I can't believe this month is over. Our ministry was to serve with Mission Possible. Mission possible " is a local Provider of Christian teaching conferences and seminars. They also publish a women's magazine and Christian literature. Mission possible also runs winter soup kitchens partnering with local Gypsy Village churches, provides literature classes, bible studies." Our ministry was to help get things ready for the seminars/children's camp.
This month was not exactly what I expected. The month started with a couple of rest days We had a lot of downtime since we only had two events (one in the beginning and one at the end) during the time we were there. I was struggling with the language barrier. I am used to being the one translating and always understanding. Not being able to communicate and not understanding was a very hard. I also was expecting to be so busy with "ministry" and going to bed exhausted after a busy day serving and doing ministry. This month started with a couple of rest days and then A few days Preparing for a church retreat. Those days I felt great being busy cooking, washing dishes, sweeping, mopping, cleaning windows and helping DiDi and Nasko in any way that we could. But that didn't last. We had about 2 weeks of no ministry and I felt discouraged and questioned why I was here. I also struggled with feeling homesick and not felling like I was connecting with my team. Midway through the month God began to open new opportunities for us to do ministry. We were blessed to meet Verda, Roma and their brother Mano and that opened the doors to a new "ministry". Because of them we were able to meet some of the kids from this quiet and sleepy village. It started with Verda, Roma and Mano coming over and playing soccer, frisbee and teaching a few dance moves for their talent show later that week. They knew English and that helped us communicate with the Bulgarian kids and build a relationship with them. Later that week they left for England and it was us and the Bulgarian kids and no translator. It was such a joy to be able to play with them and love on them.
One thing I realized this month is how much I need God to be able to pour out to others. This month gave a big opportunity to be able to keep building my faith. We were able as a team do several bible studies and have worship nights and have several people pour into us. This month was hard figuring out why we had so much free time instead of being in "ministry". But instead of AIM or our Ministry hosts telling us what ministry looks like it was up to us to figure out what we wanted ministry to look like. Sometimes ministry isn't a set up schedule "ministry" but it's showing Christ in the way you live everyday wherever you may be.
