SINCE COMING TO ROMANIA I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY MOVED BY MANY SIGHTS OF SUFFERING OR OF GREAT NEED. THIS EVENING I HAVE COME AWAY FROM ONE SIGHT WHICH HAS MOVED ME TO TEARS.

WE WERE GIVEN THE NAME OF THIS FAMILY OF ELEVEN CHILDREN WHOSE MOTHER IS QUITE ILL WITH LIVER TROUBLE AND THE ONSET OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE, WHAT WE FOUND ON THAT VISIT WAS A “HOUSE” - TWO ROOMS WITH NO COMFORT EXCEPT FOR A TRADITIONAL STOVE! ALSO TOTAL DARKNESS SAVE THE GLIMMER OF A THIN LITTLE CANDLE IN A TIN.

THE ELECTRICITY HAD BEEN CUT OFF BECAUSE OF LACK OF PAYMENT!

HOWEVER, ALL WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE US AND THE CHILDREN JUMPED WITH EXCITEMENT AT THE SIGHT OF OUR GIFTS - NEW CLOTHES FOR EACH ONE, FOOD OF EVERY KIND (ENOUGH FOR SEVERAL WEEKS!) AND - MONEY TO HAVE THE ELECTRICITY RESTORED.

AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BOXES AND EACH CHOSE HIS OR HER SIZE, ONE LARGE ADULT JACKET APPEARED. “GIVE THAT TO MAM” SAID 12YR OLD DANIEL, “SHE HAS NOTHING”!

THEN - MAM ASKED IF WE WOULD JOIN HER IN PRAYER. SHE POURED OUT HER PRAISE AND THANKS TO GOD AND BEGGED FOR BLESSINGS ON ALL WHO HAD GIVEN THIS JOY AND COMFORT TO HER AND HER FAMILY. SO ALL THE SUPPORTERS OF OUR ROMANIAN PROJECT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT PRAYER OF GRATITUDE.