Category: Chance And Dee Dee Galloway

12/21/2015 0 Comments

Bobov Dol Church Plant

Alex Sashov is an absolutely wonderful man that loves God and loves people. He is determined to teach and train up others to make them strong in sound teaching. Alex is the church plant pastor in Bobov Dol, Bulgaria. Alex holds a special place in our heart as one of the church planters. He was part of a group we began teaching 3-4 years ago, and he has grown and matured so much in the church. He has such a heart of integrity and is such an example to others. He also works as a pig farmer, goes to university, and is one of my best english students.
His girlfriend of many years, Rumyana and he will be married in 2016, and we are so very happy for them.
Please pray for Alex as his church begins to grow more and more. His church is in a town with a very large prison and many of the people there are family members who's father is in the prison. There are many people there that need healing and proper teaching in the Word.Praise:
*for the great growth in Alex, his church, and his heart or the Lord.
*for the great reception he has had among the people of Bobov Dol

Prayer needs:
*for a new location that is larger and can hold the number of people that come weekly
*for the broken and hurting children and families of Bobov Dol. The town is known for drugs and prostitution
*for Alex and Rumyana as they begin their life together as a married couple and pastors

Thank you for your support, no matter how big or small, be it in prayer, friendship or finances. We truly understand that in each case your support is part of your worship sacrifice before God and we honor and appreciate you.

Together we are building His Kingdom!
God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan
Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:
Christ Community Church at 4078 Milgen Rd. Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo, or give securely online at the following sites:
https://secure.accessacs.com/access/oglogin.aspx?sn=97076
https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway
http://www.gallowayministries.org/donate-now.html

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1/29/2015 0 Comments

Commissioning Service, Dinner and Leadership Training

The last few weeks has been very full of God's goodness! The Commissioning Service and dinner went smoothly and everything is off to a great start! Praise the Lord!
After 5 days of ministry with Bishop Carr and Adam we said goodbye and welcomed some passers-through from Michigan. A group of 3 guys here to visit Al Mellinger (one pastor, a mission's board member, and a layperson) that came to see the work in Kyustendil. We enjoyed their fellowship and showing them around, as well as showing "God's Not Dead" to the church on the overhead projector one night.
As they left, we hosted a couple that are dear friends from England for 5 days. They ministered in church services as well as 2 days of Leadership training. God is bringing in high quality leadership training for these pastors and we are so grateful at the level of teaching these pastors are receiving!

Praise report:
*The success of the service, dinner, and training over the last 2 weeks!

Prayer needs:
*God has us very busy with Bible colleges and other individuals visiting to minister over the next 4 months. We NEED YOUR PRAYERS for these events as well as moving forward with the home for girls, the land project, and the new micro-enterprise project. These projects take much prayer because we are taking the enemy's ground and we are pushing back darkness and bringing in His marvelous light. Spiritual pushing is hard work!
*We believe God month to month to meet budget, and this is no different as we enter 2015. Pray for partners that can commit to consistent monthly giving, so we have a better understanding of how to plan our year.

God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan

Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!

Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:
Christ Community Church at 4078 Milgen Rd. Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo, or give securely online at:
https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway
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10/30/2014 0 Comments

Meetings and Leadership Training

The past 20 days have been quite a whirlwind! We were invited and sponsored by 2 churches and a Bible college to come to England to teach/preach for 9 days. They loved on us and gave us some much needed time outside of the mission field, but we did work very hard pouring out everyday making connections with old and new friends and promoting the work in Bulgaria.
We taught 5 classes at the Bible college on Missions to students. We thoroughly enjoyed getting to know them and giving them practical information on what mission's looks like.
We met with 2 small groups and spoke about the work in Bulgaria (one of the small groups will now send a group to work with women next month).
We spoke at a wonderful church on God's love (the pastor will be coming to Bulgaria in April to minister).
We met with our partner church (the church of our overseer) that is pioneering the large 2 year church plant project.

We had 3 days of sitting and getting to hear the word (hallelujah) as well as meet and network with new pastors.
We also met with some of our good friends David and Lesley Illingsworth (picture on the top right). We had such a wonderful lunch at their house and they are very excited about coming to help with the work here in Bulgaria. God is building a team of people to love and invest of themselves into the hurting people here and we are amazed at what He is unfolding.
It is a connection God told us several years ago that He would build. We did not see in the natural how at the time, because we did not know many people in England. It is quite inexpensive (around $136) to fly round trip between the two countries and we knew minister's could come and pour into and minister here in Bulgaria for a small price. We know the need is so great here and we cannot do it alone. He is connecting and working, and we are just following His lead. We know the attacks that have come against us this year are because of the great things ahead! We have had (and still because it is an every day thing) to stand, believe, trust, and push forward for the HIGH calling that is in CHRIST JESUS. He is victorious, and only IN HIM can HIS work be done.

Praise report:
*Lawyers are working very hard and paperwork will be finished shortly for the land project, girl's home, and micro-enterprise projects.
*We thank God for all of you that have given to support us and the spreading of the gospel here in Bulgaria. May God, who is rich in mercy, bless your seed and supply abundantly for your every need, whatever it may be. We LOVE you so very much and thank God for you. We pray for you and appreciate you more than words and we hope you know that!

Prayer needs:
*We are resting in Him because He has done and will continue to do great and mighty things!
*Prayers are needed for the projects still in the beginning and middle stages as we form foundations here to operate them through- agricultural, church plant, and girl's home.

God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan

Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!

Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:
Christ Community Church
4078 Milgen Rd.
Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo, or give securely online at:

https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway

Giving information also available at:
http://www.gallowayministries.org/donate.html

Our mailing address is:
Chance and Dee Dee Galloway
PO Box 954
Blairsville, GA 30514

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10/10/2014 0 Comments

Bobov Dol

This week we visited the kids in Razhdavitsa and took some winter clothes and shoes that had been donated by a Bulgarian friend here in town that teaches English at the local high school.
We also ministered this week in a village called Bobov Dol. We took some of the young people we have been working with for a few years to lead worship. They sang in the van all the way to church (about 45 min. away). I wish I could post the video , because their music is so amazing and deep. We will try to put it on our website.

Praise report:
*We thank God for all of you that have given to support us and the spreading of the gospel here in Bulgaria. May God, who is rich in mercy, bless your seed and supply abundantly for your every need, whatever it may be. We LOVE you so very much and thank God for you. We pray for you and appreciate you more than words and we hope you know that!

Prayer needs:
*We are still in need for the Nov.-Dec. budget deficit if you feel led to give toward that. We are resting in Him because He has done and will continue to do great and mighty things!
*Prayers appreciated for this week's ministry in Kyustendil, as we are working with local leaders in discipleship. We will be heading to new churches we have not visited before.
*Prayers are needed for the projects still in the beginning and middle stages as we form foundations here to operate them through- agricultural, church plant, and girl's home.

God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan

Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!

Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:
Christ Community Church
4078 Milgen Rd.
Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo
give securely online at:
https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway
Giving information also available at:
http://www.gallowayministries.org/donate.html

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10/3/2014 0 Comments

A Room for Guests

Many thanks to Mike and Maria Long for donating the bunk beds for the guest room that sleeps 3.
The little room upstairs even has a cute little kitchen.
If you feel a tug on your heart to experience missions, come visit! We'd love to have you!
When I was praying as we were preparing to come to Bulgaria in 2011, I prayed for a home with an area for guests. I felt we needed to have a place for others to be able to experience, whether short term or long term, the same thing we felt when we came, the same heart change we had when we first encountered this country. When I was praying, I envisioned an attic or upstairs place like the hostel that we stayed in while we were in Petrich in 2009.
It was so funny, we were given a number to budget for housing here. Once we arrived in Bulgaria, the second house we were shown was this house. We saw the downstairs apartment (1st floor), which has 2 bedrooms. I told the realtor that 2 bedrooms was not quite enough for our large family of six. Then he showed me the upstairs apartment. It had an additional 3 bedrooms and a dining room (which we turned into a bunk/guest room). The great thing was that the 2 apartments together were the exact amount I had been told to budget for housing!
This summer, Catherine left at the end of May for the US, and Mitch left at the end of August for Bible College in Birmingham, England. We have had a mother and her 2 children stay from mid-June until just this past Saturday. An intern was here from early July and she will officially leave on Monday. We have translators come in from Sofia and stay the week with us and our leaders Al and Diane that come through regularly on their way in or out of the country or just to come to fellowship. We also had a friend from Munich, Germany come through and stay this week.
We love to invest in people. We love to sow into them hospitality, love, and relationship, and see how they grow. We love being able to give them a safe place to stay as well as pour into them spiritually while they are with us. We love to be able to minister to people spiritually, but sometimes you have to minister to them physically and emotionally first to get to the spirit.Praise report:

*We thank God for all of you that have given to support us and the spreading of the gospel here in Bulgaria. May God, who is rich in mercy, bless your seed and supply abundantly for your every need, whatever it may be. We LOVE you so very much and thank God for you. We pray for you and appreciate you more than words and we hope you know that!
*The opportunity to love on all those who have crossed our doorstep.

Prayer needs:
*We are still in need for the Nov.-Dec. budget deficit if you feel led to give toward that. We are resting in Him because He has done and will continue to do great and mighty things!
*Prayers are needed for the projects still in the beginning and middle stages as we form foundations here to operate them through- agricultural, church plant, and girl's home.

God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan

Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!

Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:
Christ Community Church
4078 Milgen Rd.
Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo

give securely online at:
https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway
Giving information also available at:
http://www.gallowayministries.org/donate.html

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9/25/2014 0 Comments

A visit to the mountains times two and a girl turns 17

The past two weeks have been busy. The 15th was the first day of school and we went to celebrate with the kids at the school that we had the camp this summer with. The weekend before that we took our friends and translators high up into the mountains to visit Stanimir's mother. They don't have a car and it had been 2 years since we last visited her. She lives in an institution up out of sight. We sat with her under the apple trees and sang Christian songs and brought her soft things to eat. I cannot help but choke up every time I see Stanimir, a strong tough Bulgarian man, embrace his mother and watch tears flow down his face.
We spent last Saturday in the mountains of northwestern Bulgaria teaching pastors and leaders from the area. It was a great success, and they received the Word with such JOY! This week our intern, Karson, left to visit the UK and Ireland so we took advantage of being in the capital for Jessie's 17th birthday. She loves fish and it is quite expensive here ($10 is a lot for Bulgaria anyways), so she was treated to salmon and a movie for her birthday. She is such a blessing to our family, and she is now the oldest with Mitch and Catherine gone.
Chance couldn't come with us to Sofia because Adam has been here all week and they've been traveling the country working on the church plant project- conducting more interviews and speaking with others about the plan.

Praise reports:
*Budget met through October! We thank God for all of you that have given to support us and the spreading of the gospel here in Bulgaria. May God, who is rich in mercy, bless your seed and supply abundantly for your every need, whatever it may be. We LOVE you so very much and thank God for you. We pray for you and appreciate you more than words and we hope you know that!
*The opportunity to love on Stanimir's mother and spend time with her.
*The relationship with the pastor in Truhn. I just love how in the picture these two pastors and one leader are walking down the street arm-in-arm. Such a blessing to see unity in the body! *We praise the Lord for the blessing of LIFE Christian Academy and Beverly Pope! How it has helped and changed our life for the better! If you are in need of a great school, check it out!

Prayer needs:
*We are still in need for the Nov.-Dec. budget deficit if you feel led to give toward that. We are resting in Him because He has done and will continue to do great and mighty things!
*Prayers are needed for the projects still in the beginning and middle stages as we form foundations here to operate them through- agricultural, church plant, and girl's home.

God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan

Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!

Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:
Christ Community Church
4078 Milgen Rd.
Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo
give securely online at:
https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway
Giving information also available at:
http://www.gallowayministries.org/donate.html

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9/11/2014 0 Comments

Ministry in Macedonia

We spent last weekend ministering in a city of 60,000 Roma/gypsies that is 70% Muslim called Shutka. It is outside the capital of Skopje, Macedonia. We were able to speak at a Christian church there to encourage the believers on reaching their community. We were able to meet several Christians that were Muslim. They said what brought them to faith in Jesus was LOVE. They said Islam was a lot of rules, but that Jesus was about love.
We spent Tuesday this week having a "field trip day" exploring the capital city and visiting an 11th century church. I wish I had more pictures, but they were not allowed. To learn more about this amazing structure, you can google Boyana Church, Bulgaria.
Praise reports:
*The open door to spread the gospel in Macedonia in a large Roma community and how receptive they were to the love of Christ. We will continue to reach out and offer leadership/pastor training and equipping.
*We are tithing what comes in to meet our budget to a local pastor who's house was damaged recently. He and his wife and 3 children are living in a small room in the meantime. The children are sleeping on couches and he and his wife are sleeping on the concrete floor. Below is the new roof that is on his house and the repair will begin soon on the walls. Thank you for giving and being a blessing to those here. These repairs could not have been done without your generosity.

Prayer needs:
*We are still in need for the Oct.-Dec. budget deficit.
* Prayers are needed for the upcoming events- church plant project meetings and interviews, a pastor's training event, and kicking off our fall english and discipleship schedule.

God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan

Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!

Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:
Christ Community Church
4078 Milgen Rd.
Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo
give securely online at:
https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway
Giving information also available at:
http://www.gallowayministries.org/donate.html

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9/4/2014 1 Comment

August in Bulgaria

The last two weeks in August were a bit slow for us in terms of ministry. The government takes time off and many people are on vacation to go to their hometown villages and prepare for the winter months. We took these 2 weeks to do three things.
1-Make Lyutenitsa
2- Work on the house and yard
3- Start homeschooling with Jessie and Alan.
One way in which you prepare for winter around
Bulgaria is by storing up food. One major food here is called Lyutenitsa. It is prepared the last of August because that is when the peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes all are at the prime harvest time together. This takes a whole day to prepare and a whole day of rest afterwards. Our landlord is so nice! He brought all the vegetables and equipment and helped us all day. This is the process. You start with 44 pounds of red peppers, 22 pounds of tomatoes, and 11 pounds of eggplant. The vegetables must be grilled and/or blanched, peeled, ground, mixed, and then stirred continuously over an open fire for 2 hours in the August heat. It is then jarred and canned to be put up for winter. It is so much work, but the finished product is amazing. Bulgarians eat it like Americans do ketchup.

House repair
We also took this time to work around the house. We had been so busy this summer that our back yard was completely overgrown with weeds and needed attention desperately. We spent 3 days weeding and planting grass seed. (picture below) After Mitch left for school we also rearranged most of the furniture to make a classroom for homeschooling.Alan and Jessie started school and we are getting into a routine of working every morning and they are happy now to have a whole room dedicated to learning.

Praise reports:
*The open door to spread the gospel in Macedonia in a large Roma community.
*We have had $8000 given since our last email! Praise the Lord! This will cover all of our expenses from August-Sept and pay our $2500 administration yearly fees plus $2600 that we put on my dad's credit card to get through June!
Prayer needs:
*Our ministry this weekend in Macedonia. They are hungry for training and it looks like we will be going here every month or so to minister. It is 70% Muslim in this area.
*We are still in need for the Oct.-Dec. budget deficit. God has confirmed that we are to be here on the ground doing His business and we know He will continue to finish the miraculous work He is doing through our partners and some people we have never met. We will rest in Him.

God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan

Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!

Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:
Christ Community Church
4078 Milgen Rd.
Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo
give securely online at:
https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway
Giving information also available at:
http://www.gallowayministries.org/donate.html

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8/18/2014 0 Comments

Truhn

We were privileged this week to head up into the northwest of Bulgaria (only about an hour and a half drive from our town) to minister. Team Bulgaria (the Mellingers, the Galloways, Karson Barfield, the translators, Peggy and Rossen and some of their family, and Naomi, a young lady from England) had services at night and worked with the children in the morning. This town doesn't get much attention from outsiders, so they felt very important to get to do crafts and sing songs. We even showed a movie one night after the services. They enjoyed it and were extremely appreciative for the love, encouragement, and fellowship. We plan to go back to do some leadership training this fall.

Praise reports:
*Building relationships in Truhn and the time spent with the precious people there.
*We have had $2200 given since our last email! Praise the Lord! Sometimes there is a lag between when donations come in and when I get the information, but I will inform each week as I get the numbers. Thank you to all that pray and donate.
Prayer needs:
*There is still a need of $11,400.
God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan

Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!

Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:

Christ Community Church
4078 Milgen Rd.
Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo, or

Give securely online at:
http://www.gallowayministries.org/donate.html
or
https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway

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8/8/2014 0 Comments

Camp in the Mountains

The past 2 weeks were spent up in the mountains with children from the Roma village. We had a puppet show every morning then divided up by age to learn Bible stories. Elsabe and I took the older girls and taught each day on a woman from the Bible. We talked about how brave these women were. These girls (in the upper right hand picture) ranged from 11-14. They shared with us how girls are stolen every few days in the village. Men come and snatch girls and they are not seen again. They shared about an 11 year old that was taken in the center of the village just 3 days before they left for camp. I asked if they would like a home for girls to keep them safe and they said, "YES!" They are still living at the school in Razhdavitsa that only goes up to 4th grade, just so they can stay safe. I pray for these girls and these kids. I wish I could share fully what they have to live through. Maybe over the next few weeks I'll be able to, through stories of kids, convey the life they live and how I hope to help them. My heart is full with the love they shared and haunted by the wailing tears I heard as they had to go back to the life they live everyday.

Praise reports:
*Through generous donors, each child was able to receive a new pair of pants, a shirt, new underwear, a new pair of socks and shoes.
*They had 3 meals a day and in their prayers, they thanked God for the good food.
Prayer needs:
*Pray for us to be able to stay in Bulgaria. We have enough for the bills through the end of August, after that, serious discussions have to be made because there is simply not enough to last the rest of the year.
After working on budget this week, we currently need $22,700 to make budget for August through December. We currently have $9,100 pledged to come in for the rest of the year. This is currently where we stand.
God Bless,
Chance, Dee Dee, Mitch, Catherine, Jessie, and Alan

Many thanks to those that love and pray for us. We value your partnership and support. Being on the frontline of ministry requires a definite group of people willing to pray and uplift us, and we know we would/could not be here without you all. You are loved much!

Contact information:To help us meet our budget for this year you can send a check to:
Christ Community Church at 4078 Milgen Rd. Columbus, Ga 31907 with Galloway in the memo, or give securely online at:
https://give.fmcusa.org/galloway
Giving information also available at:
http://www.gallowayministries.org/donate.html

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