Here is the "before" picture.
Lots of infrastructure prep. work
Attractive new brick work.
Lina Meirosu, executive director of the Association prepares for a celebration!
Heartfelt thanks from Lina.
Congratulations from Noreen, who first told the humanitarian missionaries about Lina and her work. The fellow in the black shirt kindly provided English translation for us.
US Peace Corps volunteer, Trisha has been working here for almost 2 years and spearheaded a project to build a sensory stimulation room inside the facility. Trisha returns to Pennsylvania in July.
Representatives from the Ministry of Child Protective Services said they plan to use Lina's facility as a model for a new national program for Autistic children. They will bring staff from all over the country here to observe and learn.
Grateful parents describe how the centre has made a difference in the life of their son.
Randy explains that generous members of the Church from all over the world donated money to help make this happen because we feel that to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, we must serve one another.
Time to play!
As part of the program provided at the centre, Lina has arranged for a class of kids from local schools to come every day to play with and stimulate the autistic children as well as to break down the negative biases the healthy children may otherwise have.
The smiles say it all.
Wow Vicky - Great to see all the wonderful things you and Randy are doing. I am sure lives you touch will always remember you both and be so grateful for what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteP.S. the golf course is open but the weather has been awful; cold, then wind, then mosquitoes, now rain. Golfed in fuzzy mittens yesterday (June 4th) because it was only 2 degrees.
Take care, can keep those updates coming - it is fabulous to see all the good work you are doing.
Maureen L
We were thrilled to see the pictures and read about the celebration in Braila. You are doing a fantastic job. Oh, how we miss Romania and the experiences of a lifetime!
ReplyDeleteLina is to applauded for the wonderful work she is doing. Way to go to find such a worthy project.
ReplyDeleteA community is only as good as in the way it cares for its most vulnerable.... way to go guys!