To get this prayer list formatted as a calendar for printing, click “download” below: December 1 Pray for $365 more in monthly pledges for our missionary support (due to inflation & increased insurance premiums) December 2 Praise for Daniel & Ariela using their skills for God in the Christmas play (sound & singing/acting, respectively) DecemberContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for December 2023”
Category Archives: #RomaBible
Our new prayer card
Thank you for your prayers and financial support for this Bible translation ministry! Above is our new prayer card. Special thanks to a member of our church, Sydney Evans, for taking the picture and to our son, Matthew, for designing the card. We will be mailing out copies soon. If you don’t receive one inContinue reading “Our new prayer card”
In San Antonio
Thank you for your faithful prayers. I have been in San Antonio, TX, for the last eight days, attending annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. It has been a very profitable time of learning as I’ve listened to numerous lectures on various topics related to theology, as wellContinue reading “In San Antonio”
Our daily prayer calendar (November 2023)
For this prayer list formatted as a calendar for printing out, click “download” below: November 1 Pray for Todd teaching men’s Bible study on Wednesday nights on 1 John, for God’s empowerment & guidance November 2 Pray for wisdom for Todd as he prepares to consult on the translations of John in the Arli, GurbetContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar (November 2023)”
How much of the pie is eaten so far?
Thank you for your faithful prayers for the work of Bible translation! The pie chart above illustrates how much progress the teams have made in completing the translation of the New Testament in three Roma languages (Arli, Chergash and Gurbet). We’ve completed 56%, are in the middle of doing another 11% and have 33% thatContinue reading “How much of the pie is eaten so far?”
Report on teaching exegesis in Serbia to Roma Bible translators
Thank you for praying for my recent trip to Serbia. I met with the three Roma Bible translation teams I consult, and a new team starting on a Bible translation for Roma in Albania, and taught them a course on “Biblical Exegesis”. Exegesis is the process of studying and discovering the meaning of a text,Continue reading “Report on teaching exegesis in Serbia to Roma Bible translators”
Our daily prayer calendar for October 2023
To get this prayer list formatted as a calendar for printing out, click “Download” below: October 1 Pray Todd will quickly get over jet lag & adjust to the US time zone & stay healthy after his trip to Serbia October 2 Pray for Todd & Daniel attending monthly book study with other church men,Continue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for October 2023”
Flying out to Serbia tomorrow (The Prices Write)
Dear praying friends, Tomorrow I travel to Jagodina (which means “strawberry”; shown on map above), Serbia, to teach a class on biblical exegesis for a week. The Roma translators I consult are taking this course on how to discover the meaning of a Bible passage as part of their training, and they will be joinedContinue reading “Flying out to Serbia tomorrow (The Prices Write)”
“Don’t eat strangled animals” (Lost [and Found] in Translation, Installment #16)
We recently finished checking Acts in the Arli, Gurbet and Chergash languages. It was a four month process, fun to do, but also with many challenges. One of the challenges in Bible translation is what to do when there is implied background information that we know was clear to those who read the New TestamentContinue reading ““Don’t eat strangled animals” (Lost [and Found] in Translation, Installment #16)”
Our daily prayer calendar for September 2023
To get this prayer list formatted as a calendar for printing, click “download” below: September 1 Pray for a fruitful online Bible translations conference today for The Word for the World September 2 Pray Todd & Kirsten will be a blessing to his mom, Geri Price, as they visit her in Oklahoma City this weekendContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for September 2023”