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Welcome to the Whitburn Pentecostal Church Bulgaria blog!

In 2010 a team travelled from Whitburn in West Lothian Scotland to South Bulgaria. While we there, we built a water source for a village of Romany outcasts who had no running water, electricity or other basic amenities.

This year (2011) we are going to Bulgaria again. This time we have sent a container of equipment donated by local schools in Scotland to be distributed amongst various sites in Bulgaria. Perhaps the best part of this is the childrens playground equipment that we will be installing in a primary school in one of the major cities in South Bulgaria.

Because Bulgaria is a Muslim country and because of security concerns, we cannot name our contacts or be specific about the location of the work being done in a public forum like this blog so apologies if sometimes the writing seems vague.

This blog will help you to follow the project as we prepare to go out, while we are there delivering the equipment and, hopefully, making a real difference to the lives of our Bulgarian friends.

Monday, 8 August 2011

The container has arrived!

I heard yesterday that the container has arrived in Bulgaria! It is still in the container port and there are some problems with the paperwork (who didn't see that coming?). Not sure if these are legitimate problems or if someone at the port just wants a bung.  I gather we have been asked to supply all sorts of extra information about what is in the container. Red tape!!!! Our contacts will have to visit them to try and sort it all out.

It still looks likely that the container will reach it's final destination the week before we get there. I was involved in the final day of packing that container so, if you are in Bulgaria helping to unload, please be careful when you open the door of the container for the first time! I don't want you to be squashed under  several metric tonnes of assorted children's toys and office furniture!

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