August 24, 2010 by Viktor.

August 20-22 the whole family drove to Silistra, to the annual conference of Bulgarian homeschoolers. Viktor was the co-founder of the Association for Homeschooling earlire in July. There were families from Romania as well as the situation there is very similar to that in Bulgaria. In both countries the law supports mainly state-run education which is mandatory and the legal status of homeschooling families is uncertain.There was a guest from the US as well, attorney Mike Donnely, counsel with the Homeschooling Legal Defens Association, a powerful Christian organization in the US with international contacts in Europe.Viktor delivered a talk on the importance of homeschooling in adverse laws and conditions, as those in Bulgaria, for the Christian family and for freedom of religion and conscience.Dan and Matt appeared on a short report about the event on Bulgarian National televsion - Chanel 1 - speaking about their homeschooling experience - view the video of the one minute report in Bulgarian, here: http://testbnt.bnt.bg/bg/news/view/35310/uchene_u_domaAnd yet another 1 min segment on TV7, where both Matt and Dan are interviewed:http://www.tv7.bg/news/91102.htmlOn the way back we stopped in Russe, where Viktor was born, and dad showed the boys and mom the place where he’d spent most of his childhood. We drank cappucino on this occasion, at the restaurant built where Viktor’s grandparents once stood, overlooking the Danbe river.

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August 24, 2010 by Viktor.

In July we held our church youth camp. It was held in Bosnek, a village not far from Sofia. The themes were creation vs. evolution, God in education and the schools and relationship with God and others. Our theme was from Psalm 14:5 - “God is in the generation of the righteous.”

We had worship and devotionals in the morning followed by practical Bible lessons and games in the afternoon. In the eveneing we had BBQ, camp fires and smores (very American but the the kids loved the smores).

At the end of the camp and at the next church meeting Dan, Matt, Sarah, Emo and Biser testified that they feel that they had important questions answered and feel that their faith in God was strengthened.

Soon we will posts some pictures here.

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