BIBLE TRANSLATION UPDATE: Thank you for faithfully praying for us and generously giving financially to support our Bible translation work for Roma in Croatia, Serbia, and beyond. We’re excited that over the next few days the Arli language team will be making an audio recording of the Gospel of Mark which we recently finished translating.Continue reading “Of Gentile centurions and dirty animals: Lost (and found) in translation, #15; Ariela & Daniel’s school play, “Annie””
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154% donated for our trip to Croatia; “of Alpheus” and “of encouragement”: lost (and found) in translation, #14
Yes, you read that correctly! Praise God and thank you for your generous giving. We have received $15,405 of the $10,000 that we need for our trip to Croatia this summer! The extra money will help so much if we have extra expenses on this trip, and whatever is left over we will keep toContinue reading “154% donated for our trip to Croatia; “of Alpheus” and “of encouragement”: lost (and found) in translation, #14″
67% donated for our trip to Croatia; “in another form”: lost (and found) in translation, installment #13
UPCOMING TRIP TO CROATIA: Thank you for your prayers for our upcoming trip to Croatia (June 28-July 12). We have our airline tickets purchased, and since we wrote last month, we have received $6,755 of the $10,000 needed! Praise God and thank you for your kindness. If you would like to give to help usContinue reading “67% donated for our trip to Croatia; “in another form”: lost (and found) in translation, installment #13″
Help send us to Croatia this summer (The Prices Write)
This June 28-July 8, our family (Todd, Pam, Daniel and Ariela) are going to Croatia to help put on a vacation Bible school and teen/tween Bible day camp for Roma in the village near Sisak. This is the village where Pioneers has had ministry for many years and were we have gone with several summerContinue reading “Help send us to Croatia this summer (The Prices Write)”
278 homes visited; encouraging friendships & visits; grateful for family & missions partnerships!
We’ve got lots of pictures for this update! Pictured at top is a copy of the Gospel of Luke and 50 chronological Bible stories in the Ludari language, the Roma language spoken in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, where we used to live. Sergej and Željka (pictured above) and the Pioneers team went to all 198 housesContinue reading “278 homes visited; encouraging friendships & visits; grateful for family & missions partnerships!”
Goosebumps for the Gospel?
Our colleagues in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, continue to hand out copies of the Gospel of Luke and 50 chronological Bible stories in the village near where we used to live. Not long ago they went to 40 different homes and offered a printed copy while also playing the audio through portable speakers. Only one familyContinue reading “Goosebumps for the Gospel?”
“That’s our language!”
O happy day! We praise the Lord for getting the Gospel of Luke and 50 chronological Bible stories printed in our 5th Roma language (called Ludari). This is the language spoken in the village in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, where we used to live. In the picture above, I’m standing in front of the Roma flagContinue reading ““That’s our language!””
Our daily prayer calendar for July 2022
To download this prayer list formatted as a calendar for printout, click below: July 1 Pray for wisdom for Todd consulting for the translation of Exodus in three languages spoken in Tanzania July 2 Praise God for providing a second car for us! Pray Todd will be a blessing to his mom, driving down toContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for July 2022”
Bible stories are now printed in Ludari language; God provided a second car; Matthew’s hospital bills resolved
Our list of things for which to praise God just keeps growing! Thank you for your faithful prayers. See how God is answering! ANOTHER BIBLE TRANSLATION UPDATE: The full-color, illustrated book with 50 chronological Bible stories in the Ludari Roma language has now been printed! We also printed these same stories in a diglot (two-languageContinue reading “Bible stories are now printed in Ludari language; God provided a second car; Matthew’s hospital bills resolved”
Translating Matthew & Exodus; visiting Mom; setting up our house
BIBLE TRANSLATION UPDATE There is so much to praise God for and so many answers to prayer: Over the last two weeks, I met by Zoom with the Roma translators each work day. We were spread out between me in Kansas City (seven time zones away) and the translators in various cities in Croatia, Serbia,Continue reading “Translating Matthew & Exodus; visiting Mom; setting up our house”