MARCH IS A SPECIAL MONTH ON THE ROMANIAN CALENDAR!

ON MARCH THE 1st IS CELEBRATED “MARTISOR” - THE COMING OF
SPRING. ON THE DAY WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS ARE HONOURED
BY RECEIVING FLOWERS AND/OR COLOURFUL TRINKETS. THESE SYMBOLISE THE NEW LIFE OF SPRING AND ALSO THE LIFE-GIVING POWER OF WOMEN.
THEN MARCH 8th - WOMEN'S DAY - MARKS, ONCE AGAIN, THE
HONOUR AND RESPECT GIVEN TO WOMEN AND ESPECIALLY TO
MOTHERS.

IN THIS FIRST WEEK OF MARCH NOTHING IS TOO MUCH FOR THE WOMEN OF THE FAMILY. FLOWERS, PERFUMES, SWEETS AND MANY OTHER GIFTS ARE OFFERED WITH GENEROSITY AND LOVE.

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AT THIS TIME EVERY YEAR IS THAT I REALLY BELONG TO ROMANIA AND THE ROMANIAN FAMILY FOR, MANY TIMES DURING THIS WEEK I ANSWERED CALLS AND FELT OVERWHELMED BY THE KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY AS I ACCEPTED FLOWERS, SWEETS CAKES AND MANY OTHER GIFTS. THE CHIEF GIFT-DONORS WERE THE DESPA FAMILY, THE MAYOR, SEVERAL FRIENDS OF TRAIAN AND MANY PARTNERS IN OUR MISSION ACTIVITIES!

TRADITIONS ARE CERTAINLY UPHELD HERE!


ONLY GOOD NEWS


SO MANY NEEDS HERE - HELP FOR HANDS, FEET, EARS AND EYES. ALWAYS WE ARE SO HAPPY WHEN OUR FUNDS COME TO THE RESCUE!

THE LATEST JOY FOR US WAS, WHEN WE CAME ACROSS A LITTLE BOY WHOSE MOTHER DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HIS BEHAVIOUR FOR SHE HAD NO IDEA HE WAS PRACTICALLY BLIND, HAVING CATARACTON BOTH EYES. ON INVESTIGATING THE CASE, WE FOUND THAT A DOCTOR (RENOWNED HERE) WOULD OPERATE, BUT THE COST OF CRYSTALS WOULD BE BEYOND POSSIBILITY FOR MOTHER.

WITHOUT HESITATION WE PAID THE BILL, THE OPERATION WAS DONE AND WE AWAITED NEWS OF THE RESULT! WHEN THE SURGEON WHO OPERATED REMOVED THE BANDAGE FROM THE EYE THE LITTLE BOY'S EXCLAMATION OF PLEASURE AND JOY ON SEEING THE PICTURES ON THE WALLS ALMOST MOVED HIM TO TEARS!