Let me paint you a picture in words. Some of you may never have experienced this. By in large, I had not until the fall of 2001. Now, I see this picture painted almost on a daily basis. Ok, you are walking along and your mind is focused on the task that lays ahead… it…
Last night, I was blessed to be invited to meet with a group of people in Bucovice, CZ who have started gathering together to worship. My Roma preacher friend, Matej Novy, has been meeting with them. Bucovice is the city where he and his family live now. For the trip there, I took Pavel K….
In the Book of Acts we see a story about an amazing event which occurred in the life of the Apostle Paul. He had just met Jesus for the first time in an encounter on the Damascus Road. We all know the story… right? It is recorded in Acts 9:3-9 and tells of how his…
The last few days we have been seeing reports of civil unrest in different locations… mostly in Eastern Europe. Romania and Hungary have been in the news lately. The photo is of a scene in Bucharest, Romania where we lived for a time and where we still have friends and colleagues. First, let me ask…
On Saturday evening of last week I took a group of my Roma believer friends to a city just across the Slovakian border to a special religious service. This was described to me to be a sort of memorial service for a family member who had died the previous year. The service was held in…
I am putting this article here to keep an old promise to some friends in Romania. While Dawn and I served there, some of our friends in the ministry asked me to record a few songs that I used to sing in and around Braila. This song is a beautiful classic called “Mary Did You…
This is a sincere thanks to you! If you are taking time to read this and care enough to pray for us and our ministry, we are very very grateful. You will never know how important that your prayers are to us… and that is not just fluff, I’m serious. Tomorrow in my homeland, people…
Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet a couple in Prague who feel led to start a church there. This Roma couple, Milan & Vera, believe that God would have them to organize a church in the city where their friends can meet together and worship the Lord. They initiated contact with our organization requesting…
Again in the vein of thankfulness, let me give God my love and appreciation for opportunities to serve Him near and far. As a small town guy from rural West Tennessee, there was a time that I would have never dreamed that God would give me opportunities to serve him in so many places and…