The weather has turned somewhat colder today and at one point the sky had the look of imminent snow - temperatures have really dropped tonight. Our morning commenced with a brisk walk to the Baby Hospital, stopping en route to buy some baby oil and cream for sore little bottoms. There is no hospital funding available for these essentials. I was really glad of Wayne's help and we ensured that each little one had a cuddle and a portion of our time. Today there was a new addition in a back ward - a month old little girl whose one leg was secured to a board which was tied to the cot rail. This was to ensure that the other leg did not interfere with an antibiotic drip into her foot - sadly she had contacted syphillus from her mother. All I could do was to bend over and put my face close to hers, sing to her and pray over her.
The afternoon was spent at Sofronea sorting the next assignment of shoebox gifts to Vinga Church and Fantanele Children's Home. This evening we accompanied Pastor Jackie to a Youth Meeting at Vinga, which was well attended. The subject tonight was The Prodigal Son. God has placed on Jackie's heart that she should take the group to Germany on a Mission Trip sometime next year and she was keen for them to take some responsibility for raising part of the funding. We discussed the possibility of a sponsored walk in Romania involving all the children and Jackie asked me to speak to them about what was involved. There was much enthusiasm and Wayne and I offered to lead the walk in possibly May and to obtain some sponsorship from home.
There is much excitement in this apartment tonight as our host's lovely daughter Adina will be arriving home after a year in the States where she worked as a nanny.
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