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August team heads to Romania PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 31 July 2009
The Romania August Team ‘09 is departing Toronto Pearson Airport at 4:40pm today (July 31). They met at Bob’s at 9am and have been packing and meeting. They are ready to go. They will arrive in Cluj-Napoca, Romania Saturday evening around 8pm (1pm Toronto time). We hope to have an update in a week’s time so stay tuned. The volunteer retreat that was led by Gary Sharpe and Neil & Pat Fukumoto was a great success. That ended Thursday. Joe Tullo and his family arrived safely today and are presently having dinner with the Romanian team. That’s all for now. Thanks for tuning in. Bob Fukumoto dsc_02832.jpg
Last Updated ( Friday, 31 July 2009 )
 
May Team Update PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 17 May 2009
We arrived home safely on Thursday afternoon. Our time went by so fast and it already seems so distant and surreal. Thank-you to all who demonstrated support of this team through monetary donations, clothing, supplies and prayer. It was  once again a very meaningful experience. There is so much to process and so many highlights. We spent many hours with children - playing, loving, laughing and distributing donations. Jean Vanier, in his book ‘Becoming Human’ writes, “The basic human need is for at least one person who believes and trusts in us. But that is never enough, it doesn’t stop there. Each of us needs to belong, not just to one person but to a family, friends, a group and a culture.” This is what will stay with me from this visit and breaks my heart when I think about these children…any children who grow up with out someone who believes in them. They live in a fickle environment. Trust and friendship is a mirage and fear is their companion. But God is at work and we have an opportunity to partner with him, to be his hands and his feet, as He continues to lavish his love on the children of Romania.

Thank-you again,
Mike for the team
 
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 June 2009 )
 
May Team arrives in Romania PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 05 May 2009

We arrived safely in Cluj on Saturday at about 8:00 pm local time. Our trip was long but it was smooth and we encountered no problems.

There is a lot of fear and concern in most European countries right now around the swine flu bug and in Bucharest they were not allowing people from Canada into the airport. We were afraid this might have implications for our visit to one orphanage in particular however they are allowing us to visit.

On Monday and Tuesday we will be at the Gradanita Special Needs school in the morning and at Prichindel orphanage in the afternoons.

The weather has been sunny and hot since we arrived.

Please continue to pray for us as we travel around the city.

Mike

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 June 2009 )
 
Final Night in Romania! PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 27 November 2008

Its Thursday and we just arrived back at our Training Home in Cluj. For the last 3 days we were based in a town of 10,000 called Beclean. We stay at the orphanage where many of our volunteers come from. From there we are able to travel easily to other locations where we have regular service opportunities. So, on Tuesday we went to the Ilisua Orphange where we provided a Christmas dinner for the 80 children who are there. This is a very poor place and so it was exciting to provide a nutritional special Christmas dinner, medicine and vitamins, new winter boots, “a bag of basics from Muskoka Woods”, a zip lock bag of school supplies/gifts, and a special chocolate Santa… Our special guest was Santa Claus himself (Tim Huff) who was the star attraction wherever we went! We also provided money for some firewood at Ilisua…. In addition, we took about 10 orphans from the Beclean orphanage to help out with the orphans at Ilisua

Wednesday, we went to a small rural school in a village called “Figa”. Here we provided many of the same things but also talked about Christmas in Canada to the children in 2 classrooms… here we were surprised to see the brand new computers that the government had provided… yet the school doesn’t have indoor plumbing! The children were very surprised,and thankful here… it was also interesting to see some of them picked up by grandparents on a horsedrawn wagon at lunch time!

In the afternoon we had a similar Christmas program at the Beclean orpahanage where we stayed… Here we know most of the children very well. This is where many of our ‘orphan volunteers come from.

Finally, this morning we went and sang Christmas carols to about 50 elderly patients in the psychiatric ward of the hospital… as well as the children and youth ward in the same psychiatric hospital… This was truly a moving time as we gave out fruit and presented Santa Claus to them all…. This is a very sad place where there is deep despair… It was a privilege to bring smiles and joy to these very special and important children of God…

Tonight we will have Christmas at the Training Home and then prepare to depart for Canada tomorrow morning…. Thank you once again for your support and interest!

Peace,
Bob, for the team

 

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 27 November 2008 )
 
Christmas Team Update PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 24 November 2008

Greetings from Romania!
The team has been very busy since arriving Saturday night. We got up Sunday morning and began to sort donations and put together our gift packages. We also went out to buy 85 pairs of children’s boots to be given to the orphans at Ilisua on Tuesday. Then we went to an elderly care center where we visited with some very lonely “shut ins”… This morning (Monday), we went to a special needs school and did some program with about 50 children. We also gave out some gifts which were donated by friends and Muskoka Woods. The pictures are from this school. In the afternoon we went to the Prichindel Orphanage where we did more of the same with the orphans there. At all 3 places, Santa Claus was the big hit! It was so wonderful to see the absolute delight on the faces everyone, young and old, including the workers as well!!! Tuesday we are off on the train to Ilisua, Beclean, and Figa, where we will try to bless over 200 more orphans and underprivileged children. I will try to post another blog on Thursday night before we come home…. Thank-you for thinking of us….

Bob

 

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