"The two boys," Dimitrie says, "had been placed in an orphanage because their mother was so sick. A family from the Philadelphia Church in Burgas became acquainted with Vulio and Plamen when their adult daughter - who had been adopted from an orphanage as a child - volunteered at the orphanage. She invited the boys to attend church, and they soon learned about our summer camp."
Camp Kotel was held at a retreat center in a small mountain town not far from the seaside city of Burgas in southeastern Bulgaria. Dimitrie coordinated this camp. "During camp," he remembers, "I watched these two brothers meet new friends and really connect with them." Today they love to go to church and learn about Jesus as much as they can! The boy's mom is still sick, but she feels well enough to have them back home now. And their influence has caused her to go to church, too.
(Connect, March 2011, Volume 41, Number 2, a publication of New Hope International)
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