Worshipping in Unison

He is jealous for me, loves like a hurricane.

Saturday started out very rainy and cloudy. We were unfortunately unable to visit a village because we the lift up the mountain to the village would not operate. Instead we visited a mall, had coffee and hung out together. Sometimes these moments are wonderful because it builds our team's bond.

Saturday afternoon we visited a village called Diadovo and had our first children's festival. I'm very awkward with children - even when I was a child - so I did not now where I needed to be during the festival. Instead I stepped in to help Peggy Harrison with the children's shoebox pictures. I was able to help Dinko write the names and ages of all the children. I saw all the children from the village from ages 3 months to 14 years old. The 14 year old boys were twins - how cool! When finished with all the pictures, I kept the dry erase boards and markers with me. A young man approached me and started speaking in Bulgarian. I kept shrugging my shoulders (this ends up being a universal sign of "I don't know"). I recognized that he was the young man that helped me untangle necklaces earlier. He was nice and helpful. After saying a few Bulgarian phrases a few other guys joined us. The young man, Sumen, motioned to write something. I gave him the white board and a marker. He wrote his name and age in Bulgarian. The age I definitely could not understand, but a boy near us was able to translate to 17. We communicated a little while with all the guys until finally Dinko had to being translating. Such a sweet group of guys! They reminded me of my Gruppe.

Chirstmas Shoeboxes for Bulgaria

The worship service in Diadovo was ah-ma-zing! This village really knew how to worship. We started a little early and worshipped for one hour before beginning the main service. During worship - both Roma and Ben's music - the people would pile in the door. They were raising their hands together and holding each other's hands up. It was beautiful! This village had some soul!

Diadovo worshipping together and raising their hands in unison.

After the service, we all walked out to the vans. Ben came running out to tell me that one of the men suggested we get married. Of course, I got super awkward. He was handsome and I was flattered but it would not work. Stefan and Stephanie would not be an item.

Russ and the Diadovo Soccer Team