It was surprisingly mild this morning and raining as we made our way to the baby hospital via the market to purchase disposable nappies. We are blessed to have our hosts' daughter Adina, who is a Christian and qualified social worker volunteer at the hospital when we are not around. Adina now works for Jackie's Foundation and is very much part of our team. - we value her. 
We were warmly welcomed by the staff and I met with Dr. Geanta who is the Chief Doctor. The wards were full of sick children, mostly with mothers present. Today there were 9 abandoned babies on the two wards and soon we were feeding, bathing and cuddling them. Our friend, Kathleen a British part-time missionary had been over in June and supplied beautiful coloured sheets and new toys and it was a blessing to see these in the cots. Soon we had smiles from even the sickest of babies - one was very malnourished and all were small for their ages. 
On the long walk back to the apartment we bumped into S and her 4 year old son, I who was begging on the street in the same spot she has begged at for years. I have known S ever since I first arrived in Romania in 2001. She is a former street kid but now lives with her father in a shack in a very poor area of the city not far from where we stay. Praise God her son goes to a Gradinita (Pre-School Playgroup) set up by another English Foundation. Her former partner died of TB last year and we attended his funeral. We love them both - here they are with Wayne. S will never smile for the camera because she has lost all her front teeth due to decay. Please pray for them.
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