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On our last day in Varna, we met with two more pastors: Tryphon, with New Life Church, and, Nikolai, with River of Life church. As with the others, each man has a story of God’s blessing in ministry, with very real struggles along the way. Though far from our ministry home in Sofia, Varna hasContinue reading “Last Day in Varna”

On Wednesday, Vlady and John met with five church leaders. Alex (left) is the pastor of a Baptist church just outside of Varna. Georgi (2nd) is pastor of the Christian Evangelical Baptist Church in downtown Varna. Georgi (3rd) is pastor of the Christian Center Salvation, also in Varna. Ventsislav (4th) is pastor of a BaptistContinue reading “Five Leaders”

Arrived in Varna Monday evening, woke up early Tuesday morning to meet five evangelical pastors who pray for the city each Tuesday. They gather at a spot above the city, pray over it, then go to have soup together for fellowship before starting back to their church ministries. I and our interpreter, Vlady, also metContinue reading “Praying over Varna”

Just a Monday in the life of a missionary in Bulgaria…

Happy Thanksgiving to You! We are very thankful for the opportunity that the Lord has given us to be a part of His ministry here in Bulgaria. Though Sylvia and I are apart at Thanksgiving for the first time in 32 years, it is a small but necessary sacrifice. How much greater a sacrifice didContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving from Bulgaria!”

T&F International has always served both missions around the world and our local community. Our year-end campaign will begin on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 28th. This year we want to be a blessing to a local church that has experienced great tragedy. Earlier this month, the congregation of Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church, just east ofContinue reading “Giving Tuesday!”

Visited two Baptist churches today, one in the Mladost district of Sofia, and one in Pazardzhik. Vlady Raichinov did all the preaching and I did all the driving. Glad to help him out – and we had time to talk about possible future (and past) ministry. Please pray for these two churches.

Please pray as I meet with Pastors Tedy and Didy Oprenov of FBC Sofia tomorrow afternoon. As we begin our ministry in Bulgaria, we will have this church as a home base, and we want to serve the church leaders here in any way as well. Pray also as I speak in the Wednesday eveningContinue reading “Home Base”

I visited a church of about 70 people last evening led by Pastor Traycho Stefanov (below). It was a wonderful time of worship, the Word, and fellowship. The church is made mostly of young families (which is rare). Pray that this church will continue to grow, reaching out to other young families. It also hasContinue reading “A Church of Rarity”

Thank you for praying for Victor Makarov’s concert held this evening. It was a great success! There were well over 120 people, with both believers and other jazz music fans in attendance. Victor did a great job of standing firm in his faith in Jesus tonight, and blessing all of us with the excellence ofContinue reading “Jazz and Jesus!”