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Saturday, 08 September 2007 |
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Page 4 of 6 Thank you Marlies for the loan of the
horse-box. Claudiu’s father writes: "Thank you for all your help.
I shall send a photo of Claudiu with the car." (It may well be
the only one in Romania.) The inventory was long: eighty-seven items,
including art and craft materials for a centre for HIV girls and items
for special needs centres and for individual families. So thank you
everybody for your efforts, to friends old and new. Our new friend Florin (Alexandria)
had to have his hands and legs amputated because of a severe form of
arthritis. He thinks of others before he thinks of himself, but we
imagine he desperately needs a sponsor to help with his day-to-day
basic needs and with keeping warm. We have been shocked to hear that
our treasurer and trustee in Bucharest Toma had his foot amputated
because of diabetes. He is slowly recovering from his depression and
hopes to drive again one day especially as his son has serious mobility
problems. He has also found out that his wife has leukaemia. Dana has
told us she and Victor will be his legs and withdraw and distribute
the monthly sponsorships in person or by postal order. Toma continues
to see to the accounts. Dana adds, "We are working as a real team." Toma’s
disabled son Laur reports that his father is feeling better,
but that he cannot be helped by his father to get to work anymore and
has to get a taxi or he loses his poorly-paid job. We have recently
heard that Laur’s sponsor John has died after a short illness. This
has saddened us all and we extend our sympathies to his wife Helen.
Laur and his family hope that their own words and sincere friendship
will bring some comfort. We have also heard that Alexandra’s husband,
a doctor, was shot and killed in a hunting accident. He and his wife
befriended Simonetta and Judith on their visit to Teleorman last March
after they had attended the Arts Therapy Conference in Bacau. He had
treated Dana’s sprained ankle. We extend our sympathy. Simonetta has
been sent Alexandra’s ‘phone number. It will be easy to communicate
as Alexandra teaches Italian in the High School in Zimnicea. Camelia (Zimnicea)
reports that the brother and sister with TB have only sufficient sponsor
money to last them until February. We are hoping to find them new sponsorship
for £10 per month to provide some basic food. The family has lived
without electricity for over three years. Dana, alerted by Camelia
to Ionut’s plight, has visited him in hospital in Bucharest: "I
encouraged them even if I had tears in my eyes.
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