Tag Archives: #RomaBible

Ariela’s birthday; Daniel’s work project; “Everything not out of faith is sin” (Lost [and found] in translation, installment #18)

FAMILY UPDATEFor the first time in over 33 years, we don’t have any “children” living at home. Ariela turned 13, so we only have teenagers at home now (Daniel is 16). Ariela really enjoyed her birthday celebration and her recent camping trip with her American Heritage Troop (pictured above). Daniel flew to Atlanta for threeContinue reading “Ariela’s birthday; Daniel’s work project; “Everything not out of faith is sin” (Lost [and found] in translation, installment #18)”

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”

Our daily prayer calendar for July 2024

To download this prayer list formatted for printing out, click “download” below: July 1 Pray we will be a blessing to our Roma Bible translators as we visit them in Vukovar, Croatia, today July 2 Pray for spiritual growth for the Baptist Church in Slavonski Brod, Croatia & for the salvation of more people inContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for July 2024”

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 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”