The journey that never seemed to end...

I don't know how we did it, but we FINALLY arrived in Lom! Unfortunately, it took us about 4 hours longer to get here.

After everyone landed safely in Sofia around 4:00 PM, we loaded up 22 bags and 15 people for the simple 3 hour trip to Lom where we would be staying all week. Kris led the pack in one (air-conditioned) van, Wayne followed behind in another van, and Tedi kept us all together in the back . After filling up with gas, we headed out! We hadn't been on the road 10 minutes before Kris realized that Wayne was missing! After a phone call, it was discovered that he had broken down on the side of the road with approximately 20 bags of luggage and six Americans. Apparently, there had been a mix up at the gas station and someone used the wrong gas in the van....

So here we are stuck on the side of the road in Sofia. It's about 90ish degrees and we are all EXHAUSTED. Thankfully, we weren't stuck there long before Kris and Tedi found someone who graciously came and rescued us with a truck and a rope.




While we waited to hear the fate of the van, the majority of us decided to unload the bags and re-load them up in the working van and take off to Lom leaving Wayne, David, and Kris behind to deal with the damage.

After emptying the gas tank, cleaning the filter, and refilling the gas tank, the van was ready to go! Meanwhile, Emaile (from the UK) is driving a van full of luggage and 10 people to Lom. This was not an easy task.... Bulgarians don't always follow the rules of the road and when you are used to driving on the opposite side of the street, this can be quite challenging. After turning around several times, we actually met up with the guys and the caravan continued our long journey to Lom.



We finally arrived around 10:30 PM and thankfully, we all made it here in one piece! I don't know how we did it, but praise the Lord we are here!!

Please keep us in your prayers... this looks like a challenging week ahead! Hopefully our luck can only get better from here!

ps...we actually have air conditioning!!