There has been a whirlwind of activity since arriving in the US on May 14th – graduation in Philly on May 22nd, a terrific graduation party the same day here at Linda’s. Then on May 28th, I left for 3½ weeks of travel to visit family – a week in Spokane visiting my father for his 84th birthday (he is doing well), then 5 days with my sister, Margaret, and her family in Salem, OR, and meeting my mother there, then flying with my mother for 2 weeks in Hawaii to visit my sister, Barbara, along with an aunt and uncle and a cousin and his wife who joined us there. Hawaii was beautiful – snorkeled every day and saw many fishies with wide-mouthed grins and turtles galore.
The latest scoop is that I will be staying longer in the States – until September 10th. Over the last 3 years, the Lord has wondrously provided for me since my last fund-raising in 2006, most particularly in the last 2½ years during my doctoral studies when I would not have been able to dedicate the time. Currently I have lost some support and now need to spend some time in personal support-raising AND for some equipment-raising, particularly for hearing aids.
Now that my non-profit, “Asociatia Pro Audiologie”, is fully established in Romania, I will be able to initiate a new model of dispensing hearing aids by purchasing low-cost hearing aids as well as continuing to dispense donated hearing aids. To start this new thrust, “it just so happened” that my church, Church of the Saviour in Wayne, PA, had a charity concert on June 26th which sponsored the Romanian Hearing Project and raised $1000!! This gift will purchase some of the first hearing aids for this new initiative.
During my time here, some lovely folks at COS have offered use of their cars. I still have need of a car for my extended time here past July 23rd. If you happen to be vacationing during July 23rd to Sept. 10th and have need of some “car-sitting” during that time, please let me know.
Hope you are having a blessed summer and look forward to seeing many of you.
