Yesterday another one of the teens was baptized with whom I have worked over the last few years. I cannot take credit for this, as she was raised in a Christian home and in the church for most of her life. However, I would like to think that I have had some spiritual input into […]

August 8-15 saw us on the island of Ugljan, for camp at Činta. This marked the 45th consecutive summer the Churches of Christ in Croatia have gathered on the coast together for Bible camp. We also had several visitors from other churches in Zagreb, and from Slovenia. I led the teen discussion group, along with […]

 On June 16-19, for the fourth year in a row, we hosted Champs Camp at Lake Jarun in Zagreb. This was our biggest camp ever, with 93 children attending. We also had our largest group of Croatian teen helpers, many of whom were campers in previous years and who are now helping us put on […]

 On Saturday, May 24, we hosted a reception for alumni of the institute. We had a great barbecue lunch together at the home of Tom and Sandra Sibley. We heard from each alumnus in attendance, about their lives and ministries since graduation. We also spent some time praying for each graduate, their families, and their […]

I finally started the process yesterday to purchase land in Croatia. I signed the preliminary contracts and made the down payment. Now I must wait 2-3 months while my application to the government for permission to buy land as a foreigner goes through. Please pray with me that all of this goes through smoothly, with […]

Sometimes my work is not so externally visible. I do a lot of “behind the scenes” organizing and planning, and then execution of different projects. Because of this I think sometimes my posts on this blog may not reflect a lot of “work” that is being done by me day to day. Just so there […]

Last Saturday our church leadership team, of which I am a part, along with our elders, started on a process of evaluating where we are as a congregation; as well as discerning our purpose, vision, and mission for the future. We expect this process to  play out over the next several weeks. We felt this […]

The week before last found us on the coast, in Crikvenica, for the annual spring retreat of the Churches of Christ in Croatia. We had churches from all over the country represented, as well as guests from Slovenia and Austria. We also had a contingent from a Church of God congregation in eastern Croatia. Our […]

Last Monday Mislav and I from Zagreb drove to Zlatoličje, Slovenia, where we met co-workers from a sister church in Varaždin, Croatia. We were all guests there for lunch in the home of Andrej and Nina Lovše. Andrej and Nina are graduates of Biblijski institut and are seeing success in their church plant that is […]