I am currently involved in discipling three young men. We usually talk about life, and read a chapter of the Bible together, and discuss it. Two of the boys are shown in the photo at right below, reading their Bibles on their own this summer. Adam (14, in the photo with me at left below) […]

This fall we are having good size groups for our youth meetings, between 15-20 teens each time. More are coming regularly this school year than last year, and a few new ones as well, both Croatians and Ukrainians. As usual, we had Bible lessons and discussion groups, games, food, fellowship, and worship. At the end […]

Since summer of 2023, Iva Matijević, a Croatian, has been working alongside us with the Ukrainians we are assisting here. Iva has been invaluable in this role, as she is fluent in Croatian, English, and Ukrainian.  As such, she has been able to help the Ukrainians in ways the rest of us could not. In […]

School started again in Croatia on September 4. With the start of school also comes the start of our regular youth meetings for the school year, after the summer break when everyone flees to the coast. We kicked things off with a great gathering at my house the Saturday after school started. The photo above […]

In the middle of July we came back from our youth camp. We are so grateful that this was one of the best youth camps we have done so far. Much thanks to the five adults and 19 teens from the Southside Church of Christ, in Lexington, Kentucky, who came to participate in the camp […]

I am currently mentoring and discipling four young men. We meet regularly for discussion about life, and for Bible study. This is something amazing that God has been doing in a year when we have not been able to do many of our group ministry activities.

For the fifth year, we held our Youth Camp last week. It was four great days of learning about Jesus, playing together, enjoying fellowship, and worshiping together. We had 30 teenagers, our best attended Youth Camp so far. Seven great adult staff also helped make the camp happen. It was also a success in that […]

It was great to have my Aunt Ann and Uncle Joe in Croatia for a visit this month. They spent several days with me, meeting some of the people who are important to me here, and seeing a few of the sites. Joe even helped me burn brush on my property, in preparation for laying […]

Earlier this month was our 9th annual Champs Camp. Once again, over 100 neighborhood children in two areas of Zagreb enjoyed singing, Bible lessons, crafts, games, and lots of fun. Because of rainy weather, we used a large indoor/outdoor covered space that is part of a night club. I said that it may have been […]

Youth and children’s ministry activities the last two weekends were a great way to start out the new year. First, On January 11 and 12 we had a Friday overnight retreat with our teen volunteers from Champs Camp, and on Saturday we held a one day Champs Camp at our building.