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!!
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!!
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