Some more pictures:
1. The front of the worship center
2. Break time again
3. Class. Mimi, my translator is the girl in the front row.
Tuesday
Good class today. Lot’s and lot’s of discussion. Bulgarians happen to be on the loud side. And that’s fine with me. The discussions today were like when my family gets together around the dinner table. Everyone is talking with each other all at the same time there are so many conversations going on at the same time, it’s a wonder that we all know what we are talking about and to whom! Needless to say it was fun. I had to more then one time to finally speak up a little louder then I normally talk to bring the discussions to a close. It was either my loud voice or my New York accent that did it.
Today I was able to talk to Angle a little bit about his work here in Bulgaria. He is in his 40’s. I found out that he pastors 4 churches traveling to these churches on for different days. On Sunday he is in his home town of Svishtov. On Wednesday evening he travels 30 kilometers to a rural village and has a worship service there for about hour. On Thursday night he travels to a town that is 70 kilometers and has a service there. On Saturday night he travels to another rural village that is 200 kilometers away for an hour service.
On Sunday he is in his home church in Svishtov and has a worship service that lasts for about two hours. Then on top of all this because none of the churches are really big enough to support him fully he has a part time job 3 days a week teaching guitar. Yet this man is in my class this week. He is here working on his MA degree. He is here missing his guitar students, missing his church services, missing his family. How can I teach a man such as this? What can I possibly say that will help him in his ministries? What will be in this class that will help him make his personal worship more meaningful. What will be in this class that will help him with corporate worship in these churches? What is taught has to matter - what we talk about in class has to make a difference. What is said has to spark his and the classes imagination to make worship something new and refreshing.
I can’t believe that after today my time here is half over. These two weeks have just flown by. Two more days of teaching with a review for the last class and then the final on Friday morning. Of course then it’s grading all the papers. 6 of them are in Bulgaria so I need the help of my translator and the one in English I think I can handle by myself. Then the finals and then the final grade. As I mentioned everyone here is just a blessing to have in the class. Each one brings a special part to make this class better then I could have done just by myself.
1. The front of the worship center
2. Break time again
3. Class. Mimi, my translator is the girl in the front row.
Tuesday
Good class today. Lot’s and lot’s of discussion. Bulgarians happen to be on the loud side. And that’s fine with me. The discussions today were like when my family gets together around the dinner table. Everyone is talking with each other all at the same time there are so many conversations going on at the same time, it’s a wonder that we all know what we are talking about and to whom! Needless to say it was fun. I had to more then one time to finally speak up a little louder then I normally talk to bring the discussions to a close. It was either my loud voice or my New York accent that did it.
Today I was able to talk to Angle a little bit about his work here in Bulgaria. He is in his 40’s. I found out that he pastors 4 churches traveling to these churches on for different days. On Sunday he is in his home town of Svishtov. On Wednesday evening he travels 30 kilometers to a rural village and has a worship service there for about hour. On Thursday night he travels to a town that is 70 kilometers and has a service there. On Saturday night he travels to another rural village that is 200 kilometers away for an hour service.
On Sunday he is in his home church in Svishtov and has a worship service that lasts for about two hours. Then on top of all this because none of the churches are really big enough to support him fully he has a part time job 3 days a week teaching guitar. Yet this man is in my class this week. He is here working on his MA degree. He is here missing his guitar students, missing his church services, missing his family. How can I teach a man such as this? What can I possibly say that will help him in his ministries? What will be in this class that will help him make his personal worship more meaningful. What will be in this class that will help him with corporate worship in these churches? What is taught has to matter - what we talk about in class has to make a difference. What is said has to spark his and the classes imagination to make worship something new and refreshing.
I can’t believe that after today my time here is half over. These two weeks have just flown by. Two more days of teaching with a review for the last class and then the final on Friday morning. Of course then it’s grading all the papers. 6 of them are in Bulgaria so I need the help of my translator and the one in English I think I can handle by myself. Then the finals and then the final grade. As I mentioned everyone here is just a blessing to have in the class. Each one brings a special part to make this class better then I could have done just by myself.
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