<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3Afia4_0us6NRcc00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Afia4_0us6NRcc00" width="1800" height="500" >When I was 12 years old, my mother started to go to a Bible study in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. After a year, she learned so much from the Bible that she started to talk to me about it and invited me to church. I loved every single moment of every sermon. I could finally learn about the invisible God I believed in. I studied the Bible every day. I read every book the church printing press printed....Later, I graduated with a master’s degree in textile engineering. My then-boyfriend became a pastor and we married, serving in Bulgaria for nine years. He wanted to study more, so we came to Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, for our second master’s degrees.While I was doing my master’s degree in Youth Ministry at Andrews University, I helped Betty Whitehead, costume coordinator at Andrews University and Bible Story producer for the International Pathfinder Camporee organization, make some costumes for the “Passion Play”—a youth ministry event that brings to life the final events of Jesus’s life. A few months later, Betty asked me to make some kilts for the drama production on the “Story of Joseph.” We were able to dress all the boys in the cast for 3 months with a few bolts of off-white fabric.I had no clue what I was getting into.Visiting the International Camporee in Oshkosh for the first time was an impressive sight. They had built a real size pyramid behind the stage to make Egypt look real. There were about 15,000 children watching the play. I was sold. Building a stage to tell a story, capturing the imagination of those youth for God, showing how God is present in human history and how He intervenes in human affairs, because he cares, is a cause worth working for....In preparation for this upcoming Camporee, I spent three weeks at Andrews University for rehearsals and to do costume fittings with the actors. We invited people to help us sew the costumes. Sometimes we had five ladies at a time helping us. &lt;&lt;&lt; Read Vanya Kovacheva's full story at the Rocky Mountain Conference of Seventh-day Adventists site &gt;&gt;&gt;</div></body>

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Alumnus Creates Costumes for Pathfinder Camporee

When I was 12 years old, my mother started to go to a Bible study in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. After a year, she learned so much from the Bible that she started to talk to me about it and invited me to church. I loved every single moment of every sermon. I could finally learn about the invisible God I believed in. I studied the Bible every day. I read every book the church printing press printed.