Category Archives: #RomaBible

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 consultantContinue reading “8,000 miles, a new country & camaraderie with colleagues”

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

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)

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 visitContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar (August 2025)”

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, theContinue reading “The Prices Write (August 2025)”

New Testament recording status; need for more translators; Father’s Day pics

These pictures from Father’s Day are a bit late, but I wanted to share them anyway. Ariela took me out to Starbucks as her treat, Kirsten made a “cake” of fruit (since she knows I try to stay away from sweets), and we also had a cookout with Timothy, Elizabeth, and Daniel. We are backContinue reading “New Testament recording status; need for more translators; Father’s Day pics”

Visiting Slavonski Brod: Croatia summer outreach, #5

Thank you for your faithful prayers. As I write this, we are at the Zagreb, Croatia, airport, waiting to board our flights home (via Frankfurt, Germany, and Chicago). We’ve spent the last few days in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, the city where we used to live. We visited with friends and missionary colleagues here, including supperContinue reading “Visiting Slavonski Brod: Croatia summer outreach, #5”

Croatia summer outreach, #1

Thank you for praying for us. As you may know from the previous post, we were delayed for two days getting to Croatia. Just today, our luggage finally arrived, another three days late (for a total of five days late). But, the team in Croatia, as well as all the summer teamers, have been great,Continue reading “Croatia summer outreach, #1”

Packing for Croatia; prayer requests for final preparations

Next Wednesday, we leave for Croatia, so we have been busy packing and preparing for all the logistics to run the Vacation Bible School for children and teen day camp for Roma there with our summer teamers. (Above: Pam packing; below: team skit and song practice at our house) Our church youth group (pictured below)Continue reading “Packing for Croatia; prayer requests for final preparations”

Our daily prayer calendar (June 2025)

June 1 Pray for quick healing for Todd’s broken nose after 5/28 surgery June 2 Pray for Sergej & Željka as they translate the 3 Bible story skits & record them in Croatian for our VBS June 3 Pray for Todd & the Arli team checking their translation of Genesis June 4 Pray for Todd’sContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar (June 2025)”