Here is a video that shows a little of what our ministry in Bulgaria entailed for the past 10 days. Thank you for the prayers and support. Please take note of the prayers at the end of the video and pray for Bulgaria and the Churches!
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Tuesday 21 August 2012
5 Countries in 3 Days
After spending 10 days at the Lifehope training center in the UK the team departed at 11 am Wednesday for the next leg of our great adventure. We took a Ferry to France and then had a short drive to the OM Belgium base where we arrived at 11 pm. After spending the night we departed at 5:30 am on Thursday to being our drive across Europe to Bulgaria. The drive went smoothly on Thursday as we had many great conversations and laughs as we passes through Belgium, Germany, Austria, and finally rested for the night at OM Hungary at about 10:30 pm. We were so blessed to have a place to rest and regroup for a few hours. Friday morning at 1:00 am, yes that is only 1.5 hours of sleep, it was more of a power nap 
we departed Hungary to continue our journey to Bulgaria. All was going well, we were making great progress, till 4:00 am when we suddenly had a tire burst. We safely navigated to the side of the road and began looking for the tools to fix the tire. We had a spare but could not locate a jack or tools to fix the tire with. After trying to flag down a car to help us we decided it would be best to just rest in the van until daylight. We got to enjoy a beautiful sunrise. A few people stopped to help but were unsuccessful. We decided that Jeremy and I (Meg) would run up the road to try to find help. We ran about 2 kms up the road and found a petrol station but the tire place did not open until 8 am. We ran back to the van and as we got close we could see a van was stopped with ours. Praise the Lord a Romania family had stopped and was able to help get the tire changed. After this unexpected delay we were back on our way, winding through Southern Romania, the small country roads provided beautiful scenery but left quite a bit to be desired in travel time required. We had the opportunity to talk and share with a lovely Romanian man when we got our tire fixed pray for this man and his family. We finally arrived at the Romanian border and waited to board the ferry that would take us into Bulgaria.We finally arrived in Plovdiv where we were staying the night at a hostel at about 3:30 am on Saturday. Finally at 4 am on Saturday after traveling since 5 am Thursday we got to sleep! The journey to this amazing country was quite eventful but gave us amazing opportunities to see Gods provision at work and to trust in his strength as we tackled this incredible journey. Many times it has been noted that it was only through Gods strength that we the drivers and navigators were able to stay awake and alert for so long, with so little sleep. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for this trip so far. God has been doing amazing things. We have lots to share about the work we have been doing here in Svilengrad Bulgaria, but it’s actually time to go start doing more of that work, so we will update as soon as possible. Thank you again for your prayers and looking forward to sharing more soon. Pictures and video will up soon!!
we departed Hungary to continue our journey to Bulgaria. All was going well, we were making great progress, till 4:00 am when we suddenly had a tire burst. We safely navigated to the side of the road and began looking for the tools to fix the tire. We had a spare but could not locate a jack or tools to fix the tire with. After trying to flag down a car to help us we decided it would be best to just rest in the van until daylight. We got to enjoy a beautiful sunrise. A few people stopped to help but were unsuccessful. We decided that Jeremy and I (Meg) would run up the road to try to find help. We ran about 2 kms up the road and found a petrol station but the tire place did not open until 8 am. We ran back to the van and as we got close we could see a van was stopped with ours. Praise the Lord a Romania family had stopped and was able to help get the tire changed. After this unexpected delay we were back on our way, winding through Southern Romania, the small country roads provided beautiful scenery but left quite a bit to be desired in travel time required. We had the opportunity to talk and share with a lovely Romanian man when we got our tire fixed pray for this man and his family. We finally arrived at the Romanian border and waited to board the ferry that would take us into Bulgaria.We finally arrived in Plovdiv where we were staying the night at a hostel at about 3:30 am on Saturday. Finally at 4 am on Saturday after traveling since 5 am Thursday we got to sleep! The journey to this amazing country was quite eventful but gave us amazing opportunities to see Gods provision at work and to trust in his strength as we tackled this incredible journey. Many times it has been noted that it was only through Gods strength that we the drivers and navigators were able to stay awake and alert for so long, with so little sleep. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for this trip so far. God has been doing amazing things. We have lots to share about the work we have been doing here in Svilengrad Bulgaria, but it’s actually time to go start doing more of that work, so we will update as soon as possible. Thank you again for your prayers and looking forward to sharing more soon. Pictures and video will up soon!!
Monday 20 August 2012
Team Member Swap!!!
Preparing for our next outreach, we had great excitement added to our journey as one member from each Transit Team swapped places. After spending a wonderful 2 weeks with Mike in Belfast, we had to say our goodbyes and welcome another to the team. His larrikin humour and patriotism makes him a "True-blue' Aussie. Introducing to you, none other than, Coxy!!(a.k.a. Jeremy Cox.)
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Birmingham Bliss
Kirsty's balloon sword which turned out to be more of a hook.
Our 10 days in Birmingham have come to a close. It was a lovely time within our busy lives of ministry. This time of training has equipped us in several ways. A big area being communication.We did a study on Joseph and his journey to Egypt with Janice (an OM Leader in training). I think we could all say that we loved the insight of scripture she gave - there is so much to learn. Another aspect of these 10 days included practical skilling for the field.
WE had the blessing of a whole weekend off. Some of us went to explore the capital of London. Fun times around the city involved us seeing The Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, saw the London eye. We even saw part of a 50km race walk in the olympics
Thursday 2 August 2012
Venturing Victoria Sqr
We had a wonderful time seeing the city of Belfast with Dario. The buildings historic and worth admiring.
Praying for Parliament
We had the opportunity to visit the Irish Parliament house in Belfast. Here, we learned about the political system as well as prayed for the leaders of Ireland and the decisions they make on behalf of the country
Wednesday 1 August 2012
The Days of Our Lives: Belfast
Just a bit of what our ministry her in Belfast Northern Ireland has looked like over the past week and a half.
North Belfast is a community painted with images of pain, hatred, and religious segregation, which pretty much sums up the atmosphere, which is lonely and boring.
Prayer has been the main emphasis of our ministry thus far. Prayer walking, prayer coffee drinking and much more.
The local Pastor has been wonderful to us. He has a deep desire to bring unity to the battle amongst the Protestant and Catholics. We are helping him in his church planting movement. The ground work involves a lot of connecting with his young believers.
Drinking coffee or tea in a local cafe called " cafe devine" where the owner of the shop is a non believer, however he allows our christian worship, dancing and reading of scripture to take place. Oh that he would have an encounter with God. We minister to him daily in various ways. Pray that we would be the light. He said " I'm searching"
Another prayer point is, the church is meeting in a local school while a beautiful convent right across the street is preparing to close, pray for the pastor who has had meetings and presented a proposal to acquire the convent.
Praise God has sustained and protected the team thus far and has allowed us great unity as a team.
Thanks for the continued prayers and support.
Meg for the team.
North Belfast is a community painted with images of pain, hatred, and religious segregation, which pretty much sums up the atmosphere, which is lonely and boring.
Prayer has been the main emphasis of our ministry thus far. Prayer walking, prayer coffee drinking and much more.
The local Pastor has been wonderful to us. He has a deep desire to bring unity to the battle amongst the Protestant and Catholics. We are helping him in his church planting movement. The ground work involves a lot of connecting with his young believers.
Drinking coffee or tea in a local cafe called " cafe devine" where the owner of the shop is a non believer, however he allows our christian worship, dancing and reading of scripture to take place. Oh that he would have an encounter with God. We minister to him daily in various ways. Pray that we would be the light. He said " I'm searching"
Another prayer point is, the church is meeting in a local school while a beautiful convent right across the street is preparing to close, pray for the pastor who has had meetings and presented a proposal to acquire the convent.
Praise God has sustained and protected the team thus far and has allowed us great unity as a team.
Thanks for the continued prayers and support.
Meg for the team.
THE LIVING ROOM
Working with The Living Room has been a wonderful experience. This Christ-centred church is a small community within Belfast, Ireland. Their values consist of the Gospel, community focus, Dignity and sharing stories.
Breaking Dividing Walls
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