Tag Archives: Croatia

Daniel in Croatia; summer team wanted; translation progress

Seeing Daniel off at the airport in Kansas City DANIEL IN CROATIA: We are so proud of Daniel, who is in Croatia for 10 days working with a team to help finish a halfway house being built by the church we attended in Croatia (where he was baptized when we lived there)! He is workingContinue reading “Daniel in Croatia; summer team wanted; translation progress”

Daniel’s trip funded; upcoming Christmas program; Bible translation progress

Daniel did a great job sharing with our church about his upcoming trip to Croatia in February 2026 to serve on a team helping to build a foster care center for the church. (We’re pictured above praying over him.) The Lord has provided all the finances he needs for the trip. We enjoyed a niceContinue reading “Daniel’s trip funded; upcoming Christmas program; Bible translation progress”

Todd traveling to Thailand; Daniel preparing for Croatia

I’m writing this from the airport in Kansas City, on my way to Thailand for Bible translation meetings. I’d appreciate your prayers for safety and health in travels, and primarily that the Lord will use these highly strategic meetings to encourage and equip me and my fellow Bible translators in this high and holy task.Continue reading “Todd traveling to Thailand; Daniel preparing for Croatia”

Matthew’s visit; Daniel’s upcoming trip to Croatia

Dear praying friends, Matthew recently visited us from Atlanta for several days, which was really fun, and he was able to meet his first niece, Baby Sell! (See pictures above.) Insurance approval for a prosthetic arm was denied by his company’s insurance, but he has started a new job with a different insurance provider, andContinue reading “Matthew’s visit; Daniel’s upcoming trip to Croatia”

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.

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)”

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”

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”

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”