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Our daily prayer calendar for June 2026

June 1 Pray for Todd attending Bible translation consultation strategy meetings in Nairobi today through Wednesday June 2 Pray for Pam, Daniel & Ariela finishing work on Matthew’s house & driving home from Atlanta, GA June 3 Pray for God’s leading as we plan & make decisions in our Nairobi meetings re: training new consultantsContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for June 2026”

Mother’s Day; Daniel’s graduation; New Testament distribution; summer team prep

Mother’s Day picnic at the lake.L-R: Timothy, Daniel, Kirsten, Ariela, Pamala, Elizabeth, Baby Sell, Stephen FAMILY UPDATE We’re thankful for wonderful times together as a family, including a Mother’s Day picnic where the KC kids could join us and celebrate Pamala. We enjoyed celebrating Daniel’s high school graduation in a ceremony with two of hisContinue reading “Mother’s Day; Daniel’s graduation; New Testament distribution; summer team prep”

Daniel’s high school graduation; Ariela in Cinderella; Texas family reunion

We are very proud of Daniel, our 2026 graduate! We will celebrate with Daniel and two of his friends, who are also graduating, from the school our kids attend on Wednesdays. Daniel will continue the work he loves, learning and honing his skills in plumbing, electrical, and HVAC at PS Property Services in Blue Springs,Continue reading “Daniel’s high school graduation; Ariela in Cinderella; Texas family reunion”

Arrived in Serbia!

Hello from Serbia, where Pamala and I arrived yesterday. We’re thankful for safe travel, our bags coming through without a hitch, and good sleep on our first night despite jet lag. We enjoyed the warm fellowship of friends/colleagues who live in Belgrade, Serbia, Eric and Susan. They were on our team in Bosnia 22 yearsContinue reading “Arrived in Serbia!”

We finished 1 Samuel in Gurbet! (Lost [and found] in translation, installment #19)

This week, I finished the consultant (quality assurance) check of 1 Samuel with the Gurbet language team. As soon as they run the final checks for punctuation, spelling, and formatting, and do one more read-through, this will be published to the Internet and available for the world to see! We love it when each verseContinue reading “We finished 1 Samuel in Gurbet! (Lost [and found] in translation, installment #19)”

Family pictures and some encouraging words

All the kids were home for Christmas. Back row (L-R): Daniel, Matthew, Timothy, Elizabeth (Sell), Stephen (Sell), Jonathan. Front row (L-R): Kirsten, Todd, Pamala, Ariela As 2025 draws to a close, we send you our love and greetings. Here are some pictures of the family and our Christmas festivities, a short Bible translation update, andContinue reading “Family pictures and some encouraging words”

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 fullContinue reading “Back from Thailand”

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”

Touring, preaching, visiting: Croatia summer outreach, #4

Thank you for your continued prayers. On Friday, we took the summer team members by train to Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia. It was relaxing to see the cathedrals from the outside, enjoy good pizza, coffee, and ice cream, and buy souvenirs. The following morning, on Saturday, we took them to the airport forContinue reading “Touring, preaching, visiting: Croatia summer outreach, #4”

Tween/Teen camp: Croatia summer outreach, #3

Thank you for your prayers. Today we held the second day of our tween/teen camp. In the picture above, the kids are listening to and reading Luke 7:1-10 in their Ludari language, which for me was the greatest highlight of the camp. Our summer teamers played with the kids, interacted with them over lunch andContinue reading “Tween/Teen camp: Croatia summer outreach, #3”