CARNOUSTIE,
ANGUS, SCOTLAND 19TH APRIL 2005


WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO SISTER ALOYSIUS AND ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE “LAWSIDE ROMANIA PROJECT” FOR AFFORDING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN AN INSIGHT INTO THE GREAT WORKS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN BUCHAREST AND SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE. THE NUMEROUS CHARITY WORKS BEING DONE ARE A SOURCE OF JOY AND HOPE TO MANY ROMANIAN PEOPLE IRRESPECTIVE OF CULTURE OR CREED, WHERE ASSISTANCE IS GIVEN IN A HUMANE AND DIGNIFIED MANNER.

WE WITNESSED, ON A DAILY BASIS, A CONSTANT STREAM OF LOCAL PEOPLE ALSO MEDICAL AND NURSING STAFF, SEEKING ADVICE AND HELP FROM THE ROMANIA PROJECT. THIS MISSIONARY WORK COULD BE LIKENED TO A BRIGHT CANDLE LIGHTING UP THE DARK ROADS FOR MANY POOR AND DISTRESSED SOULS WHOSE BURDEN HAS BEEN LIGHTENED BY THE INTERVENTION OF SISTER ALOYSIUS AND HER HELPERS.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PROJECTS WAS THE ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN TO THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE LOCAL YOUTH IN VISITING ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

THIS INTERACTION WILL FOSTER A SENSE OF LOVE, COMPASSION AND RESPECT ACROSS THE GENERATIONS. WE HOPE THIS PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE NEEDS OF POOR PEOPLE AND WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNISE THE WORK OF TRAIAN, A MAN OF GREAT COMPASSION AND DIGNITY WHOSE KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL NEEDS CAN ONLY ENHANCE THE PROJECT'S ACHIEVEMENTS.


MARGARET & ROISIN DOUGLAS