Bulgaria
“This is the kind of stuff that makes Jesus smile.” –Cookie Slate
Why Bulgaria? As a global Catalyst Place of Engagement, Bulgaria provides The Heights family a chance to maintain support of existing ministries undertaken with our people and resources, and provide additional support for healthcare, orphanages, and other ministries which aid the work done there by our key ministry relationship, Paul and Judy Ridgway.
What are the objectives?
- Continue to partner with missionaries Paul and Judy Ridgway to strive to meet both physical and spiritual needs of Bulgarian people while also working to alleviate suffering in the orphanages.
- Provide a container of humanitarian aid filled with computers refurbished by The Heights family to include items such as desks, school supplies and mattresses for orphanages, as well as new shoes and socks provided by the Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls program.
- Continue serving in transformational ways through the avenues of healthcare and associated relationships developed in Bulgaria with Richardson Regional Medical Center over the past years.
- Continue partnering with the adoption process of Bulgarian pastors to supplement their salaries in order to keep Bulgarian churches open and functioning.
“…whatever you did for one of the least of these…you did for Me.” – Jesus, Matthew 25:40
What is the strategy?
- Provide direct support for the Ridgways in Bulgaria.
- Provide additional funds for special projects such as container shipments in conjunction with Buckner Ministries.
- Support teams of people from The Heights to participate with funds to offset their cost.
- Heights mission “SOUL” teams will visit orphanages in the spring and the fall to fit children with shoes and to give out much needed love and hugs. Search out opportunities for leaders from Richardson Regional Medical Center to connect with healthcare opportunities to serve the Bulgarian people through the Bulgarian churches.
- Continue support for Bulgarian pastor's salaries to maintain Bulgarian church ministries.
Occupations, skills projected for this Place of Engagement: Relationship builders, persons who can love an unwanted child, computer techies, persons with the gift of giving, children’s workers, social workers, persons with compassion, good organizers, medical personnel.
