Sofia, Bulgaria

SOME OF OUR ALBANIAN CHURCH LEADERS WITH MAGDALENA WORSHIPPING DURING ONE OF THE CONFERENCE SESSIONS
from left: Bedro - Sarande church leader; Nedo - Sarande church leader; Magdalena - missionary to Albania from Malaysia; Lindita - Erseke church leader; Mariela - Korce church leader.

TOUR OF SOFIA
Chris Dakas (our director), Matt Firman (on a short term missions trip to Albania from the US), myself along with the rest of our group from Albania (mentioned in the picture above) were able to take a day to tour together the capital city of Bulgaria, Sofia.

April 7-12, I had the privelage of driving a group of our Albanian church leaders and missionaries to Sofia Bulgaria for our denominations (Foursquare) European conference. There were 8 of us total which included 4 missionaries and 4 Albanian leaders. Unfortunately none of our male leaders were able to attend the conference because of previous committments in their churches and work. Those of us who did attend had a very encouraging and restful trip. Taking our Albanian leaders to such conferences as this is always such a valuable time as they get are encouraged by and worship together with Christians from countries in Europe. For us missionaries it is also a very valuable time as we get to worship in ENGLISH and meet with the other missionaries working throughout Europe as well as church leaders. Not only are great friendship made, but also plans and strategies for helping eachother reach Europe more effectively with the love of Jesus.