old Testament, currently in the book of Joshua. In the fourth language, we have finished Matthew and Mark, and are currently working on 1 Timothy.

2) I train others who are becoming Bible translation consultants and help determine which books of the Bible they will be checking

3) As needed, I teach classes to the Bible translators (such as sociolinguistics, New Testament exegesis, New Testament Greek, etc.)

Describe what a typical week of activity looks like for you. For instance, how many people do you meet with, meetings do you lead, hours are spent doing your primary tasks, etc?

On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, I meet with one of the above-mentioned teams over Slack to check their next passage of Scripture. This involves four meetings per week with a total of nine translators. Meetings last from 1-3 hours, as needed.

When I am not meeting with the translators, I write reports each of those days on what we changed in the draft translations, and I spend hours looking over the next verses that I will walk them through the next week (aiming to do a quality assurance check/consultation on 60 verses per day).

I also have weekly administrative tasks, including responding to e-mail, reading Slack messages, attending training or planning meetings via Zoom or Slack, etc. My workday schedule starts at 7:45 or 8 a.m. and lasts until 5:30 p.m. or so. Some weekends, we travel to speak at churches that support us. Also, sometimes I am away overseas for training seminars or ministry events.

Describe the results of your ministry over the past year, however you measure your accomplishments.

We praise God that we have finished the New Testament in three languages and have made good headway in starting the NT in a fourth language. We’ve also made good progress in the first three languages in the Old Testament. Additionally, we led a summer team for a week of VBS and teenager outreach in two Roma villages in Croatia this summer. I have traveled to Albania, Croatia, Kenya, and South Africa, and have upcoming trips to Thailand and Serbia.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Todd and Pamala Price

Our daily prayer calendar (October 2025)

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October 1 Pray for God’s power & glory to be present at our weekly prayer meetings & for good attendance

October 2 Pray for wisdom for Pamala writing the Christmas musical play for our church about seeing the Lord

October 3 Pray for the Chergash team to be able to complete the audio recording of their New Testament translation soon

October 4 Pray for good adjustment & God’s wisdom for Elizabeth & Stephen as new parents

October 5 Pray for God’s choice of a new teaching pastor for our home church since ours recently resigned

October 6 Pray the Serbian Arli, Chergash & Gurbet teams can finalize & print their New Testaments soon

October 7 Pray for wisdom for Todd & the other elders of our church to lead & serve for the glory of God

October 8 Pray God will raise up donors & Roma translators to translate the rest of the NT in the Bayash language (only Luke has been done)

October 9 Pray for Todd for wisdom & adequate preparation time for teaching NT Greek to the translators later this month

October 10 Pray for the American Heritage Girls camp out for Ariela to be a special time w/ friends as they grow closer to God

October 11 Pray Todd will be a blessing to his mom, Geri Price, visiting her at her nursing home in OKC today

October 12 Pray for Todd planning & regularly teaching adult Sunday school at our home church

October 13 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the Macedonian Arli translation of 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon & 1-3 John

October 14 Pray for Todd, the Serbian Arli team & a new consultant-in-training checking their translation of Joshua

October 15 Pray for Todd & the Gurbet team for wisdom as they do the quality assurance (consultant) check of their translation of Joshua

October 16 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the S. Arli, Gurbet & Chergash translations of Joshua

October 17 Pray for Todd & Macedonian Arli team for wisdom as they check their translation of 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon & 1-3 John

October 18 Pray for wisdom & for helpers for Pam directing the Christmas play rehearsals at church

October 19 Pray our team in Croatia can make good connections with people in the village of Kutina before next summer

October 20 Pray for Todd & the Bible translators as he teaches them NT Greek online over the next several weeks

October 21 Pray God will raise up donors & Roma to translate the rest of the NT in the Ludari language (only Luke has been done)

October 22 Pray for Todd & the Chergash team for wisdom as they do the consultant check for their translation of Joshua & 1 Samuel

October 23 Praise for dinner tonight with a fellow missionary, Todd Corbin, who has been so helpful to our family

October 24 Praise and prayer for opportunities to share the Gospel locally in our community

October 25 Pray for Todd traveling to Thailand today through Monday for biennial Bible Translation Conference

October 26 Pray for Pamala weekly serving on the worship team Sundays at our home church & teaching youth girls’ Sunday school

October 27 Pray for each of our children to know & walk closely with the Lord & serve Him with all their hearts

October 28 Pray Todd will learn a lot & contribute well at the Bible Translation Conference this week in Thailand

October 29 Pray for good health in colder weather & Daniel working out of doors, & for safe travels daily in the city

October 30 Praise that our teammate, Lim, is doing much better with her rheumatoid arthritis; pray for continued healing

October 31 Pray for Todd traveling home from Thailand today & tomorrow, for safety & quick adjustment to the time zone change

A new granddaughter arrived, and 2,115 verses approved!

L-R: Pamala, Ariela, Stephen, Elizabeth, Baby Sell, Timothy, Todd, Kirsten, Daniel at Todd’s 59th birthday picnic

FAMILY UPDATE:

We rejoice at the birth of our first grandchild, baby girl Sell! Thank you for praying for her and Elizabeth. They had to stay in the NICU for a week after a very long labor, an infection, and an emergency C-section. They are home now and doing very well. We love visiting them and holding our granddaughter!

Ariela continues with piano and gymnastics lessons, and Daniel is learning skills working for a friend in his HVAC, electric, and plumbing business.

Pamala is very involved in our home church leading worship on Sundays, teaching girls’ Sunday school to youth, and leading toddler worship, as well as writing the Christmas play. Todd is also very busy serving as an elder, teaching the Sunday adult Equip Hour class, and leading a Wednesday night prayer meeting.

ABOVE: Labor Day picnic: Ariela (14), Pamala, Kirsten (21)
BELOW: First day of freshman & senior year: Ariela (14), Daniel (17)

TRANSLATION PROGRESS:

Thank you for praying for our work of Bible translation. This quarter, we finished our quality assurance (consultant) checks of Genesis in Serbian Arli, the first half of Joshua in three languages (Serbian Arli, Gurbet, and Chergash), and the second half of Matthew in Macedonian Arli–2,115 verses in the combined four languages. It is exciting to be making good progress and seeing the great job the Roma translators are doing!

In addition to continuing to check the translation of Joshua in three languages, and 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, 1-3 John, and most of Luke in another language, I plan to teach Introduction to New Testament Greek online to our Roma Bible translators. Also, this month I will attend in person the biennial Bible Translation Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The Serbian Arli, Gurbet, and Chergash teams continue to format and typeset, as well as audio record, the entire New Testament with plans to publish them this winter.

A notable praise is that Goran (pictured above), the main translator for Gurbet, is finally able to work again as a translator after a prolonged bout with breathing difficulties that required multiple hospitalizations. Please pray that he will remain healthy.

Our partners at Faith Comes by Hearing are working on putting our translation of Luke in the Bayash and Ludari languages into a film (LUMO) that goes verse-by-verse through that Gospel. When finished, it will be a fantastic evangelistic tool for these two languages, which currently only have the Gospel of Luke translated into their languages.

Pray for all the logistics to produce these films and share them with the Bayash and Ludari people in Croatia and Serbia. Please also pray that we can secure funding and the necessary Roma translators to translate more of the New Testament into the Bayash and Ludari languages.

Thank you for your faithful prayers and financial support!

Todd, Pamala, Daniel & Ariela Price

Our daily prayer calendar (September 2025)

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September 1 Praise for God’s help & hospital care during labor, delivery & recuperation for Elizabeth & Baby

September 2 Pray for wisdom for Todd & the other elders of our church to lead & serve for the glory of God

September 3 Pray for spiritual growth for Daniel, Ariela & our other church youth through Wednesday & Sunday meetings

September 4 Pray for the Serbian Arli, Chergash & Gurbet teams as they complete the final edits & formatting for printing the NT

September 5 Pray for the Chergash team to be able to complete the audio recording of their New Testament translation soon

September 6 Pray for grace for Elizabeth & Stephen adjusting to being new parents

September 7 Pray for us as elder & wife to minister effectively to our church body that has had recent staff changes

September 8 Praise that Daniel is able to apprentice in HVAC, electric & plumbing from a friend from our church

September 9 Pray for Todd & the Serbian Arli team for wisdom as they do the consultant check for their translation of Joshua

September 10 Pray God will raise up donors & Roma translators to translate the rest of the NT in the Bayash language (only Luke has been done)

September 11 Praise for Ariela learning piano & gymnastics as well as through American Heritage Girls & Mighty Roots Academy

September 12 Pray for tonight’s youth girls’ slumber party at our home to be helpful in bonding & spiritual growth

September 13 Pray Todd can be a blessing to his mom, Geri Price, visiting her at her nursing home in OKC today

September 14 Pray for Todd planning & regularly teaching adult Sunday school at our home church

September 15 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the Macedonian Arli translation of Matthew, 1-2 Timothy & Titus

September 16 Pray for safety on the road with numerous trips in KC area (church, Daniel to/from work, extra-curricular activities, etc.)

September 17 Pray for Todd & the Gurbet team for wisdom as they do the consultant check of their translation of Joshua

September 18 Pray our Slavonski Brod, Croatia, team can visit the village of Kutina & initiate ministry there

September 19 Pray for Todd & Macedonian Arli team for wisdom as they check their translation of Matthew & 1-2 Timothy

September 20 Pray for wisdom for Pamala writing the Christmas musical play for our church about seeing the Lord

September 21 Today is Todd’s 59th birthday! Pray for encouragement & joy in walking with the Lord & serving Him daily!

September 22 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the Chergash translation of Joshua

September 23 Pray God will raise up donors & Roma to translate the rest of the NT in the Ludari language (only Luke has been done)

September 24 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the Serbian Arli translation of Joshua

September 25 Pray for Todd & the Chergash team for wisdom as they do the consultant check for their translation of Joshua

September 26 Pray for good health for us & for our church planting team in Croatia, with cold weather coming on

September 27 Pray for wisdom for the Aromanian team in Albania translating the New Testament into their language

September 28 Pray for Pamala regularly serving on the worship team Sundays at our home church & teaching youth girls’ Sunday school

September 29 Pray for each of our children to know & walk closely with the Lord & serve Him with all their hearts

September 30 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the Gurbet translation of Joshua

8,000 miles, a new country & camaraderie with colleagues

Thank you for praying for my recent meetings. I just returned home after spending the week traveling nearly 8,000 miles and attending a strategic planning workshop in South Africa.

As the Regional Consultant Coordinator for Europe, I met with the other Regional Consultant Coordinators who serve in Africa and Asia and with the international consultant leaders at a small mountain reserve outside of Stanford, South Africa. The photos above and below show the beautiful surroundings, displaying the grandeur of God’s handiwork.

The Word for the World Bible Translators has set a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) to be instrumental in the completion of the translation of the whole Bible in 1,000 languages by the year 2050. To date, we have only completed 8, but we have 426 currently being worked on. To reach this audacious goal, we will need many more Bible translation consultants. As Regional Consultant Coordinators, our job is to provide oversight and training for Bible translators, helping them grow into effective translation consultants.

In the workshop, we discussed how best to carry out that task by planning how to train and mentor potential consultants and help them develop professionally, academically, and spiritually. We also brainstormed how to leverage AI and other tools for translation, as well as design a training curriculum and how-to guides for our mentees. Thank you for your prayers for my travels and these important meetings.

On the home front, we’ve enjoyed Elizabeth’s baby shower (she is due in a week and a half), attending a friend’s wedding in Kansas, celebrating Ariela’s 14th birthday, and visiting Todd’s mom in Oklahoma City. See the pictures below.

Thank you for your faithful prayers and support!

Gratefully,

Todd & Pamala