Received the good news yesterday that the 20 boxes of clothing (more than 600 pounds!) that were donated by my church, co-workers, and friends have arrived safely to Targu Mures, Romania. Seems hard to believe that the ocean shipment takes 8-10 weeks, but that's how it is. My other fear was that the clothing would be WAY too big -- as I'm sure some of it was. I do think somehow that we Americans are just slightly larger than the Romanians are! Anyway, I am grateful to so many people for having donated clothing and to Anca for having done all the work of laundering and neatly folding more than 150 pounds of baby clothing! What a job! I pray that the clothing will be a blessing to the abandoned babies and to the kids at Casa Rebeca, Casa Ana, and Casa Nadia. Some of the larger sizes will be distributed to the teens that are in Livada Orphan Care's care in the mentor apartments.
Thanks everybody!
