Freedom Hope Fighter

Hi Everyone! "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.“ Matt. 11:28 So sorry for a late post. Wish I had a good sounding reason but the only one would be “life.” This past month has been kind of a settling type of month. Where we get things organized and work on a routine of sorts for the different areas of ministry. I am weekly teaching classes in the RGP program which is fun and a challenge. Also, the english clubs have just started up again and this took a lot of planning from the team here. We are hoping and praying to see this part of the ministry grow in the next few weeks. One of the challenges of this past month, and this is even still going on, is that sickness has been working its way around the team. I have been sick for almost a month now, even though I am much better still dealing with a cough and sinus issues. A few more people on our team have just started to get sick. I am continuing to build relationships here. Still wor...

Hello All, First, I want to say thank you so much for continuing to support me with prayers as we are on this journey together! God is continuing to teach and provide answers in large ways. This ministry would not be possible without each of you supporting me and my team. Thank you! This month of August has really changed the pace of the Internship. This month started with new meetings and new projects. Normally this month is a slower pace for the team here. Well the English teaching side of things is normally slower but the RGP side has been continuing on. I have begun classes with the RGP program. From here on, weekly I will be teaching three classes, fitness, english, and cooking. We have a new lady in the program and will be having another one begin some time in the next month or so. The program is being expanded due to more women desiring to enter the program. This will cause many changes for us. We are working on getting a new housing location added to the one we have and al...

(The Well 2017 Team) Hi All!! I hope you all are doing great!! This past month of July has been packed full of events and relationship building. The beginning of the month was spent preparing for English Camp. This week long event is a camp put together mostly for the people who have been coming to learn English with us during the year. We took the group on a large bus into the mountains about two hours away from Sophia and stayed in a Heja. During this camp week we had English classes everyday. Also, we had many fun events every day with the hope of not only immersing each person working at learning English in a mostly English speaking environment but also to give them opportunities to learn about new areas of life. We had reading comprehension each day which was a section of the Bible. With this we were able to talk through the concepts spoken about and answer questions. At the beginning of the week we were broken up into four teams. My team (the orange team) won the volley...

Hi All!! Well the month of June has already finished! It’s definitely amazing how time flies by! During this past month I have spent a lot of time between English class teaching, classes for each intern to grow in knowing God, and getting to know the women in Daughters of Bulgaria. There have been some great friendships which have begun. As the typical week goes by we have classes in the morning for the interns to learn about the culture, who they are in Christ, and how to be mission minded. In the afternoons we get together with Bulgarian friends or work with individual parts of the ministry such as DofB. In the evenings we often get together with friends or are in English teaching classes. During this past month God has put in my path a Bulgarian woman who has been feeling isolated and we have gotten together over the past few weeks to build our relationship and to talk about God. I had just been praying earlier in the day that we first met and asking for a friend I could talk...

Hi All!!! I am still trying to figure out how to get photos to work on here so you all can meet some of the teammates I will be learning and working along side for the internship and meet some Bulgarian friends! As soon as I can figure it out I'll post them! This past week or so has been really good but also very challenging. It's amazing how easily a person forgets how many differences there are not only in languages but also in cultures. The team I am working with has been super helpful and supportive! Even with these blessings it is amazing how challenging it can be to meld into a society, to learn its ways and thoughts. For a person to take on these new ways as not only possible but to some degree take them and morph them into their own. It's like learning to live all over again, yet to do this once a person has been very used to their former way of living. Challenging. But not impossible! During this week we have been working on learning the Bulgari...

This page is dedicated to the adventures of those fighting for Hope and Freedom across the world as seen through the eyes of a traveler. Over the next year I will be moving to Bulgaria to love and live with these precious people. A major part of this adventure will be the process of getting to know these people and their culture, and the ways God allows me to share His love with those I meet. I know we will be learning a lot together as this year unfolds. One thing I have learned so far is that the Bulgarian people are the ones to be credited for the Cryillic alphabet! So awesome! Also, the first European Christian monastery was established in Bulgaria, which gives them deep Christian roots. There is so much important history from Bulgaria and it should not be missed. As a lover of history I will be sharing with you this knowledge as I gain it. The plan is to add a new post once a month at the beginning of each month. The reason for only doing this once a month is to...