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Blog September 2026 - Count Your Blessings

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  Blog September 2026 Count Your Blessings There are times in life when you choose to pause and shouldn’t; times when you should pause and don’t and then there are times when you didn’t choose the pause, but what happens to you or around you. determines that the pause is going to happen. Since I am of the belief that God knows all things and there are no surprises to Him, that whatever situation or position I am in, He already knew. I can either choose to wrestle Him about it and lose or decide to walk in agreement with Him and settle into the pause with a mindset of asking why and not one of frustration that has a tinge of anger or disappointment. After all, where would that latter attitude or behavior get me, but only in greater disappointment, placing me in a position that I will not learn or be educated in the place I am in or at.  I say all that, to remind myself and prayerfully those that are reading this, that we continue to look to God in our plight, difficulty or situ...

Relationships Beginning and Others Deepening

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  Summer MiLO Relationships Beginning and Others Deepening HiS Print team surrounding our missionary friends from Ukraine One of the neatest aspects of relationships is the ever-changing needs associated with them. When there is a need for a listening ear, that’s what you do. When there is a need for advice that is what you provide. When encouragement is needed, then you open your arms, heart and home and be there to help, listen, suggest or simply love them. Saha and Marina Sasha and his bride Marina, their three children and both grandmothers came to HiS House from the Ukraine where they are from and live. They needed a time away from the nerve shattering tension of the war and a chance to be a family. Sasha had reached out to me before I left for Croatia and asked if they could come and stay at HiS House for a few days before they headed to the sandy beaches of Northern Italy.  Debbie and I with Sasha and Marina. We have been friends for over a decade and they are dedicated...

Texas Carnival

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  Downtown River Promenade Park in Sisak Croatia at night. This summer was our 20th year of being called to Croatia, some years coming up to three times, while most years just included our summer MiLO from middle of June to middle of July. We wanted to make it a special celebration, so on July 4th, while those of you here in the States celebrated America’s 250th birthday as a Nation, we were making the most of celebrating our 20th year by creating a very special Texas Carnival on the downtown river promenade in Sisak Croatia.  Not Everything is bigger in Texas, as this pizza box proves our point While in Croatia these past 20 years we have asked God to use us where He sees fit and He has never disappointed us in providing open doors to do just that. From blessing delivery drivers that deliver pizzas bigger than anything I’ve ever seen in Texas, through a smile and providing them with a healthy tip for bringing us lunch or supper. Pizza is a large part of our diet while we are ...

Goodbyes as well as Hellos Bring Tears

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Well, the third week of mission here in Sisak has come and gone. With the whole team here we have been able to accomplish and share His love in multiple places and to many many people. Two of our Football Coaches, Mike Norman and Brandon Hoybach, headed to Split Croatia and then on to Bosnia to spend time with several football teams and players we have developed relationships with over the years.   Flag football team in Split. Discipling and encouraging a fellow believer. Dino has been a key part of HiS Print for many years.  Although the coaches were not able to spend a great amount of time with more team members they were able to meet some new young talent and work with them one night. The key time was with Dino and encouraging him in his walk with the Lord and walking in full-time sports ministry. He lives in Split and was part of the baseball camp we had in Sisak, when he and Pastor Roni brought kids from Gracac. We have been asked by them to host a camp in Split in t...