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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”

Day 1-2: Travel to Croatia

Thank you for your prayers for our trip. All eight of us arrived safe and sound at our destination in Croatia, where we were met by the Pioneers team of four, who live and work in Croatia with the Roma. We are grateful for God’s mercy that all our luggage arrived with us, and theContinue reading “Day 1-2: Travel to Croatia”

Leaving for Croatia tomorrow morning

Above: our team practicing Bible skits and songs. Below: Ariela and her cousin packing candy to give out at Vacation Bible School; Pam packing suitcases including VBS supplies Tomorrow morning, we leave for our 15-day trip to Croatia. Please join us in prayer for the following: 1. Pray for good health and for us toContinue reading “Leaving for Croatia tomorrow morning”

Update on Pam’s mom & preparations for Croatia

Thank you for your prayers for Pam’s mom, Barbie Hughes. She has enjoyed special times with all four of her children (pictured above) eating blueberry pie (!) and singing hymns and spiritual songs together (in harmony!) Barbie’s kidney and liver function numbers are moving in the right direction and we are praising God that sheContinue reading “Update on Pam’s mom & preparations for Croatia”

Big news regarding the summer team!

Pictures from last year’s Vacation Bible School in the same Roma village From Pamala: Big news regarding the summer team: All four summer teamers, young adults from our church, have wisely purchased their plane tickets while the price was right so that we’ll all be on the same three flights heading to Croatia on JuneContinue reading “Big news regarding the summer team!”

Heading to Croatia this summer

Last summer’s Vacation Bible School outreach in Croatia From Pamala: Great news, everybody! Four young adults from our home church in Kansas City have committed to going to Croatia with us this June for ministry to the Roma! For ten days, they will accompany us (Todd, Pamala, Daniel, and Ariela) to the same Roma villageContinue reading “Heading to Croatia this summer”

Days 10-11, Croatia trip: tourism day, debrief, departure of summer teamers

Thank you for your prayers for our time in Croatia. Yesterday, we and the team took a day for tourism and went to a beautiful national park in Croatia, full of lakes and waterfalls. It was about an 11-hour outing so we returned exhausted, but the views were gorgeous and the change of scenery wasContinue reading “Days 10-11, Croatia trip: tourism day, debrief, departure of summer teamers”

Day 8, Croatia trip: 1st day of teen day camp

Thank you for your prayers. Today our team drove 15 Roma teens from the Roma village into the city where we met in the park by the river. After praying and singing a couple of praise songs, one of our summer teamers (Christian) gave a gospel-centered sermon and another (Anna) gave her testimony. After that,Continue reading “Day 8, Croatia trip: 1st day of teen day camp”

Day 7, Croatia trip: VBS theme of Jesus, the Good Shepherd

Our third and final day of VBS in the Roma village went well. Even though it had rained heavily in the night, the field where we met was not too wet. With the Roma kids our team prayed, sang lively VBS songs, performed a drama of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, played music games, madeContinue reading “Day 7, Croatia trip: VBS theme of Jesus, the Good Shepherd”

Days 1-3, Croatia trip: arrived and preparing

Thank you for praying for us. We are grateful that we all made it safely to Croatia and were able to sleep well the first night. Our flights and one of the flights for the college students were delayed, which made for an extremely long day, but we are thankful that we, they and allContinue reading “Days 1-3, Croatia trip: arrived and preparing”