Tag Archives: summer teams

Our financial support; our trip to Croatia

We are so grateful to you all for your prayers for us and your faithful financial support! We wanted to mention that, due to increases in the cost of living (health insurance, vision and dental insurance, groceries, utilities, car insurance, and other car expenses, etc.), we now lack $2,000 per month to have our fullContinue reading “Our financial support; our trip to Croatia”

Wanted: Summer Teamers for Croatia, June 10-20, 2026

Starting at 50:00, watch “The Harvest is Plentiful, but the Laborers are Few”, Matthew 9:35-38 (a sermon preached February 15, 2026, at Metropolitan Bible Church, Oklahoma City, OK) WANTED: SUMMER TEAMERS FOR CROATIA What: helpers to run VBS & teen/tween campWho: 4-8 people, 18-years of age or older, who love kids & the BibleWhen: June 10-20, 2026Where: Sisak, CroatiaHowContinue reading “Wanted: Summer Teamers for Croatia, June 10-20, 2026”

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)”

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”

The Prices Write (June 2025)

There are nine summer teamers going to Croatia with us from June 18-28. This week, we met (pictured above at our house) to begin learning the songs and Bible story skits, and discuss logistics for the VBS and teen clubs we will be holding for the Roma kids. 100% of the funding we needed toContinue reading “The Prices Write (June 2025)”

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 5: Bible club (VBS), first day

Thank you for your faithful prayers. Today we attended worship services at a nearby Croatian Baptist Church in the morning, enjoyed čevapi (a special, Bosnian fast food) for lunch, and then in the early afternoon we practiced and rehearsed the program for our first day of VBS. In the early evening we headed to theContinue reading “Day 5: Bible club (VBS), first day”