not a pretty post

I sit here in SA looking at my passport knowing that by God's grace I will be getting it stamped on the 2nd July as I go to help on the missions field once again. This time I will be traveling to Thailand, to a house that gets flooded every month as it is on the ground and monsoon season (spring tides every new moon)
I sit here with more money in my wallet than in the bank trusting the Lord like never before.

There is no power and I am going to rebuild a house on stilts. it needs to be done with in less that a lunar cycle so we do not get flooded in water as well as work.

Why am iItelling you this after not up dating for such a long time.. well I feel that I just need to tell someone /everyone to give them the opportunity to join me in helping God and hHs people establish His kingdom in the hearts of the unreached.

Please support me in prayer

took a walk and found treasure

All these were taken within a two hours walk from Gostilitsa

 

the photo bellow was taken from the cliffs above

So I'm sitting on a mattress on the floor (that is not level) listening to the rain fall outside on the newly sprouted grass i planted a week back thinking about all i have ; want and can achieve, in a country i can barely order coffee in cause the language is so different to both English and Afrikaans, and I'm loving it. 

I (at this time) can honestly say that the only thing calling me back to SA is my VISA, 

Staying in the dark ages (and loving it)

Here are a few images of the different areas of the house we have come to repair and fix up a bit.

The kitchen cooker

The scullery

The cutlery

The lounge (hanging chairs are a necessary due to the lack of level floors)

The view from the lounge ( alot of work required...will get there much later)

Some garden work

Sifting some sand

my bed and "cupboard"

the parents bed

a view of the snow capped mountains

The (rail behind) road ahead

The bus seats

OK so what was booked as a train ticket to Tirnovo started out with a 3hour bus ride to the Turkish/Bulgarian borderand then an 11 hour train trip to Tirnovo.

even the trains ride on the wro_ _... other side of the track

 The air was cold outside but much better that the over heated cabins  

one of the many villages passed by train

Snow still heavy in the hills, Could explain the cold air

Foto of the fort

View from hostel room

Next to hostel building

on the road to the house...

So for now we are in Tirnovo waiting for the electricity and water to be connected in the house and all i can say is that there is an ADVENTURE Ahead

Walking (part of) the city

With in two days i have walked about 20km and I have yet to  reach some sort of city limit. here are some photos taken while walking.

 the tower .... dont know the history or meaning or age of it ppl just pay a lot to go up it and they all take a picture so i did to :P

The staircase leading to the climbing room(door on right and on third floor) looks permanently closed but will go look again tomorrow

 saw this on the first and second floors on the way to the climbing room

when i saw this the first thing that went through my mind is "climbing is as safe as YOU make it" Not a recommended climbing bolt.

 would love to boulder on this wall but my Turkish is not strong enough to keep me out of prison 

something for the girls

something for the guys

....lunch...

 and some graffiti ^_^

that is all next blog will be from Bulgaria 

Summer to winter in 24h

Within 24h i went from SA where the temp was 19degC in the evening Istanbul where the temp is 6degC in the evening. this is the first time where i have traveled for so long and have not changed my watch due to time zones. 

First impressions

This place is... different :P the train/trams are like buses here sharing the same roads/lanes and everyone that owns a restaurant WANTS YOU to eat in their restaurant and they don't really stop asking you. 

The hostel is epic! it is easy to miss in both day and night as the entrance is a passage next to a rug shop and only a meter wide and is not well lit at all , the lobby is a desk in the wall  and the room is on the 5th floor 

So here i am on a journey enjoying the lack of work and meeting new ppl with an array of languages.