I was thrown into the wreckage of a thousand stories of abandonment, despair, poverty. Yet I was also thrown directly into the path of hope: redemption raining down upon a country wrought with stale Communism and spiritual darkness. I saw pain here; yet I also saw more aliveness in Christ, more fervency in spirit, more pouring out of lives for ministry than most people will ever encounter.
The story does not end with despair; rather, it ends with great, great hope and anticipation. There are solutions; they are being implemented. Children are finding families, young girls are finding homes.
And I? I found a land that has imprinted itself upon my heart. I found a people I deeply deeply love. I found grace in the eyes of Jesus. I found spiritual reawakening in my heart.
Bulgaria is coming alive, one lesson, one word, one touch at a time. The work Changing a Generation is doing in Bulgaria has real, eternal implications reaching far beyond this generation. The children being rescued through these programs will teach their children the same, and their children’s children’s children will hear the Gospel. One generation can change the entire country.
Bulgaria, you have left permanent footsteps upon my heart. I will never be the same.
We will forever continue to fight for you.
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