SUPPORT RAISING TRIP

Viktor will be traveling to Northern California October 4-7 for

support raising purposes. In the last three months of our US furlough,

we will be focusing on trying to share our work with possible new

ministry supporters. At this point we have raised 50% of our needed

monthly budget. So, if you could please be in prayer: we are hoping

to find 25 new supporters who would commit to our monthly support. If

you know of anyone who would be interested in talking to us and

hearing about our work in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe, drop us a line.

VIKTOR'S STUDIES

It's crunch time - Viktor is trying to get a rough draft of his

thesis ready to turn in to his mentor by the end of October. He plans

on buckling down and faithfully spending 8 hour days in the library

until then! If he stays on schedule, he should be turning in his

final draft and defending his thesis in December. Please pray for

this writing process and ability to finish all tasks on time.

AIRPLANE TICKETS

We bought our airplane tickets for our return trip! We will head back

to Bulgaria on January 15th! Our one year study furlough is coming to

a close. We plan on enjoying our last three months in the US and

spending time receiving more of God's heart and vision for the work

that He has ahead for us to complete. As the time approaches, our

excitement increases! Please pray that we hear from God clearly in

regards to our work in Bulgaria and the changes that lie ahead.

THE CHANGES THAT LIE AHEAD

Some of you may know that we've spent the last 9 months thinking and praying about moving from Sofia (the capital of Bulgaria) to Vidin, a city three hours away along the Danube River. Well, it's going to happen! We plan on waiting until the end of winter before making the move - and then, watch out Vidin!

God is pressing into our hearts to work more hands-on with the small

church in Vidin and the discipleship group there. We have a desire to

build up the disciples and encourage them in mission work, both to

other cities within the nation of Bulgaria and into the surrounding

nations: Serbia, Romania, Macedonia. We also see a trend of

difficulty for our youth workers to enter and work in the state-run

orphanages. More and more, the doors are closing to Christian workers.

This is quite alarming at first glance, but for those of us that know

the workings of God - we simply open our eyes wide and look around to see what new way He would have us access these youth's hearts. God loves the orphaned and abandoned youth of Bulgaria and no new

director hostile to Christians or new regulations can keep His love

from them.

So, the new angle is this: we hope to open a "club" in the

city's center. Open it up for evangelistic projects with the city's

youth and for a safe place to fellowship and work with the orphans

from the state-run orphanage. It will be on our time and in our place.

Oh, we can't wait to get started. In addition to this, it seems that

God is finally moving us into helping the orphan kids transition out

of institutional life and into society. The past two years we've

worked with one youth, Biser, transition into normal life. In June a

young lady, Rosa, joined him and the community in Vidin. Altan, a

third youth, is the latest addition. We believe God is answering the

cry of our hearts from 6 years ago - to help give these kids a chance

at a full life with Jesus as their best friend. Please pray for these

young adults.

Faithfully in Christ,

Viktor, Teresa and the boys

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Thanks to all of you who pray for us and our ministry. To make a

donation visit this web page: http://www.kmission.org/support_us.htm