|
homepage
projects
mission
trips
support
wish
list
fundraising
events
news
videos
prayer and praise
organisation
contact
details
smiles
reports
Nia's Ministry
links
search
disclaimer |
 Maria’s
Report – October 2011
Investing in PEOPLE- part 2
Even if
the summer mission trip season is finished, the work within the
Smiles Foundation is certainly not!
Many
people told me during the summer time “do not worry … September
will be a quiet month!!!”…..Well, it was not like that for me and
my desk!!
September
began with a mission trip!! Yes, a different type mission trip
experience!!
A Church Challenge!
It was great! A team from
Pembroke, Wales
who came for the first time to Romania with Smiles. They knew
about us, because we have visited them a few times before with the
Tileagd choir but this time it was their turn to come and see it
for real. To see all the stories we had been telling them all
these years! The team were great. They helped us a lot in
everything we had to do, in our day-to-day work and they were
soooooo understanding, very patient with us when we faced some
hard times!! And when I say hard, I mean it.
Let me tell you why!
The day they arrived our
boiler broke down at the Mission Centre!!
It was a shock and a sad time for me!! We had over 200 people this
summer and it did not happen to have the mission centre without
hot water for 2 days! The good news is that we had cold water and
the swimming pool was close by!!
But still, I would like to
say THANK YOU to all the team for their time and energy and thank
you to Mai Parry for organising this trip.
Hope you will come back sometime soon!!
 Once the
team left, we started the meeting marathon! Mr Hoy was getting
ready to go back to UK for nearly a month so lots to plan before
that.
One of the major issues was for the
Joint Facility of Love in Salonta.
The site became
alive!! We managed to agree with the contractor terms and
condition for the work that needs to be done there, and soon after
that a team of 17 people arrived on site and started the job!!
Please pray for the funds that are needed in order for this
project to be seen through to the end!! I’m sure God will provide,
but He uses us don’t forget!
Also a BIG thing
that happened in September was the starting point of the High
School education for two of our kids from Tileagd, Cornel &
Sebastian.
 I
was at the opening ceremony and I could not stop my tears! I
remembered the day when Cornel started the school in Smiles.
September 15th 2003!! He was so small you could hardly
imagine that he will get to the high school level!! September 12th,
when I had to go with them to the school it was one of those
dreams that you see becoming reality!!!
The school is great. Their main teacher a
really nice
person. The class is nice
too. Now we need your prayers for these two kids! It is something
new for them and I’m more than happy to see that they like it!!
They have moved from home in Tileagd to here in Cihei and they
stay in the Smiles front house. I’m their supervisor!!
I do not know if that is a good news or a
bad news but is a news! I went to the first “parent meeting” and
everybody was surprised to see how young their mum was!
Good job Ritza (our newest social
assistant) was with me,
 and they asked us
if we were their sisters!!
I
would like to ask you to pray for us – for the boys and for us
from Cihei to be a good encouragement for them! I would also
encourage you and appreciate if you can find ways of sponsoring
these 2 kids with their education.
The expenses for them each
month is £167 / $267 each person! Please help.
Once the building in Salonta was sorted out and the two boys
settled, I managed to take a few days off and go to my home
village to see my family. It was great to spend some time with
them. My
grandmother was the happiest as she celebrated her 81st
birthday! Then I
managed to go to Serbia with my parents for one day – as it is
very close to us – to visit some places and get some goodies (they
are cheaper there, comparing with Romania). I had a great great
time and was happy to see places that I only saw from the Romanian
side!!
Well, the conclusion of the month????!!! Is that investing in
people is still the best thing. The best asset you can invest in.
Something that you are sure will never lose its true value!
I am thankful for people
that are investing in me and I pray to God to be
a good example and to always invest in people.
When I was at home, we celebrate at the church the
“Harvest Day”.
Lots of things to say THANK
YOU to God!! But one of the things that is in my mind right now
and I would like to share with you, is that I would like to say
THANK YOU for the church that I grew up in! A great place. Here I
learned to play an instrument, the mandolin. I would like to share
with you one of the songs.
Follow this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wE_pq6X8
|
|
|
|
|
And like I said last month: When you feel that
your work, your time, your energy, your money in the people is
feeling a little wasted, do not worry. God will take care of it at
the right time! At the right time you will see the results.
From an
impossible situation God can make it possible! So just have faith!
Thank you God!!
Thanks to all of you!
Have a blessed month,
With love,
Maria
|
Previous letters from Maria:
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July2009 June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
|
Return to the homepage
|
