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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.

Sunday, 28 August 2011

We have arrived!

It's half past 10 in the UK and half past midnight here in Bulgaria. We have been travelling since 9 this morning. Admittedly, the last couple of hours we have been in a resturant eating, but that's the first real food we've had all day!

Can I just say, Charles deGaul aiport is rotten for food when you are connecting flights? There were only two shops where we could buy food and all there was in them was a posh pot noodle (pasta in a box) or hot paninis (at a place called Berts of all things!).

Bobby's bag came open during transit and it arrived on the conveyor belt in a large plastic bag - it was a right sorry sight. Add that to the fact he thought he'd left his glasses on the plane (they were actually hooked onto his shirt under his chin) and he spilt some kind of chili sauce all down his front in the restuarant, it's not been a good day for him so far.

Tomorrow we have a five hour trip with a stop in the middle to visit our friends we met last year and also to view the school grounds where we are going to install the playground equipment.

We are getting a lie in tomorrow as we don't have to eat breakfast until 9 - oh wait ...that's only 8 hours away! Better get some sleep! Hotel is nice and caters to us soft westerners well. Tomorrow will be another adventure!
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