Weekend in Razgrad!

Wow, what a week! Not sure how to start. We went to Razgrad, Bulgaria where there is a local Nazarene church. The church there has been building a new church for the past twelve years and this past weekend they finally finished it and they had a huge celebration and dedication of the building. It was really great to be there and a part of it. My team went a few days before the celebration on Sunday so we could help them clean and get ready for it. The people there are so warm and friendly. We had a great time. The amazing things about this project is that the church's congregation basically built it completely on their own. It was not done by a professional construction crew. They used all local labor. They said that for the past three years, no one in the church has taken a Saturday off but instead chose to spend every free moment on this church. On Sunday, it was great to celebrate their accomplishment with them. They were so proud and happy! The pastor Nickolay, shown in the picture above, could not stop smiling all day! We made some great relationship with them. Bulgarian people are so generous with everything they have. I felt really humbled by their hospitality! They took us around the city, cherry picking and we played soccer almost every day! Also, Bulgarians eat all the time. Every time we were sitting and talking, food was brought out. They said that it is just part of the culture to fellowship around food. It was really good too. On Sunday, during the celebration, they made an incredible amount of amazing food. The picture shown above is just a fraction of it. We also had live music and dancing. It was a great day.
The girls and I are going to go do some sightseeing now around Bucharest so I will post more pictures later.