Click below to download the prayer calendar in a format for printing out: August 1 Pray that all the details will come together for Todd to be able to travel to Croatia & Serbia next month to meet with the translators August 2 Pray for COVID travel restrictions into Croatia & Serbia to allow easyContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for August 2021”
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Update on Todd’s mom & Pam’s surgery; Bible translation progress
Thank you all so much for your faithful prayers. What an encouragement to know that you all are standing with us and holding us up before the throne of grace! Mom is doing well in the nursing home and has adjusted extremely well. We were able to be with her on Mother’s Day which isContinue reading “Update on Todd’s mom & Pam’s surgery; Bible translation progress”
Our daily prayer calendar for May 2021
Click to download this prayer list formatted as a calendar for printing out: May 1 Pray we can get a lot of mom & dad’s unneeded belongings out of the house this weekend in time for free pickup by the city May 2 Pray for wisdom as we & our translation consultant check Luke chaptersContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for May 2021”
Team work & prayer for more workers
This week I had the privilege of observing a workshop (via Zoom) and learning from another mission as they checked the first half of the book of Jeremiah in a different Roma language spoken in another Easter European country. It is thrilling to see that, once they finish this and two more Old Testament propheticContinue reading “Team work & prayer for more workers”
So, what have we learned so far?
We are praising God for bringing us to another milestone. As of this week, we have completed the consultant check for the entire Gospel of Luke in the Arli, Bayash, Chergash and Gurbet languages! We still have work to do as we check over the translation of key terms in the book, write the glossaryContinue reading “So, what have we learned so far?”
Family and missions update
Go here to watch the update on our family and the Bible translation work, beginning of minute 19: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=678412312775149&ref=watch_permalink
Update on Matthew; next steps moving forward (The Prices Write, April 2020
As most of you know, our 21-year old son, Matthew, was in a severe motorcycle accident near Walnut Creek, California, on January 18. He spent 46 days in the hospital and underwent ten surgeries, including the amputation of his left arm at the elbow. We praise God for sparing Matthew’s life during the accident andContinue reading “Update on Matthew; next steps moving forward (The Prices Write, April 2020”
Luke 1-2 & 50 Bible stories printed & distributed in Gurbet & Arli
Before I had to quickly leave Croatia to come to the States after Matthew’s accident, we had been waiting for the printers in Serbia to print a booklet of Luke chapters 1-2 and a book of 50 illustrated Bible stories in three of the Roma languages (Gurbet, Arli and Chergash). These have been printed, andContinue reading “Luke 1-2 & 50 Bible stories printed & distributed in Gurbet & Arli”
How great our joy (The Prices Write, January 2020, part 1)
How great was our joy when our hands held the first printing of the first of the five translations we have been working on for the last three years: a 684-page book of 50 illustrated Bible stories, printed in parallel columns in the Croatian and Bayash languages, and a 24-page booklet containing the Gospel ofContinue reading “How great our joy (The Prices Write, January 2020, part 1)”
The crackle of wood, the barking of dogs …
The Prices Write, December 2019, part 1 The crackle of the logs in the woodstove heating our small room, the dogs barking excitedly at the horse passing by pulling the wagon, the neighbors blaring pop music through open windows so the whole neighborhood can know that they have just had a grandchild, the door toContinue reading “The crackle of wood, the barking of dogs …”