Bulgarian Valentine

Happy belated Valentines Day to everyone. Yes, they do celebrate Valentines Day in Bulgaria. They kind of go a bit overboard as they were not allowed to celebrate Valentines Day under Communism as it was considered a “Catholic” holiday. However it is still not as commercial as in the US. Lisa and I had involuntary started to boycott the V-Day holiday in the states, as we swore it was a holiday that Hallmark invented just to make a few extra bucks.

Bulgaria does have its advantages, as I was able to get Lisa a big bouquet of roses for about $20 the day before V-day. I would have easily had to pay $60-$80 in the states for the same. Sorry, the truth is revealed, I am a “cheap” romantic.

Drew made his mommy a valentine day card and he was able to tell her that he was “hop-pee” (his new word) to be her valentine.

Drew is a big Nemo and Lion King fan, so he got a large stuffed Simba, who is about Drew’s size. Drew loves to read books in his “turtle tent” that is in his room. So Simba now has to go to the tent whenever we all read books.

We are all doing well. We have had a lot of snow and it has been cold here. Highs are in the 20s and it dips to the single digits when I go to work in the morning. The only time I really long for home is when I see that KC has been in the 50s and 60s through out all of Jan and Feb. Because of the temps it is hard to get out and explore like we would like to. On the positive side of the weather, we are planning on going skiing this weekend on Mt. Vitosha. This is the mountain we can see outside of our living room window.

We continue to struggle through the language, but we are making malko (some) progress. My job is going well as we are in the middle of creating job descriptions for the bible school. We have kept in contact with the taxi driver, Stoiam, who invited us to the gypsy church. We have invited him and his whole family to come of Saturday night. Your prayers for Saturday night would be appreciated.

Please drop us a line if you have time.

Love you guys!

Marc, Lisa and Drew