Terry and Tom minister in Bulgaria. Tom and our partners in Bulgaria are developing ways to help families by creating long-term solutions to the problems of unemployment, while ministering to the families' immediate needs. Terry is involved in teaching English to a group of teenage orphans and is also involved in developing markets for handicrafts made by the women of the Baptist churches. The Myers are presently on U.S./Puerto Rico assignment.

 

Terry writes: As the snow is falling outside our window here in Colorado to welcome in 2010, we are thinking about the New Year ahead of us, and what it will bring.  God has blessed us these last six months. …  At this time of year, we think especially of our friends and co-laborers back in Bulgaria.  New Year’s Day is a big holiday for Bulgarians, and a wonderful opportunity to wish others much health, happiness and prosperity for the New Year ahead, but morale is not very high.  Our friends in Bulgaria are struggling with many of the same things Americans are—the economic crisis has nearly halted the construction industry which used to provide many jobs, many people are under-employed or unemployed altogether, and it’s hard to get by each day with the rising cost of food and utilities.  No matter where in the world people live, we face many of the same problems.  But we know that it is the same God who holds each of us in his hand and sees us through the tough times as well as the good.  

The next six months will bring more traveling and more opportunities to network with folks who are excited about missions, wherever that work might be.  We are grateful for this opportunity.  And we are looking forward to our return this summer to Bulgaria and our friends and ministries there.

• Pray for Tom and Terry, and their sons AJ (16) and Nathan (14) as they minister in our churches and as they prepare to return to their ministry in Bulgaria.