by Team BRIGHT | Apr 14, 2011 | 2011 - Bulgaria
On Saturday morning a group of 11 of us visited the orphanage. There were three people from Down Syndrome Education International, four from Connecting the Rainbow, Amy and I from BRIGHT, and two moms with children with Down Syndrome from Sofia. We had been told...
by Team BRIGHT | Apr 6, 2011 | 2011 - Bulgaria
We had the privilege to participate in a conference organized by the Association of Parents of Children with Down Syndrome. The conference was titled “How To Develop the Hidden Potential of Children with Down Syndrome.” The motto for the conference was...
by Team BRIGHT | Apr 3, 2011 | 2011 - Bulgaria
After three flights for me and five flights for Bessie, we finally landed on Bulgarian soil. We collected our six fairly large, very heavy boxes of instruments to donate, and met Steve and Brigitte. Steve is an American missionary from Minnesota, and Brigitte is a mom...
by Team BRIGHT | Apr 3, 2011 | 2011 - Bulgaria
10. Europe does not change their clocks at the same time as the USA, so it was only a 6 hour difference from EST and not 7… whoops… 9. Sunny Beach is not actually a sunny beach. 8. What a cockroach looks like…GROSS! 7. Yes is no and no is yes....
by Team BRIGHT | Mar 26, 2011 | 2011 - Bulgaria
Cities look very different than anything in the states. The roads are very small and the driving is absolutely crazy. People will pass you by creating their own lane–into oncoming traffic or up on the sidewalk, if one is going the wrong way, they just make a U...
