This past weekend I went to Melnik, the smallest city in Bulgaria (apparently there is no equivalent to town in Bulgarian, the only options are village, small city or big city). It was nice to get out of Sofia for a quick overnight trip, to be with my friends from my team, and to take time to be in nature and to enjoy a new place where I did not have the pressures of my life in Sofia. The only downside was it made me slow down enough to realize that I need to slow down more! So this week I am intentionally taking a day off, a day where I can recharge and get ready for the next week.
I have not done a good job at resting. This summer I researched how rest was addressed in the Bible and tried to think about how I should apply what I learned to my life. Since January, it seems like there are so many things that God is doing in Bulgaria: having English Coffee and Conversation once a month, a Valentine's Day dinner with our friends from the Day Center, events with our Community of Faith, Bulgarian lessons, growing English clubs (with a growing demand for more clubs!), and these are just some of the things I'm involved in! It's been hard to take a step back, to breath, to rest and to spend quality time with God because it's so exciting to see new opportunities! But I'm coming to see that if I spend all of my energy without getting some sort of time to renew my energy, then I'll burn out and won't be useful at all. This past weekend I went to Melnik, the smallest city in Bulgaria (apparently there is no equivalent to town in Bulgarian, the only options are village, small city or big city). It was nice to get out of Sofia for a quick overnight trip, to be with my friends from my team, and to take time to be in nature and to enjoy a new place where I did not have the pressures of my life in Sofia. The only downside was it made me slow down enough to realize that I need to slow down more! So this week I am intentionally taking a day off, a day where I can recharge and get ready for the next week.
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