It is Friday. My last post was on Tuesday, so I have much to review, but these past few days weren't as eventful as my first few days in Bulgaria, please forgive me if I forget things.
Tomorrow a few girls and myself are heading into Sofia, the capital with a population of about 2 million. We leave bright and early at 7:30, we'll check out some sites and how the shopping is.
Tuesday night was karaoke night at the local bar (Piano Bar) and I myself have never been to a bar, so this was a first experience. Most people that were at orientation went, but before going, I was talking with one of the girls from America and she just really seems like someone I can get along with easily. We don't necessarily have the same views on things, but we respect each other and we had a pretty good conversation. At the bar I didn't drink, but I was asked to dance and I don't like to give guys the wrong impression, so I didn't really dance. I will say the karaoke was pretty terrible except for a few people. Now that I'm looking back on the night, I realize that I had fun, but doing that every night and only looking forward to "nights out" would be such an empty life. I know that Christ is the only fulfilling thing, but I think I really understand a lot more now.
On Wednesday we had computer training, which basically told us about rules of using the universities internet and also showing us how to set up the internet. Speaking of the internet, it is the BIGGEST PAIN IN THE WORLD to get an internet connection to your laptop through the school here at AUBG. Settings must be changed, you have to put in an application, and I'm still waiting for my internet to be authenticated. Back to my day of Wednesday, I went to the registrar office and officially registered. My classes consist of: Intro. to Bulgarian, Investigative Reporting, Editing and Design, Bible as Literature, and History of Christianity. One girl from America is going to take Bible as Literature as well and actually asked me if I was taking it and I said yes and she commented back saying that she's taking it because the teacher is an atheist. One, I'm not sure as to why you would take a class just because someone is atheist and two, I didn't exactly expect the professor to be a Christian, but I suppose I didn't realize that an atheist would teach the class. The same professor teaches both Bible as Literature and History of Christianity. So! These classes will definitely be challeging, but in the end I think worth it. I'll definitely keep updates on it, but pray that all this talk of no God, won't get my mood to always be frowning.
Continuing with my Wednesday activities, after registering myself and some girls decided to go to Varosha, the old city. I will put pictures up when I get internet on my computer. We met an artist who really made some beautiful paintings and he tried really hard to get us to buy something, but we're all broke college students. We talked shortly to him and he mentioned living in Austin for a while, so it was good to talk to him, his english was good. We also went to the old orthodox church there. I have never been to such a dark looking church, I attempted to ask the women in there when it was built and after about 10 minutes of long painstaking language barrier I found out that it was built in 844 a.d. The woman gave me some holy water, I suppose I'll use it if I go to Draculas Castle in Romania :) (interesting fact that I learned today: Vampire is a Serbian word and the only Serbian word understood worldwide). I was really quite sad in that church, that people don't understand the good news of Christ and do these ritualistic things. It was a beautiful church, but sad to me. After roaming Varosha, we decided to climb some stairs which led up a mountain, so we ended up slightly hiking, it was beautiful. A couple girls climbed a trail, but me and another girl stayed behind because we didn't have the appropriate shoes and we watched this leech, which sounds weird because it was.
On Wednesday evening, I met a guy named Marten from Bulgaria who is actually got a really funny sense of humor to me. He went to America this past summer for an International Soduko Challenge type thing, apparently he is quite good at Soduko, one of the best in Bulgaria. He and his roommate Radik from the Czech Republic went to see Salt with myself and Stefany, the American that I like quite a bit. The movies here are in English with Bulgarian subtitles (works for me!) and are WAY CHEAP, I paid 4 leva which is roughly 3 american dollars. By the way, I will get to see Harry Potter for cheap and before all my friends back in the States because of the 8 hour time difference, totally pumped! Salt was quite good actually and Marten ate all his popcorn (popcorn is 1 leva) and talked of how his lips were kind of burnt from the salt, so when he drank water, he said it was like a "pool party" on his lips. I still chuckle from that statement.
Finally! On to Thursday, you basically know all that is going on in my life, from these long blogposts. I went to International Student Orientation, which once again was not necessary for me to be at. Afterwards I ate a sandwich and had Cherry Coke and cleaned my room a bit and then started on the long dubious task of trying to get internet, which I'm still trying to get authenticated, and so that took up most of my day. Later I went to a local place to eat and I had tuna and began reading 1 John 4 and it's kind of amazing that God knows exactly what to say to you through His Word at the correct time. I was about done doing my word study and overheard an older man talking to an student from Serbia and I heard him mention being a professor at a school in New York and that he worked as a journalist for 14 years. So, I HAD to interrupt and meet him haha because connections mean a lot in the journalism world. I introduced myself to both him and the Serbain student and found out that he will probably be my professor for Investigative Journalism. After a few short minutes, the people the man was meeting showed up and I met the department chair. Then I turned my attention to the Serbian student and actually we talked for quite a bit about America, Serbia, and Bulgaria. His name is Igor and I met his friend Marco and we watched YouTube videos for about 3 hours that night. I had a really great time, the students from Serbia have proven all to be very friendly and I quite like them.
Today is Friday. I woke up late and then attempted to get my internet fixed and then went to a bakery and got a donut, the donuts here are stupendous, it had a chocolate filling and icing. I read 1 John 5 today. The earlier chapters of 1 John have basically laid out how to act as a Christian, the later chapters really emphasize the importance of loving our brothers and sisters in Christ and praying for any who struggle with sin. I feel as though in the last year, I have grown in truly loving my family in Christ and He has shown me the benefits of it. Now being in a country with not a lot of great encouragement, is hard.
"For the love of God is this: that we do His commands. And these orders of His are not irksome" -1 John 5:3
This verse stuck out to me because it will be hard to not do as the world wants me to here, but I must ALWAYS remember that it isn't a burden to do as God wants me to. After my time in the Word, I went to the aquapark with guys from Serbia and a girl who goes to MTSU (Middle Tennessee) named Kayla and the water is so cold in the pools in Europe!! They told me that it was actually a bit warmer than most pools, holy smokes, it was cold, but I suppose they know what refreshing means in Europe. At the aquapark, the mountains were right next to us and so magnificent. After that we returned and changed and went to the talent show. A girl from Russia danced and it was beautiful, I decided in that moment that if the Russian Ballet ever came to Sofia that I will go. I took pictures of some people that I knew in the crowd and they'll be posted. I love being here because of all the wonderful interesting people from different countries and hearing their stories. AUBG is technically about 70% international students, although if you think about it, an international student is like our "out of state" student here at AUBG. Then we ate some food and now here I am, blogging to you.
I did my day by day observations and activities, but I have other random things to talk about.
You may have heard of the term Gypsy before, but I didn't REALLY know what was meant by gypsy until coming to Bulgaria. A gypsy is basically a beggar and I asked Marten to explain it better to me. Gypsies live in big groups, in camps basically, not in houses, and their education is not good. Gypsies also can sometimes have their own language as well. They are below poverty, because they have no education it's hard for them to get jobs period. Also, their skin is darker and you can just tell who a gypsy is and people are prejudice. Even if a gypsy attempted to get a great education, it would be hard to get a good job because of their color. Sometimes while eating outside in a cafe, gypsy children will come up to you and beg for money, of course we don't understand them, but you know what they're doing. You have to ignore them because they aren't begging for themselves, they have to beg for something like what a pimp is. They have to give all their findings to these adults and they only buy drugs and alcohol with the money. Yes, you are probably thinking about Slumdog Millionaire, it's just like in that movie. It's so heartbreaking though, because you want to help the child, but you simply cannot. The problem of gypsies simply shows the importance of education. France actually has been cracking down on gypsies and I heard that they made all their gypsies leave France, apparently this has caused the UN to look down upon France. I'm curious as to if there are any missionaries who go into Gypsy communities, what a terribly exhausting task, but wow, what God could do with it.
Cats and dogs run around on the street and beg for food and attention. Yes, there is much begging in Bulgaria. Cats primarily hang around the cafes and meow preciously and look so cute and win crumbs and leftovers. The dogs more so run around the streets and beg to individual people, some have some pretty good begging faces and poses, some will even do tricks. There was a problem with the dogs going into packs and attacking people, so the government in Bulgaria decided to start a catch and release type program. They will pick up dogs and fix them to not reproduce and vaccinate them, you can distinguish which dogs have been caught by a tag on their ear. I don't like PETA, but I just wonder what kind of stunts they would pull over this type of stuff of cats and dogs being on the streets.
I read Genesis over the summer and now I am reading Exodus. I'm about half way through and reading the old testament has really shown me much of the roots of everything I know of the Bible. What lengths God had to go to show that we are to do as He commands. What He had to do to convince Pharoah, oh wow. I've never really looked at in this light, I've always known that these things were miraculous. It's amazing what God will do to make Himself know, too bad we never REALLY see. Reading Exodus is kind of like my side reading, but it really shows me a lot. Also Moses had a speech impediment and made him go and tell Pharoah His commands! God uses people that others would never believe in, so please believe that He can use you.
I'm praying for opportunities, but I have learned so much about God already. If you have the chance to study abroad, take it.
I'm quite exhausted and must wake up early. Skype dates will happen, please keep in touch and keep reading. I hope I have encouraged you in some way.
Last Randoms
-Some girl beside me is listening to Justin Beiber.
-Lots of people smoke here, I feel as though most of my clothes sort of smell like smoke.
-Every food that I have had uses the spice Chubritza, it's a weird spice, but it is used in EVERYTHING. Therefore, Bulgarian food has a very distinct taste.
-I will take a hiking trip soon through Rila mountains to see some of the Seven Lakes. (Google pictures of it)
-A boy from Germany tried to argue with me that the correct pronunciation of Arkansas is Ar-Kansas, not Ar-Kan-Saw. Everyone in Europe says Ar-Kansas.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
My First Thoughts of Bulgaria.
I am here.
I am here.
I have been preparing since February to be where I am now.
I officially arrived in Bulgaria on Saturday and it has already been so interesting. I haven't had an internet connection at my room for a few days, so right now I'm in a restaurant using the wifi. Being without internet has also been a little hard, kind of ridiculous how much we rely on technology. Everyone, I mean everyone is not doing too well without internet at AUBG (my school).
Currently, I am in orientation week for freshmen and international students. A lot of the sessions I have gone to, I already know the material, so actually I've been skipping the ones that look like they are for only freshman. I have met so many intriguing people in the past few days, but I'm going to start from a few days back and then explain things as they are now.
I didn't sleep the night before my flight to help get over the jet lag when I arrived in Bulgaria, advice from my dad. I think it did help, because I am for the most part over the jet lag. My dad drove me to the Tulsa airport and we got there quite early, so he sat there and talked to me for some time and I enjoyed that, I wanted not to sleep from the flight from Tulsa to Chicago and sleep on my international flight, but it was pretty hard. I was so nervous about the trip that my mouth became really dry and so I kept drinking lots of water and the outcome of that was going to the bathroom often. I also had some pretty chapped lips for the past few days. I kept praying that God would quiet my nervous mind, because this is an out of this world experience. I also prayed multiple times for me to remember that I am an ambassador of Christ and that I would represent Him well in this totally different country.
I had a close connection in Chicago, but obviously I made it. I flew with Lufthansa, a german airline, and I really enjoyed the flight, good food, good movies (Fantastic Mr. Fox GRANT!), and they even had warm towels. The best part of the flight was who God blessed me with as my seat neighbors. To my left was a woman named Nora and to my right was a man named Phil, they were talkative (unlike most people you sit next to on a plane ride), and really just amazing people. Nora was flying into Kazakhstan to teach with her husband, who was already there, in an American school. Phil was flying into Istanbul to visit some friends. He was a college professor, but he and his wife left their tenure to become missionaries in South America, he served for 15 years doing that. He actually went to seminary in California and he was going on sabbatical around Europe for a month at the time that I met him. Nora grew up Catholic but actually came to Christ later in her life and we were talking about different religions and our own lives. Phil commented that on all his flights, this had never happened and we all believed that this was truly an act of our wonderful and loving God. I slept most of that flight, but God really calmed me with these people. Phil prayed for us when we landed and then I was in Frankfurt, Germany.
The people working in the airport in Germany were not too pleasant and I paid almost 5 American dollars for a bottle of sprite. The plastic they use in their bottles is quite thick, just a random tidbit. Before I even left out of Tulsa, I had a pretty painful knot in my back and the plane rides did NOT help, so I was in pretty excruciating pain lugging my backpack and laptop case around this huge airport, I felt as though I walked about a mile through that airport, at least. We took a bus out to the plane and on this plane I had a weird German sandwich with horseradish mayo or something, but the German coke tasted different than American coke. If you have ever been in a plane, then you know how cool the clouds look, instead of looking into the sky and just seeing white things, you see them 3D suspended in the air, I very much enjoyed looking at the clouds. While flying over Austria, we saw the Alps and they were magnificent, it truly is amazing how many details God had to think of when creating the world. He always seems to blow my mind with just how beautiful He made the earth.
Finally, I am now in the airport in Sofia, Bulgaria on Saturday and going through customs was not terrible at all. Blagoevgrad is about an hour and a half from Sofia, so I was in a van with a girl from Kazakhstan, 2 girls from the University of Maine, and 2 boys from Mongolia. Most of us were jet lagged and the roads were SO curvy, me and Denny (the girl from Kazakhstan) were having a hard time not throwing up, the fact that they drive much more aggressively in Europe didn't help either. Tailgating and passing whenever they want is completely normal, also they drive on the same side of the road as us, apparently only that island with the UK on it drives on the other side of the road really. Myself and Hannah (from Maine) talked a lot of the way and she is a sophomore and we became friends. When we got into Blagoevgrad we had to go get our i.d. cards in order to check into our rooms, so all of our pictures are of us being wonderfully unshowered. Eventually we get checked into our rooms and I'm in Skapto 2, which is more for upperclassman, and to our horror, no air conditioning. But, luckily, it's a lot cooler here than in Arkansas, but I definitely was wanting to rather be outside than inside.
On Sunday morning, I woke up and found a shop with bread and ate this strange bread with a cheese baked on top, all the labels were in Bulgarian, so I did not know what it was except for how it looked physically. I read 1 John chapter 3 and it was good, God keeps reminding me to be righteous and not fall into temptation. I also looked over my notes from 1 Peter from about a month ago and that really helped me as well to not worry about being "uncool" because even if I am persecuted, at least I have the name of Christ with me. This will not be easy, I know, and it is settling in more and more in fact. Then me and a some girls from Maine went to the Health Center and then to a pool. Now, everyone in Bulgaria, I mean EVERYONE wears a bikini in Bulgaria and all the men wear euro trunks, they also listen to Ja Rule, G Unit, and all those other people from middle school, kind of a blast from the past. That night was the Presidents Welcome Dinner and I met many other Americans doing exchange. Actually, I met a married couple studying at Missouri Southern and the guy grew up in Prarie Grove, PRARIE GROVE, that's about 30 minutes from where I grew up, crazy............ I also met a couple of girls from Belarus, who are very pretty and skinny, some people from Turkmenistan, the guys were quite funny. That night I slept well.
Now we are on to Monday, which was yesterday for me. We had some orientation things, I felt like a freshman, because they were explaining how college works, but I already know and as I said earlier, now I am skipping out on the things that seem like they are for freshmen. I met a few people from Russia, a girl named Redina from Bulgaria and Israel, she spent most of her life in Israel and actually she was supposed to enter the Israeli army at her age, because it is law for all Israeli citizens to be in the army, even women, I didn't know this law. I also met many people from the country Georgia. One thing that I like a lot about this school is that people from so many countries come here, I am really learning about the world. All of the students seem to be tri-lingual or know more, many know Russian, I think that it would be a very valuable language to study.
In Europe, the drinking age is not 21, so alcohol is very popular here and many people smoke. I have seen so many liquor stores and everything is quite cheap. There is no alcohol policies in the residence halls, actually reslife puts on parties with alcohol. My RA's door has a sticker on it that states that he is not an alcoholic, because alcoholics go to meetings. Most everyone drinks here, as far as I know, I'm the only one who does not. During orientation, there was a skit that the RA's did on how not to act in a classroom and two of them were legitimately making out on the stage in front of the administrative staff, that was a bit shocking to me. Things are so different here, everything is so much MORE casual than in America. I've been praying quite a bit actually and I actually could use some, because the influence of everyone here will be for me to not do things that are glorifying to God. I have faith that He will use the Holy Spirit to keep me accountable, but man, everything screams to not be righteous.
The food here is cheap and everything seems to have chicken in it. There is no such thing as refills and the the drink that you do buy, comes in a small portion. The oil that they use here or some kind of seasoning, makes the food have a very distinct taste, I'm not too sure if I like it, but I'm sure I will soon. The coke tastes the same here :)
I'm just praying that God will use me in this place, that I will learn so much through this experience of His character. I believe in the power of prayer and that is all I can desperately hold onto throughout the next few weeks. The rest of the students show up this weekend, please pray that I will find at least ONE person to have fellowship with. I am also hoping to find a missionary family in Blagoevgrad and meet with them. The church is of the Bulgarian Orthodox which is part of the 14 churches in the Orthodox church, I have learned this from a Georgian, who I had a short discussion of religion with already.
This experience has already shown me so much, please keep me in your prayers and keep reading my blog, I don't want to be talking to myself. I am off to advising right now, may God bless you as you start back to school and whatever else you may be doing, I still pray for you.
I am here.
I have been preparing since February to be where I am now.
I officially arrived in Bulgaria on Saturday and it has already been so interesting. I haven't had an internet connection at my room for a few days, so right now I'm in a restaurant using the wifi. Being without internet has also been a little hard, kind of ridiculous how much we rely on technology. Everyone, I mean everyone is not doing too well without internet at AUBG (my school).
Currently, I am in orientation week for freshmen and international students. A lot of the sessions I have gone to, I already know the material, so actually I've been skipping the ones that look like they are for only freshman. I have met so many intriguing people in the past few days, but I'm going to start from a few days back and then explain things as they are now.
I didn't sleep the night before my flight to help get over the jet lag when I arrived in Bulgaria, advice from my dad. I think it did help, because I am for the most part over the jet lag. My dad drove me to the Tulsa airport and we got there quite early, so he sat there and talked to me for some time and I enjoyed that, I wanted not to sleep from the flight from Tulsa to Chicago and sleep on my international flight, but it was pretty hard. I was so nervous about the trip that my mouth became really dry and so I kept drinking lots of water and the outcome of that was going to the bathroom often. I also had some pretty chapped lips for the past few days. I kept praying that God would quiet my nervous mind, because this is an out of this world experience. I also prayed multiple times for me to remember that I am an ambassador of Christ and that I would represent Him well in this totally different country.
I had a close connection in Chicago, but obviously I made it. I flew with Lufthansa, a german airline, and I really enjoyed the flight, good food, good movies (Fantastic Mr. Fox GRANT!), and they even had warm towels. The best part of the flight was who God blessed me with as my seat neighbors. To my left was a woman named Nora and to my right was a man named Phil, they were talkative (unlike most people you sit next to on a plane ride), and really just amazing people. Nora was flying into Kazakhstan to teach with her husband, who was already there, in an American school. Phil was flying into Istanbul to visit some friends. He was a college professor, but he and his wife left their tenure to become missionaries in South America, he served for 15 years doing that. He actually went to seminary in California and he was going on sabbatical around Europe for a month at the time that I met him. Nora grew up Catholic but actually came to Christ later in her life and we were talking about different religions and our own lives. Phil commented that on all his flights, this had never happened and we all believed that this was truly an act of our wonderful and loving God. I slept most of that flight, but God really calmed me with these people. Phil prayed for us when we landed and then I was in Frankfurt, Germany.
The people working in the airport in Germany were not too pleasant and I paid almost 5 American dollars for a bottle of sprite. The plastic they use in their bottles is quite thick, just a random tidbit. Before I even left out of Tulsa, I had a pretty painful knot in my back and the plane rides did NOT help, so I was in pretty excruciating pain lugging my backpack and laptop case around this huge airport, I felt as though I walked about a mile through that airport, at least. We took a bus out to the plane and on this plane I had a weird German sandwich with horseradish mayo or something, but the German coke tasted different than American coke. If you have ever been in a plane, then you know how cool the clouds look, instead of looking into the sky and just seeing white things, you see them 3D suspended in the air, I very much enjoyed looking at the clouds. While flying over Austria, we saw the Alps and they were magnificent, it truly is amazing how many details God had to think of when creating the world. He always seems to blow my mind with just how beautiful He made the earth.
Finally, I am now in the airport in Sofia, Bulgaria on Saturday and going through customs was not terrible at all. Blagoevgrad is about an hour and a half from Sofia, so I was in a van with a girl from Kazakhstan, 2 girls from the University of Maine, and 2 boys from Mongolia. Most of us were jet lagged and the roads were SO curvy, me and Denny (the girl from Kazakhstan) were having a hard time not throwing up, the fact that they drive much more aggressively in Europe didn't help either. Tailgating and passing whenever they want is completely normal, also they drive on the same side of the road as us, apparently only that island with the UK on it drives on the other side of the road really. Myself and Hannah (from Maine) talked a lot of the way and she is a sophomore and we became friends. When we got into Blagoevgrad we had to go get our i.d. cards in order to check into our rooms, so all of our pictures are of us being wonderfully unshowered. Eventually we get checked into our rooms and I'm in Skapto 2, which is more for upperclassman, and to our horror, no air conditioning. But, luckily, it's a lot cooler here than in Arkansas, but I definitely was wanting to rather be outside than inside.
On Sunday morning, I woke up and found a shop with bread and ate this strange bread with a cheese baked on top, all the labels were in Bulgarian, so I did not know what it was except for how it looked physically. I read 1 John chapter 3 and it was good, God keeps reminding me to be righteous and not fall into temptation. I also looked over my notes from 1 Peter from about a month ago and that really helped me as well to not worry about being "uncool" because even if I am persecuted, at least I have the name of Christ with me. This will not be easy, I know, and it is settling in more and more in fact. Then me and a some girls from Maine went to the Health Center and then to a pool. Now, everyone in Bulgaria, I mean EVERYONE wears a bikini in Bulgaria and all the men wear euro trunks, they also listen to Ja Rule, G Unit, and all those other people from middle school, kind of a blast from the past. That night was the Presidents Welcome Dinner and I met many other Americans doing exchange. Actually, I met a married couple studying at Missouri Southern and the guy grew up in Prarie Grove, PRARIE GROVE, that's about 30 minutes from where I grew up, crazy............ I also met a couple of girls from Belarus, who are very pretty and skinny, some people from Turkmenistan, the guys were quite funny. That night I slept well.
Now we are on to Monday, which was yesterday for me. We had some orientation things, I felt like a freshman, because they were explaining how college works, but I already know and as I said earlier, now I am skipping out on the things that seem like they are for freshmen. I met a few people from Russia, a girl named Redina from Bulgaria and Israel, she spent most of her life in Israel and actually she was supposed to enter the Israeli army at her age, because it is law for all Israeli citizens to be in the army, even women, I didn't know this law. I also met many people from the country Georgia. One thing that I like a lot about this school is that people from so many countries come here, I am really learning about the world. All of the students seem to be tri-lingual or know more, many know Russian, I think that it would be a very valuable language to study.
In Europe, the drinking age is not 21, so alcohol is very popular here and many people smoke. I have seen so many liquor stores and everything is quite cheap. There is no alcohol policies in the residence halls, actually reslife puts on parties with alcohol. My RA's door has a sticker on it that states that he is not an alcoholic, because alcoholics go to meetings. Most everyone drinks here, as far as I know, I'm the only one who does not. During orientation, there was a skit that the RA's did on how not to act in a classroom and two of them were legitimately making out on the stage in front of the administrative staff, that was a bit shocking to me. Things are so different here, everything is so much MORE casual than in America. I've been praying quite a bit actually and I actually could use some, because the influence of everyone here will be for me to not do things that are glorifying to God. I have faith that He will use the Holy Spirit to keep me accountable, but man, everything screams to not be righteous.
The food here is cheap and everything seems to have chicken in it. There is no such thing as refills and the the drink that you do buy, comes in a small portion. The oil that they use here or some kind of seasoning, makes the food have a very distinct taste, I'm not too sure if I like it, but I'm sure I will soon. The coke tastes the same here :)
I'm just praying that God will use me in this place, that I will learn so much through this experience of His character. I believe in the power of prayer and that is all I can desperately hold onto throughout the next few weeks. The rest of the students show up this weekend, please pray that I will find at least ONE person to have fellowship with. I am also hoping to find a missionary family in Blagoevgrad and meet with them. The church is of the Bulgarian Orthodox which is part of the 14 churches in the Orthodox church, I have learned this from a Georgian, who I had a short discussion of religion with already.
This experience has already shown me so much, please keep me in your prayers and keep reading my blog, I don't want to be talking to myself. I am off to advising right now, may God bless you as you start back to school and whatever else you may be doing, I still pray for you.
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