Yesterday we split ourselves in 2 so we could cover more work during our last week. Wayne went out with Adina to stretch our funds for food for poor families whilst Pastor Jackie and I spent some time with M, a 23 year old girl that I took in for several months in 2005. She was rescued from a shed in her sister\s back garden. I continued to fund M's independent accommodation until she left for Italy in 2006. She is vulnerable, has serious health problems but is also still a challenging case. Sadly she has never been loved by her family which is the root of many of her problems. She currently resides in a comfortable small apartment funded by Jackie's Foundation. Yesterday Jackie and I took her to have a meal and to do a grocery shop. M was recalling a time when she lived with me when she experienced for the first time the joy of decorating a Christmas tree -having a present under it blew her away. I too recalled the laughter we had when I ordered a turkey so I could host foreign missionary friends and many children in need for Christmas. We were so shocked at the size when it arrived and it cost me a fortune. I ended up sawing off the legs and wings before it would enter my old gas oven - M and I were in hysterics. This year I will buy M a small tree so she can experience some of that joy all over again. We will visit her on our last afternoon with a Christmas gift and a food parcel.
We also met up with a gipsy family from Vinga, who attend the Church. They are very poor, limited in their capabilities and have 6 children. Their 9 month old baby has been in the Children's Hospital with chest problems for the past week. It was only yesterday that they were able to visit her for the first time. As is normal in hospitals here treatment could not be given by the doctor until the prescribed antibiotic was purchased from the pharmacy and hand delivered to the hospital complete with needles. Clothes and nappies were also required and so Jackie ensured that all these requirements were taken care of plus funding for the return coach trip home. We have a further assignment of aid arriving today from Wales and I know we have some baby clothes and blankets on board so we can help. Jackie's Church funds all medical emergencies. Every Church family plus others will get funds for Christmas food as opposed to parcels this year. The shoe boxes will be distributed after the Christmas programme on Sunday. Please pray for loaves and fishes provision due to the numbers involved.
Last evening we visited another 2 Christian families. One consists of a mum, grandmother and 2 daughters - sadly dad has severe mental health problems and is in a psychiatric hospital. This family has experienced a lot as dad's condition worsened but the joy of the Lord shines through. A and D aged 10 and 11 were thrilled and so appreciative to receive their Christmas boxes and mum and gran were touched with the huge food parcel Wayne had prepared. Later we visited Cornel and Maria, a Baptist Pastor and his wife who is the brother of Maria, our host. When I first arrived
in Romania I rented what is their current home. Last year they fostered 2 brothers, Simon and Luji from an American Children's Home which was closing down and in January a further 2 brothers will join them. Here are both boys enjoying their gifts. 
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