A LETTER FROM SISTER MARIA DOHERTY
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TRAIAN AND SISTER ALOYSIUS FOR ENABLING ME TO SEE THE LAWSIDE ROMANIA PROJECT IN ACTION. I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO SPEND THE MOST PART OF A WEEK SEEING ALL ASPECTS.
THE LIFE GIVING ASPECT IS WONDERFUL - SO MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE ENABLED TO LIVE A LIFE AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE. FROM AS LITTLE AS HAVING A BUGGY FOR A CHILD OR A FEW PAMPERS, TO AS BIG AS SEEING A FAMILY OF ELEVEN CHILDREN BEING ABLE TO STAY TOGETHER. THE JOY IS SO TOUCHING -AN
18YR OLD ASKS THE FAMILY “SHALL WE SAY A PRAYER TOGETHER”.
I VISITED THE ELDERLY AT HOME; IT WAS SO TOUCHING TO BE
INVITED INTO THEIR LIVES. AN ORPHANAGE, WHERE CHILDREN WERE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE NEW CLOTHES. FAMILY HOMES, A FAMILY OF ELEVEN LIVING IN TWO ROOMS. “NAZARETH”, A HOME WHERE FIVE ORPHANS ARE BEING CARED FOR BY A FOSTER MUM AND DAD THAT ALSO LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN THREE TEENAGE SONS. IT WAS A HAPPY HOME AND THE THREE OLDER BOYS WERE PROTECTIVE BROTHERS TO THE FIVE YOUNG ONES.
THE BUDIMEX CHILDREN HOSPITAL, WHERE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF STORIES TO BE TOLD. WARD 5 IS THE CANCER WARD. IT'S VERY SAD, BUT AGAIN, ONE CAN HEAR LAUGHTER THANKS TO THE LAWSIDE ROMANIA PROJECT. HERE THEY HAVE BEEN HELPED TO OBTAIN MEDICATION NECESSARY FOR TREATING SOME OF THE CHILDREN ENABLING THEM TO RETURN HOME. THE WARD HAS ALSO BEEN REDECORATED AND MADE BRIGHTER AS SOME CHILDREN DO SPEND MANY MONTHS THERE.
THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON, YET THE NEED IS EVEN GREATER. I LOOK FORWARD DOING WHAT LITTLE I CAN AND BEING PART OF THE LAWSIDE ROMANIA PROJECT.
THIS HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGED WEEK FOR ME AND I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL TO ALL WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE.
SISTER MARIA DOHERTY
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TRAIAN AND SISTER ALOYSIUS FOR ENABLING ME TO SEE THE LAWSIDE ROMANIA PROJECT IN ACTION. I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO SPEND THE MOST PART OF A WEEK SEEING ALL ASPECTS.
THE LIFE GIVING ASPECT IS WONDERFUL - SO MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE ENABLED TO LIVE A LIFE AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE. FROM AS LITTLE AS HAVING A BUGGY FOR A CHILD OR A FEW PAMPERS, TO AS BIG AS SEEING A FAMILY OF ELEVEN CHILDREN BEING ABLE TO STAY TOGETHER. THE JOY IS SO TOUCHING -AN
18YR OLD ASKS THE FAMILY “SHALL WE SAY A PRAYER TOGETHER”.
I VISITED THE ELDERLY AT HOME; IT WAS SO TOUCHING TO BE
INVITED INTO THEIR LIVES. AN ORPHANAGE, WHERE CHILDREN WERE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE NEW CLOTHES. FAMILY HOMES, A FAMILY OF ELEVEN LIVING IN TWO ROOMS. “NAZARETH”, A HOME WHERE FIVE ORPHANS ARE BEING CARED FOR BY A FOSTER MUM AND DAD THAT ALSO LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN THREE TEENAGE SONS. IT WAS A HAPPY HOME AND THE THREE OLDER BOYS WERE PROTECTIVE BROTHERS TO THE FIVE YOUNG ONES.
THE BUDIMEX CHILDREN HOSPITAL, WHERE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF STORIES TO BE TOLD. WARD 5 IS THE CANCER WARD. IT'S VERY SAD, BUT AGAIN, ONE CAN HEAR LAUGHTER THANKS TO THE LAWSIDE ROMANIA PROJECT. HERE THEY HAVE BEEN HELPED TO OBTAIN MEDICATION NECESSARY FOR TREATING SOME OF THE CHILDREN ENABLING THEM TO RETURN HOME. THE WARD HAS ALSO BEEN REDECORATED AND MADE BRIGHTER AS SOME CHILDREN DO SPEND MANY MONTHS THERE.
THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON, YET THE NEED IS EVEN GREATER. I LOOK FORWARD DOING WHAT LITTLE I CAN AND BEING PART OF THE LAWSIDE ROMANIA PROJECT.
THIS HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGED WEEK FOR ME AND I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL TO ALL WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE.
SISTER MARIA DOHERTY