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…
As our American holiday of Thanksgiving draws closer, I think I will write a few articles about the things which I am thankful for. There is so much but I will attempt to hit on a few of the areas which come to my mind as the Lord leads. I will start with “technology.” Isn’t…
Today as I was prayerwalking in the brisk morning air here in Brno, I was thinking about a lot of things and for some reason a VERY old memory came into my mind. This memory caused me to think about how hard it is as an adult (especially a male) to approach God with a…
When you have made the decision to move overseas into a new culture and environment, you may think you “sort of know” how it will be but in the end, you really don’t. There are huge differences between staying in a new culture for 7 to 10 days on a mission trip or even for…