Good Morning!

Another full day.  We visited and provided programs at a retirement home, another orphanage had dinner in the head pastors home and attended a small bible study in the evening.  During the day we visited the home of pastor, Alexander.  He and his wife are the proud parents of a new baby boy, Mark.  Baby and mother just arrived home from the hospital on Wednesday and I think Alexander just needed to get home and get his baby "fix".  Very proud parents.  Mark will grow up in a home of love and one that honors God.  I have no doubts he will be used greatly in God.

The time with this church group is intense.  Everything is done, said or built to glorify God and to further the Gospel.  The people chose to live in different areas of Sofia so they can be a witness and hopefully start a small group that will lead to planting a church.  The homes they live in are chosen or built because of the size of the living areas that can accommodate groups for bible studies, prayer meetings and possibly a church.   How they can serve the community by feeding the poor and elderly is to glorify God and be a witness.  I could go on and on but I’m sure you get the point.

You can view a video I made of children in one of the orphanages last time I was here in Bulgaria

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyPcdyosNnI

When I see how this group serves their communities by feeding the poor and elderly by doing programs of love for orphans and those in "retirement" homes and the many other types of outreach I am humbled.  God has used their witness to give them favor in the eyes of the government and others.  Can you imagine going to a government office and asking for the names and address of people you want to serve and getting them.  Can you imagine in some cases the government providing you space so you can serve the community?   

GCM has been provided with many opportunities to come to Bulgaria and to serve the church by serving and preaching the gospel.  Our plans are to bring a small group in September.  Part of the group will be painting and doing small carpentry work in an orphanage and a retirement home.  The other part of this group will be working with the church in evangelism.  There are many opportunities to share the gospel to the groups they serve and to the church.  Now the work of logistics begin.

THANK YOU for your prayers, thoughts and notes!  I love reading the notes on my Blackberry during the day and sharing them with those around me.  Sometimes when I get a chance to answer them it is while being a passenger in the back of a car or van.  While I am trying to type replies I feel like I am being tossed around like a fighter pilot because of the bad roads and the aggressive driving.

Until later,

In Christ,

Rob