Romania July Report
I copied and pasted Estera’s exact letter below. I want you to see how much love is in their work and for all of you who support them through BBI.
Dear Ellen & Russ,
Greetings from us !!!!!!!!!!!!!
We want to take this opportunity to share with you more things about us ....First, I want to share with you my joy , that at this time I feel like a bird - free to fly. The last year it was a very, very difficult for me, working every morning in the office, with papers and being in touch with institutions .... and every afternoons, doing mathematic at the girls home with our girls.
Now, the girls finished with their exams .... with good grades. The good news: Geanina is accepted in one of a very good one high-school from Galati (the same one where David and Jonathan were).
At the end of this month, Andreea will receive the news if she was accepted at the University or not (Public Administration University). So, THANKS a loooot for all your support in prayers for them ... for these exams.
I do not realize that soooo quickly we finished with the first half of this year. We are in the summer holiday ...
Our plan for this summer is to take the girls in a small trip in our country, to reward them for the hard work they did in this school-year which just finished. Pray for our protection and the time we will spend together ....
We are not able to organize a camp this summer because our place from the camp site is very much affected. We need to make some renovation to be able to organize camps there in the future. So, please, pray for this, to be able to do it soon: to have power, human and financial resources for this.
Please, don't forget to continue to pray for Petronela (Abela's sister) and her daugthers, Marta and Izabela. Day by day we discover how so much she suffered in her past ... and how sooo big help she needs to recover herself and the girls, too.
Also, for ukraineans continue to pray. The war affected also their family lives. 2 of them, which are now with us, divorced .... being away from their partners ....
Speaking about the economical and political situation from Romania ... the war from Ukraine affected us a lot. The prices of the food increase 35-40 %, for the utilities increase with 25-30 %, the MINIMUM salaries in this year increased to 500 euro, and from January 2024, it will be 600 euro.
All these affected us a lot.
BUT we trust that
God was and He will be FAITHFUL .... We experienced this since the first day we started this work !
A good news is about a serious and detailed control from government ... (in our country, they just found-out about some homes for old people which weren't care well. Many of them died because of this .... And now, the prim-minister asked a very detailed control to each home (for old and for children, too) from all the country. Many of these homes were fined, some were closed.)
We received CONGRATULATION !!!! It was a very difficult time; biiiiig stress .... but ALL the glory TO OUR PRECIOUS LORD ! We are very, very happy !!!!!
We praise God for His help in all ...
Thank you, too, a lot, for being part of this work ...
May God bless and rewards you for EVERY THING you did, do and will do for us, in His Name !!!!!!
We hug you,
Estera
