Our lives are always so busy. I always think it's going to get easier and we'll have more time ... but it's never happened so far. While we were in the UK Irina and Viorel's baby boy, Gabriel was born - they are coping reasonably well with having two children, especially as wee Daniela just started school which she is loving. Since our return from the UK three weeks ago we have had a performing arts team - they were great, I'll post photos as soon as I get chance. Then we had the birth of Johanna and Philip's baby, obviously a major event in all our lives.
Last week we finally employed a full time social worker, Dana whose post is funded for the first year by "Humanity at Heart" a small charity in the south of England. We also have Angelica working with us as a general worker in the day centre, her job is funded jointly by PCF Romania Projects in Wolverhampton, UK and our Scottish Support Group based in Falkirk, Scotland. Our new Peace Corps volunteer, Shaneka brings our basic "stable" team to five with Kenneth and myself (hence I use the word stable loosely!). We have Irina and Lidia as regular volunteers -Irina didn't want to continue working full time but would like at some point to be taken on again as part time. Finally, three of the young folk from the streets volunteer on a less regular basis, but we are keen to encourage them and develop this aspect of the work.
These long hoped for additions mean that (at least in theory) we should be able to be freed up a little to do some of the other things which we have long struggled to find time for - more time for writing newsletters and reports and of course more time for sadly neglected family and friends!
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