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October 2025

October 2025

Hey everyone, It has been a fast, fun, and eventful time in the States and we can't believe it's time to cross the pond again! We feel a bit discombobulated and ambiguous in crossing the waters as it seems to be a monumental time in the life of our country and with...

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June 2025

June 2025

Dear friends and family, I just wanted to give you a brief update from our last newsletter and to thank you for your continued prayers. Answers to prayer and requests: Trey preached two great sermons last Sunday, despite having been sick for a few days prior to...

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November 2024

November 2024

Dear friends and family, We are having an amazing fall season! The weather and colors have been superb, unlike the usual drab gray, clouds, fog and rain in Central Europe. Also, God has continued to answer your prayers on our behalf as we have had many opportunities...

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November 2024

November 2024

Dear family and friends, Please remember us and our church plant, Connect, here in Bratislava as we have a weekend retreat in the mountains near Bratislava. We begin this Saturday morning and end after lunch on Sunday. Pray for protection over all who attend and a...

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October 6, 2024

October 6, 2024

Dear friends and family, It was so wonderful to be back in Revuca to see all of our brothers and sisters in Christ and others in the community.☺️We so appreciate your prayers while we were there and God answered in so many marvelous ways! We are seeing God raise up...

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July 2024

July 2024

Dear family and friends, We’ve been back in Oklahoma for about one month now and, my, how time flies! As of a week ago, we finally have our house back together after our flood on March 6th! We had our son, Bret, daughter in love, Dana, and our grands, Kate and Ray,...

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June 2024

June 2024

Trey and Elise have flown back to the USA after their best day of travel yet. Here is the news from earlier in the month for you to pray over: June 3 In just over two weeks, we will be boarding a few planes in route to Oklahoma. As usual, our time has flown by! Thanks...

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April 2024

April 2024

Dear family and friends, Thank you so much for praying for our trip to the Hill Country of Texas to see our daughter in love and grands before taking off to Slovakia, and for our uneventful trip to Bratislava! Elise has done the best EVER with jet lag, while Trey is...

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March 2024

March 2024

Dear family and friends, Well, it’s about that time for us to jump back over the pond! As usual, the time has flown by! We have a few Sundays left at First Baptist Church – Weatherford (FBCW) and fly out in early April. We so appreciate you praying for us and the...

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January 2024

Dear friends and family, Thanks so much for your prayers on our behalf. We are so grateful for you as our prayer supporters. There are several opportunities for prayer coming up in the next month: The Missions Committee meeting at our church. Our pastor, Earl...

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Fall 2020

(written 10/31/20) This is the status of our country, Slovakia, and the headlines of the local newspaper last Sunday. We have been in lockdown mode for the last week and those who reside in Slovakia will undergo 'voluntary' testing this weekend. If people choose to...

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June 2020

We can honestly say this has been the most interesting Spring we have ever experienced! I'm sure many of you agree with our sentiment. We are very thankful to have been living in Slovakia during this time as the government has done an amazing job protecting the...

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