Category Archives: #RomaBible

Giving to enable the harvest (Luke 10:3-7)

Above: A summer teamer from our home church gives Bayash Roma children the Gospel of Luke and 50 chronological Bible stories in their language. Your financial support and prayers made that possible, PTL! We praise God and thank you for your kind and generous financial support, which enables us to translate the Bible for RomaContinue reading “Giving to enable the harvest (Luke 10:3-7)”

Our daily prayer calendar for August 2024

(To get this prayer list formatted as a calendar for printing, click “download” below:) August 1 Pray for Ariela at the American Heritage Girls’ camp out today & tomorrow August 2 Praise God for His faithfulness & kindness to provide all of our needed financial support August 3 Pray for the salvation of family &Continue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for August 2024”

Interview about our trip to Croatia

We are back from Croatia and continue to praise God for the fruitful summer outreach there. Please pray for the 150 Roma kids who attended our Vacation Bible School and teen day camp that God’s Word would find good soil in their hearts and that many would embrace Christ. Pray especially that the Lord willContinue reading “Interview about our trip to Croatia”

Days 14-15 in Croatia: visiting friends in Slavonski Brod, flying home

Thank you for your prayers for us. We are currently at Chicago O’Hare waiting for the last leg of our journey back to Kansas City. We spent our last couple of days visiting with friends and our Pioneers colleagues in Slavonski Brod, where we used to live. They even took us across the border intoContinue reading “Days 14-15 in Croatia: visiting friends in Slavonski Brod, flying home”

Day 9-13 of Croatia trip: teen camp, preaching, visits

Thank you for your continued prayers. We’re grateful for how well things have gone in Croatia. Last Thursday, we had the second day of our teen camp, with 13 Roma kids attending. We sang several lively songs in Croatian, our summer teamer, Josiah, preached on the temptation of Jesus from Luke 4:1-13, we played theContinue reading “Day 9-13 of Croatia trip: teen camp, preaching, visits”

Day 7-8: VBS, book distribution, teen day camp

Thank you for your continued prayers. Yesterday morning, we returned to the smaller Roma village (where the Bayash language is spoken) and had even more kids in attendance. It is hard to count bodies in motion, but there seemed to be about 60 kids and over a dozen older teens and adults. The kids lovedContinue reading “Day 7-8: VBS, book distribution, teen day camp”

Day 6 of Croatia trip: VBS in two villages

Thank you for your faithful prayers for us. This morning we went to the smaller of the two villages, where the Bayash language is spoken. We received a very warm welcome with about 50 excited kids attending, and 15 or so interested teenagers and parents watching also. We repeated the same program which we hadContinue reading “Day 6 of Croatia trip: VBS in two villages”

Day 5: Bible club (VBS), first day

Thank you for your faithful prayers. Today we attended worship services at a nearby Croatian Baptist Church in the morning, enjoyed čevapi (a special, Bosnian fast food) for lunch, and then in the early afternoon we practiced and rehearsed the program for our first day of VBS. In the early evening we headed to theContinue reading “Day 5: Bible club (VBS), first day”

Day 3-4: Preparation for VBS in Croatia

Thank you for your continued prayers. Tomorrow, we will begin our Bible clubs (Vacation Bible School) with the Roma children. Yesterday and today, we have been meeting together as a team for worship and devotions, and Pam and I and the Pioneers missionaries have been sharing with the summer team our testimonies and calls toContinue reading “Day 3-4: Preparation for VBS in Croatia”

Day 1-2: Travel to Croatia

Thank you for your prayers for our trip. All eight of us arrived safe and sound at our destination in Croatia, where we were met by the Pioneers team of four, who live and work in Croatia with the Roma. We are grateful for God’s mercy that all our luggage arrived with us, and theContinue reading “Day 1-2: Travel to Croatia”