Bulgaria Mission

Bugaria:
John Magereson will be leaving for Bulgaria on 20 March 2012 and will be representing Bethel Ministries. He is a skilled carpenter with a heart filled with faith to serve God in ministry as well as practical service. John will be taking his skills to Valentin and Vanya Dutsov’s church to help complete some work on their church building.

Although John will be paying for his transport and meals, he requires funding to purchase material to do the work and also needs finance to pay a couple of workers to help him. Bulgaria is one of the poorest Countries in Europe and we are delighted to be able to bless the church in Vidin. The work that they do in their community is absolutely praiseworthy.

Vanya’s recent visit was a great blessing and she shared some of the outreach work that they have been doing using the Christmas shoe box ministry. They paid for 2000 shoe box gifts to be delivered to their church and they distributed it to orphanages, learning difficulty organisations, nursery schools etc. To quote Vanya: “The smiles and gratitude on the faces of the children was enough to melt my heart”. Other such outreach projects are on-going in their community but they need to have some practical support to get the church building complete.

Please support this work by sending a donation to Bethel Ministries, P O Box 80, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3WG. Mark your envelope: Bulgaria Mission so that the funds are allocated correctly. I promise to send a full report when the mission is completed.

Thank you for your continued support.

More information about Vidin,  Bulgaria

According to data from European statistics office, Eurostat, from the beginning of this year Bulgarian North-West region is the poorest in the European Union with 28 percent of EU average Gross Domestic Product per person.

Vidin is the poorest municipality not only in Bulgaria but in Europe. The population of the area has decreased significantly - for the last 10 years this region in Bulgaria has decreased by nearly 30,000 people. Currently the area has 101,000 inhabitants, a quarter of them - in retirement.

Vidin Municipality is in a dramatic financial situation after her accounts were seized. “The average wage in Vidin is the lowest in the Country” announced Director of Regional Bureau of Statistics. According to the presented data it is about 200 Bulgarian Levs, less than average. Unemployment is over 70%.

According to local authorities the only way to revive the region is injection of fresh money. Currently, there is no interest from potential investors.