This is a photo gallery of the men’s conference that I took a few of our Roma men to in Hlinsko, CZ over the weekend. It was a great weekend and the men really seemed to enjoy it a lot. The conference was a unique blend of Americans, Czech nationals and Czech Roma men. I believe that God smiles down upon us when we all gather together in unity like this.
Today as Dawn and I were out shopping for a few things at our local Wal-Mart (Jackson, TN), we saw this box of Gloria Jean’s K-cup coffee. Man… in a flash, I thought back to 2009 when we first became acquainted with Gloria Jean’s Coffee there in Braila, Romania. Just outside the city limits of…
In 2009, Dawn and I moved to Romania to start our full-time missionary service with IMB. I could write volumes about that one event and how it came to be a reality. However, This post is about a vivid memory that came to mind a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon a beautiful drone…
Last night was a treat for me specifically and for my gathering family. A missionary friend of mine, Ben Armacost, happened to be in the West Tennessee area visiting family. When I found out about this, he and I connected and I asked him to come and share with this wonderful house group. Naturally, if…
Recently, a family that I know from the Czech Republic reached out to me to tell me about a powerful ministry effort that they have started. They are the Novy family. I worked alongside them in 2011 and 2012 in Brno, CZ and for an outreach effort in Jelsava, SK. Matej is the father of…
This is a group of acapella singers from the area around Brno, CZ who gathered at our Roma mission church one Sunday afternoon to sing praises to the Lord in the old American Southern Spiritual style. The group was made up of different religious denominations but they worshiped the Father as one… amen. Song #5
Today, if the Lord tarries, I will attend the “home going” service of an old friend and IMB colleague, Gayle Hill. In the years of my missionary service (and way before that) she was often called Mamma Gayle by Romanians and Americans who worked with her on mission trips to the area around Braila, RO….