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

The Harvest is Plentiful, But the Workers are Few (Matthew 9:35-38)

I had the privilege of preaching at our home church, CrossWay Bible Church, Blue Springs, MO, a couple of weeks ago, on Matthew 9:35-38. You can watch it here. May it be edifying to you in your walk with the Lord and challenge you to dedicate yourself to praying earnestly that the Lord will send more laborers into his harvest, to translate the Bible for those people who still do not have it in their heart language.

The sermon starts at the 34:00 mark.

Video updates from Croatia

Thank you for praying for us on our 2025 outreach in Croatia. Below are four short on-location videos where we talk about our Vacation Bible School and Bible translation outreach in Croatia.

Our daily prayer calendar (August 2025)

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August 1 Praise God for the opportunity for Daniel to shadow a friend to learn HVAC, plumbing & electric work

August 2 Pray for us attending the wedding of a former summer teamer in KS & visiting Todd’s mom in OKC this weekend

August 3 Pray our teammates in Croatia will be able to visit Kutina & for the door to open for summer outreach there next year

August 4 Pray for Todd & the Macedonian Arli team for wisdom as they check their translation of Matthew & 1-2 Timothy

August 5 Pray for Todd & the Serbian Arli team for wisdom as they check their translation of Genesis & Joshua

August 6 Pray God will raise up donors & Roma translators to translate the rest of the NT in the Bayash language (only Luke has been done)

August 7 Pray for the Serbian Arli, Chergash & Gurbet teams as they complete the final edits & formatting of NT in preparation for printing

August 8 Pray that Ariela’s 14th birthday today is special, as she continues to develop into a godly young lady & enjoy time with friends

August 9 Praise God for friends God has provided for our children & pray that they will be spiritual leaders with their peers

August 10 Pray for Todd traveling to South Africa today for translation meetings this week

August 11 Pray for Todd to stay healthy, adjust to the time difference & be a helpful contributor to the strategy meetings this week

August 12 Today is Matthew’s 27th birthday. Pray for a year of experiencing Jesus in a deeper way; also that he will get the new prosthetic arm

August 13 Pray for wisdom for Pamala planning & preparing for the new home schooling year starting this Fall

August 14 Pray for long lasting fruit & disciple-making among the Roma in the 2 villages near Sisak, Croatia, where we ministered this summer

August 15 Pray for safety for Todd flying home from South Africa, for good health & quick adjustment back to the 7-hour time difference

August 16 Pray for wisdom for Pamala writing the Christmas musical play for our church about seeing the Lord

August 17 Pray for Pamala teaching youth girls Sunday school class regularly, to lead effectively

August 18 Pray for the Chergash team to be able to complete the audio recording of their New Testament translation

August 19 Pray God will raise up donors & Roma translators to translate the rest of the NT in the Ludari language (only Luke has been done)

August 20 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the Serbian Arli translation of Joshua

August 21 Pray for the safe birth of Elizabeth & Stephen’s baby (any day now)

August 22 Pray for safe travels, to be a blessing to friends we see & to family in the Dallas area

August 23 Pray for a special time with Pam’s sisters & families, seeing her mom & dad’s headstones at the cemetery in Arlington, TX

August 24 Pray for a refreshing time with family & traveling home. Praise for a godly heritage.

August 25 Pray for each of our children to know & walk closely with the Lord & serve Him with all their hearts

August 26 Pray for wisdom for Todd & the other elder of our church to shepherd strategically (meeting tonight)

August 27 Pray for Daniel & Ariela to represent Jesus well as they begin their weekly Mighty Roots Academy school year

August 28 Pray for spiritual growth for Daniel & Ariela through Sunday & Wednesday meetings at our church

August 29 Pray for wisdom for the Aromanian team in Albania translating the New Testament into their language

August 30 Pray for wisdom & adequate prep time for Todd checking the Macedonian Arli translation of Matthew, 1-2 Timothy & Titus

August 31 Pray as we report this morning at CrossWay Bible Church, Blue Springs, MO, on our summer outreach

The Prices Write (August 2025)

Thank you for your financial support and your faithful prayers for the work of Bible translation among the Roma. Please continue to pray for long-lasting fruit to come from our summer outreach in Croatia in June (pictured above).

Please pray that the Lord will use the songs we sang, the stories we acted out, the Bible verses we memorized, and the love we showed to the 100 Roma kids to make disciples of Jesus in these two Roma villages (see Ariela playing with kids above).

Please also pray that the Lord will give the Roma kids a strong desire to read and listen to the Gospel of Luke and 50 chronological Bible stories we have translated into their two languages. Pray that God will use the books and cards with Internet links we distributed to help them immerse themselves in God’s Word and to allow God’s Word to take root in them (see Todd playing the audio and showing them Bible stories above).

Please also pray that we can find translators for their two languages, Bayash and Ludari, to translate more of the Bible into their languages. At present, we only have Luke and 50 chronological Bible stories. Please pray that we can find translators and funders to complete more of the New Testament in their languages soon.

Translation work in the other languages is going very well. We’ve checked Genesis chapters 1-46 in the Serbian Arli language and Matthew chapters 1-16 in the Macedonian Arli language. After completing these books, we will check their translation drafts of Joshua in Serbian Arli and 1-2 Timothy in Macedonian Arli.

The teams have finished recording the entire New Testament in the Serbian Arli language and are currently recording it in the Gurbet language. Pray they can find good readers for the Chergash language to record the New Testament in that language as well.

We taught the missions segment of Vacation Bible School at our church, CrossWay Bible Church in Blue Springs, MO. It was an excellent opportunity to challenge our local kids with a vision that they too can be missionaries (see Pam teaching above).

Todd has also been preaching, teaching, and sharing our missions updates locally in KC. He will be traveling to South Africa soon for meetings in his role as Regional Consultant Coordinator for The Word for the World Bible translators.

Daniel (pictured above) has been doing a lot of work repairing our house and will soon begin shadowing a friend from church to learn plumbing, electric, and HVAC. Ariela was able to attend a second Bible camp when a spot became available for those on the waiting list. And, we are excited about the birth of our first grandchild; Elizabeth is due in late August.

Todd & Pamala Price (Daniel & Ariela)