A long awaited update!

At last an update on what has been going on in the world of "Reaching Romania" and also in the lives of Wayne, I and the family.  We sure have been keeping busy.


Regarding the Charity  immediately Christmas was over I was out doing battle in the January sales snapping up all the cheap wrapping paper and lots of sale items.  Yes our shoebox operation begins all over again at the start of the year and goes on until we load everything in November.To date 300 boxes are ready.  I spend much of my time shopping and filling boxes but this big operation would not be possible without the help of our loyal supporters which I will write about later with some pictures.

The Merthyr Walk

We held our Annual General Meeting in May and completed the weekend with our Brecon Sponsored Walk along the picturesque canal route from Talybont-on-Usk to Brecon.   A total of £814.00 was raised.  This year through our links with Merthyr Churches we held another 8 mile sponsored Walk along the Taff Trail in July.   Thank you to Gavin, our worship leader on route.   Again we were blessed with beautiful sunshine and raised a total of £668.00.  This amount was match funded by Santander  employee Sharon Thomas who joined us on the Walk.  We were so very grateful and I will post more information later on this together with a picture.


After 4 successful years of Marathon running my precious husband has this year needed to take time out and we have 3 young runners carrying the mantle for RR on 5th October in Cardiff, namely Eifion, Barry and Hayley.  Wayne is an incredible fundraiser and we are praying that between them they will raise his target of £1,000.  Please contact me if you would like to support them.

Last week we raised £144 from a cake stall after speaking at Friends R Us in Aberdare.  Grateful thanks to all who supported. 

On a private note after a long and serious illness  my mum aged 89 is now physically much better but in the spring due to her dementia we had to make the very difficult decision to place her in a residential home as she now needs 24 hour care.  She has settled well, I visit most days to spend previous time with her and we go on little outings too.   Wayne has also been supporting his mum who was hospitalised for a while and his dad is due to have a knee replacement shortly. 


We are always busy but this year we have felt the need to take a few short breaks.  Our house Bible Study Group went to Ffald-y-Brenin Christian Retreat Centre in West Wales for a long weekend at Whitsun.  It was an incredible time of teaching and prayer.  Also a few weeks ago our friend Mike asked us to join him and another friend at the Creation Fest in Cornwall.  We borrowed a tent and all had an incredible time.  Last week following my son's wedding which I will post about later, Wayne gave me a birthday surprise and we went away for 2 nights down the Gower Coast.  We thoroughly relaxed for 2 days and so enjoyed. 


Please pray for  strength, good health and wisdom for Trustee, Christine who is out in Romania as I speak.  We look forward to having some further updates on the ministries on her return.  Having problems.inserting pictures tonight so I will publish this and look at the problem tomorrow.