HiS PRINT Ministries Updates

This thank you was sent from the oldest member of the Sisak Storks baseball team in Croatia and one of the first people I met on my first visit in 2006. Neven has come to know Jesus as his personal Savior and Lord and we have developed a precious relationship these past 12 years. His influence in Sisak is making waves for Jesus and creating an environment of gratitude and servant leadership.  Read how God has turned over his heart and is leading him as a husband, father, army man, baseball coach and mentor! David (right) with Neven (left) and Damir, Little League Secretary (middle) Dear friends My story with H i S PRINT started way before  H i S PRINT  even existed and I want to share what influence and impact it had on my life. I've been involved in the Sisak Storks baseball club since I was 14 years old and had the chance to first train and translate for my teammates, and later coach the team of my peers and now coaching our Little league tea...

You never know how much impact you may have on someone whom you have the opportunity to interact with, even if the time with them may be short, it can make a life changing impact, not only on this earth, but also eternally! Below is a thank you from a Serbian young man who began to play American football the very same year we met him at a camp in Slovenia. Read below to see the impact that the HiS PRINT coaches had on this young man! My name is Valamir Miskovic and I was Born in Serbia, a country located in Eastern Europe, I was raised watching sports and listening about great sportsmen and great achievements that placed our country on the world map. Surrounded by sports like soccer, basketball, and tennis, I had never thought about playing anything other than those sports. When I first got in touch with the game of football in 2016, football was a sport played by 2,000 enthusiasts, ranging from 10 to 50 years of age. Even though football was not a common sport for our region, insp...

Well, made it back safely to Texas and especially into my Baby Doll's arms! Oh did I miss her and couldn’t wait for those plane doors to open so I could sprint into her waiting arms! We both said that this was the toughest mission so far and that in years moving ahead she needed to be by my side! Nothing would make me happier!  The last couple of days in-country were used to tie up loose ends, tidy up things around H i S HOUSE and the warehouse, inventory our needs for things in the future so we can place on the shipment in January, travel to new places where God is opening the doors, as well as spend some quality time saying goodbye to dear friends. In some ways those days of quiet after the storm of the mission are a blessing and in other ways they are the most difficult!  1.  Janko, our dear brother and my close friend who has opened his heart and home to us for these past 12 years!  2.  Lordan & Martina, HiS PRINT team members on the ground ...

God has really blessed H i S PRINT with many relationships and friendships over the years and He has accelerated that process these past few years through deepening existing ones and opening new! Damir has become a dear friend and a valuable help for  H i S PRINT  every year by receiving our equipment shipments. He is also one of the backbones of the Croatia Baseball Federation and Croatia Little League. Over the last several years  H i S PRINT  has been a resource in helping them develop a local Little League program. His desire for Croatia Little League to become a building program for the Croatia Baseball Federation is shared by the entire Little League board. They are building a farm system to get youth involved at an earlier age! This past week we had a chance to meet in Zagreb and spend some quality time together. Please pray for the marriage between those two baseball organizations. What could be a beautiful thing has had some very rough roads! M...

These past few days have been rough as well as an extreme blessing of slowing down and taking an overall view of what   H i S PRINT  has been able to accomplish. Obviously I can only speak from my own experience and observations, but God has shown me more of His vision of what He has in store for us. The last three days I have spent coughing and with a head filled of sinus congestion. It’s a combination of getting run down, cold I caught during the baseball tournament and allergies from all the ragweed that is coming into bloom! However, the time spent with God while alone, as well as with others while well enough to do so, has been such a blessing.  I’m gonna use relationships to help tell the story of God’s divine plan appointments, which will help paint the picture of His purpose for  H i S  PRINT. Janko and I, aka Lewis and Clark, have spent the last couple of days on more adventures into the Croatian nature and culture. Over these past couple of ...

As I’ve been wrapping things up these past few days, I’ve had some time to reflect upon this trip and what  H i S  Print means to me. It’s often hard for me to explain why I spend my summers (and the months leading up to them) in Croatia. While I know the reasons in my heart, it’s so hard for me to verbalize that to others. People typically think I’m going for vacation, even when I explain that I’m going for an Mission Learning Opportunity and that we are constantly on the go with service projects. Without hesitation I still get responses like, “have a restful time!” or “enjoy having some time off!”. While I have had some moments of rest and some limited time off to rest, recover, and recharge throughout the MLO, I never go for the purpose of rest, relaxation, or vacation. As a teacher, God has blessed me with a job in which I get my summers “off,” but I never want to take that for granted and waste that time. My summers are His, just like the school year is His. I’ve been ...

Sitting in downtown Sisak, first with Mouseman & Taki watching that relationship bloom and then me with Miro (one of the Sisak officials) at one of the cafes along the Kupa river, I realize how truly blessed we are with the relationships built over the years! The trust in those relationships, through loving them right where they are, has allowed us to increase the interest of their observation and peak it to the point of asking why! It has also allowed us to tie scripture into conversation and not be ignored! For example, today when Miro began to tell the history of the political situation now and in recent & past history, I was able to point out to him the work that Nehemiah did in Jerusalem, when God called him back to rebuild the walls! He had no idea that was in the Bible.  It was just a blessing to watch God make his soil (soul) more receptive to the truth of Christ’s love! Mouseman & Taki Me with Miro, official from Sisak Through all of that I was remin...

Life at HiS HOUSE from the point of view of our House Moms! HiS HOUSE Moms:  Kim Cissell and Sharon Beal During the heaviest days of the MLO, the population at  H i S  House ranges from 20-30 people. Managing the household gets a bit harried, as you can well imagine!  Sharon Beal and I (Kim Cissell) do the bulk of the house-tending during those busy days. This encompasses all you might expect: grocery shopping, arranging meals, preparing rooms for incoming members, floors, laundry, etc.  Dishes are done by hand so everyone pitches in - we go through dish towels at breakneck pace! There are now 2 washing machines so we keep the clotheslines full of drying clothes, sheets, and towels. The four bathrooms are cleaned every morning, floors swept and mopped, H i S House kept comfortable and welcoming.  The work Sharon and I do enables the other team members to head out to ministry each morning fed, rested, and in clean clothing. They c...

This was an article posted today in City News Sisak that explains our H i S PRINT mission statement to the T! “We use our step to leave  H i S  PRINT by loving people where they are and loving them till they ask why!” Whether it’s 6 feet or 6,000 miles away, God calls us all to love others as He has loved us! Enjoy the article and know that we appreciate your support in allowing us to to do this year after year. HE DID IT! Let’s Do IT! GI „Moj grad Sisak“: “Veliko srce naših prijatelja iz Amerike” http://portal53.hr/gi-moj-grad-sisak-veliko-srce-nasih-prijatelja-iz-amerike/ The English translation is below, but you'll want to click on the link to see the original! Sisak- for the sixth year in a row members of HiS Print Ministries, a christian charity organization out of Texas, America, have been visiting and helping out in various ways our citizen initiative "Moj grad Sisak" and their users. This year was no exception, they went in on broad Sisak area an...

Well, HE DID IT! The European 15U Championship was played out on The NEST in its entirety, with the Championship completed on Saturday! God created a miracle and used the Field of Faith to touch more and more lives. Just to back-track a bit and remind all of you:  on June 25th we had a field of dirt and in 21 days we had enough grass to play the tournament. In my earthly mind I knew there was no way we would play because there would not be enough grass for the field to be playable, plus with any sort of rain we would have mud up to our necks. Well God proved me wrong again, and not only did the grass grow enough to be playable, but several thunderstorms moved through and dumped a whole bunch of rain on the field during the tournament! But with some hard work from the Storks organization and some revamping of the schedule, the tournament was completed and God gets all the glory. H i S PRINT was mentioned time and time again by the tournament organizers in Sisak, telling the teams...