Container and team from

Williams Trace Baptist Church, Sugarland, TX.

The container from Houston arrived before the team! It was cleared through customs in record time and no problems whatsoever! Slava na Boga.

As Stani was delivering more than one hundred school desks that had arrived on the container, he began having some difficulty with the truck. The bolts in the floorboards of the truck bed were working loose. In some places, the wooden boards were rotting. So, the truck had to go in for repairs only a few days before a delivery team arrived. The carpenter finished the work on the truck bed late Friday afternoon before the team arrived on Saturday.

We had a great week with this team from Williams Trace Baptist Church, Sugarland (Houston area), Texas. We put these folks to work as soon as they landed and didn't let them stop until the last evening they were here. This is the first time we have had to ask a team to help as soon a they arrived, but since our truck repairs were not finished until Friday late, we just didn't have time - nor manpower- to get it completely loaded before the arrival of the team. They were great sports and everyone pitched in, loading desks, chairs, and boxes filled with backpacks, English/Bulgarian books, diapers, quilts, clothes, toys and balls.

We visited a total of thirteen homes, ministering to over 1000 children. The kids, directors, and workers at each of the homes are always happy to see our truck arrive, but this time they were amazed by the generosity of the folks at Williams Trace. The backpacks were awesome. Families in the church had adopted one orphan and had filled a backpack specifically for that child.  The bags were filled with everything from watches and jewelry to underwear and school supplies. The kids couldn't believe that all those gifts could be lavished upon them so freely. A girl in one home kept coming up to me and asking, "Are you sure all these things are for Me?" She thought there had to be a mistake. I had to admit that I was pretty amazed by it all, too! Over 200 backpacks were distributed.

At every place there was a great celebration over the items received. The preschool directors were thrilled with the much needed chairs. They went on and on about how stable and well made they were. I wish that you all could have seen the little children as the riding toys were brought in! The Health dept. has forced the destruction of all the toys in the preschool homes of Georgi Damyanovo and Dren. G. Damyanovo was visited by health authorities while we were there. We were forced to leave because the home was being placed under quarantine for dysentery.

The babies were too little to care about the toys (one was only a week old), but they sure did love to be held and rocked. The container held about 30 rocking chairs. There are no rocking chairs here, so these were the wonder of all.  The diapers were greatly appreciated too.

At one orphanage for babies, a few of the two and three year olds were playing outside when I arrived. After I had cleared the way for the team, they began walking up the drive to the orphanage. The children saw them and took off running to meet them - arms extended upward waiting to picked up! It was a great moment! It was not easy to leave when the time came go.

We didn't have time to get quite everything delivered, but will get that done next week by a team from FBC Cabot, Arkansas. They have lots of other events and activities planned, too.

Thank you for your prayers and your financial support.
Judy

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