I miss you all!” “Summer Project 2008 was the greatest time in my life!” “I liked everything in the program, especially the Point discussions.” I miss you very much, it was the best experience in my life… hopefully, our roads will cross again some time in future.” “Yesterday we saw off the Americans, it was very sad … I will have to overcome it!”
These words one could read on the facebook walls of the participants in Summer Project 2008. It took place from 12 to 26 July. Among the privileged ones were 30 Bulgarian students, 19 students from both America and England. The project was organised and run by BCSU in cooperation with UCCF England and InterVarsity USA. This year it took place in the Tonzos hotel, in the picturesque mountain not far away from the town of Kazanluk. Craig and Tanya Weyrens, the directors of the project, had seen to it that the program would be very rich and interesting. There were English lessons, games, the Point discussions, sports, trips to Shipka, Etara and Kazanluk, small groups projects, culture evenings of the represented, countries, informal time… The mountain offered a great atmosphere for resting and cooling doing from the summer heats. Besides, the students visited the water park near Kazanluk, where they enjoyed swimming in the artificially made waves and sliding down the great water slides.
A highlight of the project was the social action day. The students split into groups and went to a different place in Kazanluk where they did some volunteer work – old people’s houses, parks, handicapped people’s homes, etc. Some dug flower beds, others chatted with old people, still others helped in households… Although all this lasted just a few hours, when everybody got finally to the bus they were happy for the fact they’d helped others and made them feel better. Some were even sorry they couldn’t do this job for at least several days in a row!
Still, maybe the greatest thing that took place at Summer Project 2008 was the new friendships. As somebody had said, ‘many people will go in and out of your life but only your true friends will leave marks in your heart.’ Many of us were able to find friends for life, which a look at the facebook correspondence would confirm. It is also true that some of them managed to find the Greatest Friend and so answer the key question “What’s the point?”, posed during the project. And to promise to each other to meet again next year, only this time by bringing more colleagues and friends.
From July 1st to 10th we held our annual Social Project in Stara
Zagora. There we partnered alongside Vuzrazhdane Church and
missionaries Keith and Margie Brown to serve and minister to the
people and local churches in the Stara Zagora region. The highlights
of our time together were getting to cook and serve in a local soup
kitchen, visiting the elderly in their homes, and playing with
children in the villages nearby. Most evenings we had the opportunity
to visit different churches to worship alongside of them and bring
testimonies and encouragements of God's goodness and faithfulness. We
are thankful for the ways that we were blessed and were able to be a
blessing as we served.
12-26 July 2008 – Summer Project 2008, Kazanluk
I miss you all!” “Summer Project 2008 was the greatest time in my life!” “I liked everything in the program, especially the Point discussions.” I miss you very much, it was the best experience in my life… hopefully, our roads will cross again some time in future.” “Yesterday we saw off the Americans, it was very sad … I will have to overcome it!”
From July 1st to 10th we held our annual Social Project in Stara
Zagora. There we partnered alongside Vuzrazhdane Church and
missionaries Keith and Margie Brown to serve and minister to the
people and local churches in the Stara Zagora region. The highlights
of our time together were getting to cook and serve in a local soup
kitchen, visiting the elderly in their homes, and playing with
children in the villages nearby. Most evenings we had the opportunity
to visit different churches to worship alongside of them and bring
testimonies and encouragements of God's goodness and faithfulness. We
are thankful for the ways that we were blessed and were able to be a
blessing as we served.