My parents' church hosts a "Missions Week" every year and my parents always love it. Usually missionaries come to visit and talk about their work and my parents delight in hosting them in their home during their stay. This year, because of Covid and the inability for most to travel, Missions Week was virtual, with many online videos and updates. Missions Week was a few months before we traveled to Bulgaria. My mom called me one day during the week to tell me she "met" someone I just had to meet. She had watched a video update of the mission team in Bulgaria and heard about a family there who she thought would be so great for us to get to know.
We were thrilled to get the opportunity to meet the Buerger family on Saturday. Their family adopted a little girl from Bulgaria and then felt called to serve in Sofia as full time missionaries. We were privileged to be invited to share coffee and treats in their lovely home. There is something beautiful about people coming together who already have a shared faith and shared passions. Although we had never spoken before, the afternoon flew by with sweet conversation and laughter as their daughter and Emmaline played happily and we chatted about a million different things.
As we walked back to our room that evening, we started praying for how we might be of service in Bulgaria. My deepest prayer, now even weeks later, is that we would have an open ear to God's voice and brave hearts to say yes to whatever He asks of us.
For more information on The Buerger family's ministry: https://www.mtw.org/missionaries/details/buerger-john-ellen
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