Last week I was excited to have a visit from one of the elders (Keith) and the associate minister (David) of my sponsoring church, the Pond Springs Church in Austin, Texas. They spent a few days in Zagreb, along with Keith’s friend Chris. The four of us had a great time. The guys attended a […]

Yesterday we had a children’s ministry event at our building. This is the beginning of a monthly follow-up with children who have been attending our Champs Camp in the summer. We have a new partner in these monthly events. The organization we are partnering with is called Društvo Prijatelja Biblije (Association of Friends of the […]

I started Christmas Day with a drive into neighboring Slovenia. I spent the day with friends, Vanja and Sergej Kleindienst. Vanja is a graduate of the Bible Institute in Zagreb. They live with their three children in Razbor, a fairytale kind of place. It is a village right on the top of a mountain. There […]

Today started with worship at our church in Zagreb, with me preaching. I preached on, “Home for Christmas: Awaiting the Second Advent.” After church was Christmas Eve lunch with friends from church, who are also neighbors of mine, Boris and Ana Medved. Joining us for lunch were new friends visiting from Australia, Victor and Emma. […]

I thought I would share a series of three posts about my Christmas in Croatia this year. Tonight it started with a Christmas concert at the Baptist Church on Radićeva street, in the historic center of downtown Zagreb. Then after the concert, a walk around the center, along with half of the country it seemed. […]

Last Saturday we had a fun event at our church building. We invited families who have participated in Champs Camp to come for a “Family Christmas Club.” Several of us prepared some live music; our kids read the Christmas story from the gospel of Luke; and the families made decorations to take home. It was […]

After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s GIVING TUESDAY! How will you give today? Would you consider helping support my mission in Croatia? Or maybe you would like to help me complete my house construction fund. I am getting close to my goal. Only $6,000 left to raise. You can help put me over the […]

The last few weeks have been quite busy among the evangelical community in Zagreb. There have been several events, in churches and in public forums, surrounding the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in Europe. Everything culminated in an event that was held in the Croatian National Theater in October 31. All protestant […]

Welcome to my new ministry website! Setting up this site was my project this weekend. It was also a big learning experience for me. This website will take the place of my old Blogger blog, “Croatia Connection.” In fact, I have already re-directed the Blogger blog to this website. I have a little more work […]

As usual, this last summer was full of camps, with which I was involved; as leader, co-leader, and youth leader. In June, we marked the seventh year of our Champs Camp, a day camp for elementary school aged children. This camp is held at both our church/institute building, and at the large park at Jarun […]