A LETTER FROM GERARD Mc ILROY
ON ARRIVING IN ROMANIA I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. OF COURSE I HAD SEEN THE NEWS REPORTS ON TELEVISION DETAILING THE PLIGHT OF THE ORPHANS IN THIS COUNTRY BUT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY JUDGEMENTS. WHAT I FOUND WAS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY FULL OF FANTASTIC PEOPLE, YOUNG AND NOT SO YOUNG! BUT IT WAS THE LAWSIDE ROMANIA PROJECT AND ITS LEADERS WHICH REALLY IMPRESSED ME AND TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED DURING THE FOURTEEN YEARS OF THE PROJECT'S EXISTENCE WOULD BE AN AMAZING STORY TO
TELL.
NOT ONLY HAS FOOD BEEN PUT ON PLATES AND MONEY IN THE
POCKETS OF MANY DESTITUTE FAMILIES BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, SMILES HAVE BEEN PUT ON FACES OF THESE NEEDY PEOPLE.
THINKING BACK ON MY EXPERIENCES WITH A FAMILY OF ELEVEN CHILDREN WITH VERY LITTLE OF THIS WORLD'S GOODS AND OF
“NAZARETH” (THE SISTERS OF MERCY HOUSE FOR CHILDREN)
WHERE FIVE LITTLE ABANDONED BOYS LIVE A HAPPY FAMILY LIFE, AND ALSO THE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN THE HOSPITAL, BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES, NOT TEARS OF SADNESS BUT OF JOY. JOY OF SEEING FACES LIGHT UP WHEN ANY OF THE PROJECT TEAM VISIT THEM, BRINGING GIFTS OR SIMPLY BEING THERE TO SHARE THEIR SUFFERINGS.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROJECT WHICH HAS MADE AN EXTRAORDINARY DIFFERENCE TO HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
I AM HONORED TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PROJECT'S VOLUNTEERS AND CAN TRULY SAY THIS HAS BEEN AN INFLUENCE FOR GOOD IN MY LIFE AND, FOR THIS I AM GRATEFUL.
GERARD Mc ILROY
ON ARRIVING IN ROMANIA I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. OF COURSE I HAD SEEN THE NEWS REPORTS ON TELEVISION DETAILING THE PLIGHT OF THE ORPHANS IN THIS COUNTRY BUT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY JUDGEMENTS. WHAT I FOUND WAS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY FULL OF FANTASTIC PEOPLE, YOUNG AND NOT SO YOUNG! BUT IT WAS THE LAWSIDE ROMANIA PROJECT AND ITS LEADERS WHICH REALLY IMPRESSED ME AND TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED DURING THE FOURTEEN YEARS OF THE PROJECT'S EXISTENCE WOULD BE AN AMAZING STORY TO
TELL.
NOT ONLY HAS FOOD BEEN PUT ON PLATES AND MONEY IN THE
POCKETS OF MANY DESTITUTE FAMILIES BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, SMILES HAVE BEEN PUT ON FACES OF THESE NEEDY PEOPLE.
THINKING BACK ON MY EXPERIENCES WITH A FAMILY OF ELEVEN CHILDREN WITH VERY LITTLE OF THIS WORLD'S GOODS AND OF
“NAZARETH” (THE SISTERS OF MERCY HOUSE FOR CHILDREN)
WHERE FIVE LITTLE ABANDONED BOYS LIVE A HAPPY FAMILY LIFE, AND ALSO THE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN THE HOSPITAL, BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES, NOT TEARS OF SADNESS BUT OF JOY. JOY OF SEEING FACES LIGHT UP WHEN ANY OF THE PROJECT TEAM VISIT THEM, BRINGING GIFTS OR SIMPLY BEING THERE TO SHARE THEIR SUFFERINGS.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROJECT WHICH HAS MADE AN EXTRAORDINARY DIFFERENCE TO HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
I AM HONORED TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PROJECT'S VOLUNTEERS AND CAN TRULY SAY THIS HAS BEEN AN INFLUENCE FOR GOOD IN MY LIFE AND, FOR THIS I AM GRATEFUL.
GERARD Mc ILROY