Thank you to all of you who so generously give to make possible the ministry of translating the Bible for Roma. We greatly appreciate your kindness and are constantly amazed and humbled at your generosity. Thank you so much! It is always a joy to make progress in translation and today we completed the consultantContinue reading “Today is #GivingTuesday”
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Thanksgiving celebrations; progress in translating Gospel of Luke in all 5 languages
THE PRICES WRITE December 2020 (PART 1) Thank you for your faithful prayers for us! Due to the increase in COVID cases and the health condition of Todd’s parents, we had to cancel going to Oklahoma City for Thanksgiving. (Todd’s dad, Max, has a very compromised immune system due to chemotherapy for colon cancer). ButContinue reading “Thanksgiving celebrations; progress in translating Gospel of Luke in all 5 languages”
Our new prayer card; please pray for the health of our translators
We’re thankful for the great work that Matthew did in making our new prayer card! Here are some updated prayer requests: Pray for one of our translators, Nedeljko, who is in great danger of kidney failure. He has had kidney issues for a long time, but they have gotten much worse. He is out ofContinue reading “Our new prayer card; please pray for the health of our translators”
Travels, COVID and upcoming missions sermon
This Sunday, 11/8, I will be preaching a missions message at our home church, CrossWay Bible Church in Blue Springs, MO. If you have not had a chance yet to hear this message, feel free to tune in live at 9:00 am or watch it at any other time online after. (CORRECTION ADDED 11/13: apparentlyContinue reading “Travels, COVID and upcoming missions sermon”
The Scriptures and the Power of God: Luke 24:13-49
What does our ministry of Bible translation look like? What is Bible translation for the Roma, why do we do it, how do we do it, and for whom do we do it? I have two goals in this blog post. I want to share a passage of Scripture with you, and at the sameContinue reading “The Scriptures and the Power of God: Luke 24:13-49”
Our daily prayer calendar for November 2020 (The Prices Write)
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer;listen to my plea for grace.(Ps. 86:6 ESV Our Daily Prayer Calendar for November 2020 (The Prices Write, part 2) To download this prayer list in the format of a calendar for printing out, go here: November 1 Pray for rest, refreshment & spiritual edification for all of usContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for November 2020 (The Prices Write)”
Field testing the Gospel of Luke in Croatia & Serbia (The Prices Write, November 2020, part 1)
In these pictures, our Roma Bible translators are doing what we call “field testing” or “community checking”. This is when they meet with other speakers of their Roma languages and ask for feedback from them on the translation so we can make sure that what we have translated clearly communicates to them. Sometimes this isContinue reading “Field testing the Gospel of Luke in Croatia & Serbia (The Prices Write, November 2020, part 1)”
Pray for translators with COVID
Unfortunately, two of our translators and their family have tested positive for COVID-19 and are in quarantine at home. Please pray for quick healing for them, and for the other people they were around recently when testing the translation of Luke to not contract COVID. Thank you for praying!
Pray for our translators
Please pray for two of our translators and their family. They are sick now and it appears that they have COVID symptoms. Pray also for the other Roma they were with recently when they were doing field testing in Serbia. Pray for health, healing, and safety for all of them.
“But will they understand it?” Pray for field testing today and tomorrow of Luke in the Chergash language
We love working on the translation of the Scriptures into the various Roma languages. At the end of the day, however, if the average Roma does not understand what it says, then we have missed our goal. That is why it is so important to do what we call “field testing” or “community checking”. ThisContinue reading ““But will they understand it?” Pray for field testing today and tomorrow of Luke in the Chergash language”