From Wayne's Diary - 9th December.
"Today the work really begins with the consignment of shoe boxes and many other much needed items arriving from Wales via our friends "Support for Romania" from Cardiff. After a good breakfast and a few painkillers for my bad back we were off out to Pastor Jackie's home in Sofronea (a village about 5 miles away). Praise God for helpers to offload our 84 large boxes into Jackie's back bedroom - Thank you to the drivers, Mark, Ianci and Vio who helped Chris and I unload.
After all the filling, sorting, packing and labelling in Wales now the work really begins in Romania. First the boxes are separated into categories - Babies, Widows and Children plus all the extras. Then they are opened up and the air pocket fillers (eg slippers, soft toys, blankets, other knitwear, medication etc) are all sorted for various projects, Then the children's shoe box gifts are all sorted into age groups and genders. In preparation for distributions (working from a list) suitable boxes can then be picked out and names written on them before being packed in boxes again ready to take out on appropriate days. There is a lot of organising and manual work that goes on in Wales and Romania. We miss Irene but Christine is a rock. It is all worth it when we see the JOY that these gifts bring to people who have so little. It is all for God's Glory. Please pray for more harvest hands for Pastor Jackie".
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