by Team BRIGHT | May 18, 2011 | 2011 - Bulgaria
March 21 was a full day of work and fun. Our day began with a morning visit to Orphanage “Nezabravka”in Stara Zagora. We met with the orphanage director and she shared some of the things that her children do and are involved in. This is an orphanage that...
by Team BRIGHT | Apr 27, 2011 | 2011 - Bulgaria
Tuesday morning began with a visit to a safe house for women and children affected by domestic abuse. We had been told on Monday that the children in the house were there because they were either witnesses of abuse (but not recipients) or were pulled from their homes...
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....
