Life of Victory in Bulgaria!

After 18 hours of travel we reached Sofia, Bulgaria safely, but utterly exhausted. Our dear host, Lyubka, left her apartment to us and went to stay with her mother so that we could have 12 hours of quiet and uniterrupted rest. This is the gracioiusness of the Bulgarian people.

Yesterday we traveled by train from Sofia to Russe, Bulgaria, on the northern border of Bulgaria and Romania. The Life of Victory Christian Centre welcomed us with great joy and I write to you with overwhelming excitement about all that God did among the people there last night. Without a doubt I now see and understand why He brought John and myself together - to be a team of missionaries who can teach His Word, lead the people into deep worship, and intercede in the power of the Holy Spirit. I taught this congregation the Hebrew roots of their faith from the Scriptures and they received this message with great excitement. Pastor Iliawas especially thrilled to learn the true meaning of Ephesians 2:15 as the Restoration of all Israel when "the two become one!" John led a time of prayer afterward while I continued the worship music and he tells me he prayed over many with depression, diseases and curses over their families. Almost every single person in the church came forward for prayer, and the Lord God met each one and answered!

Pictured here are Pastor Ilia, Kelly, John and Lyubka. Continue to hold us in prayer as we speak to the businessmen here in Russe tonight. They are all Jewish men from Israel who have businesses in Russe. It will be an amazing time for testimony of our faith and encouragement to them that many of us pray for and stand with Israel in this troubling time. Please pray also against the threat of a third intifada in Israel on 15 May. The Palestinians and Arab peoples are organizing an uprising against Israel on this, their day of Independence. Pray Psalm 83 over Israel each day, my friends.

On Saturday we take a train back to Sofia and on Sunday we will minister in Christian Center Sofia. Monday Lyubka is going to take us to the Sofia Concert Hall for a musical concert of various Slavik artists. We are being graciously cared for in this humble, beautiful land. The people have very little, living in poor conditions left to them from the Communist era; but these churches are filled with great faith and courage and they are so hungry to learn how they are grafted into the Olive Tree of Israel! They pray for her with passion and I believe the seeds we are sowing here will spread far and wide to help stamp out anti-Semitism in this land.

Love and greetings to you all from Bulgaria!

Kelly & John