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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.

Friday, 2 September 2011

Friday!

Pastor Steve rides through the mountains on a tricycle on a Landcruiser for Charity!

There wasn't enough room in the car on the way through the mountains so Stevie had to ride on the roof rack. Don't worry Health & Safety in Bulgaria isn't the same as in the UK. So that means he was perfectly safe. (Don't try this at home kids!)

Today, we started off by assessing all the equipment that was left and we tied our contacts down and didn't let them move until they told us where everything large had to go, so we could ensure that we would complete our task. Then we delivered some stuff to an afterschool and holiday club. This serves 7 to 10 year olds and as well as playing games with them teaches them important things like road safety, looking after the environment etc. The lady in charge was very pleased to receive 'Extreme Kurling', ten pin bowling, filing cabinets ( to store snacks and books in) as well as a parachute. She was a little taken aback at first at the thought of the children jumping out of the window with a parachute (again, don't try this at home kids!) but we soon came up with some alternative ideas of what to do with a parachute and we all went outside and played for while. Yes, grown men all playing with a giant yellow parachute and laughing out loud! Happily the Laughing Policeman was there to join in the fun. (See post earlier in the week).

Then we refilled the van and travelled a short way to the pre-school that we visited a couple of days ago as we felt that the director there was especially deserving. She goes to Spain to pick fruit to earn enough money to run the school properly. This time we took filing cabinets, chairs, tables and assorted other items.

After this, we re-filled the vans and split up to deliver more equipment to the disabled children’s home over the mountains and to a church in the town we visited last year. The leader of this church had previously been very suspicious of our contacts and had even caused some trouble for them but today he apologised for the trouble and our contacts were in tears.

Mark, our brother with another mother, is still in P_’s grip. The following conversation was overheard in the restaurant:
Mark:“I may be the youngest member of the team but I am not a kid”
P_:“ Eat this!”
Mark: “Ok”

I don’t know, the youth of today has no back bone J
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  1. Gracie P4 September 2011 at 04:51

    Isn't it cheating doing a charity bike ride when your bike is fixed to the roof of a motorised vehicle? - sounds a great idea to me though!;o)

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