Doru and Rodica continue their work in Recas and Lugoj Children Homes, Buzias Juvenile Prison and not lastly, the Deborah House. Harmony program started as a music ministry, but for the past 6 months Harmony ministry in Recas has served beyond the limits of the children’s home. In Recas area there is a large Rroma community that struggles with severe poverty & school abandonment. Before Easter 2008 MLI through Harmony program and in partnership with Brother to Brother Support Organization from Denmark, has started a project in order to help the children at risk from the Rroma community to go to school. In this respect, in partnership with the School affiliated to the Children’s Home, around 100 children aged 3-14 are integrated in the educational system. They benefit from a free lunch at the school cafeteria, and MLI provides basic food for a number of 30 children each month. The lack of funds prevents us from providing food for all 100 children every month.
At Buzias Juvenile Prison the number of boys voluntarily attending Doru and Rodica’s classes grew from 25-30 to 60-75.
For Easter over 150 children from Recas, Lugoj, Buzias and Deborah House attended the special Easter Service organized by the First Baptist Church from Timisoara.
Now children get together more than twice a year. The girls from the Deborah House visited the children from Recas, they played together, sang, and the girls brought toys to the youngest ones.
Since May, about 15 youngsters from Buzias selected by Doru come once a week at Deborah House to help with the work in the orchard and the garden. The girls cook and they all have lunch together. Once a month we have a Chapel at Deborah House, when the boys from Buzias and the girls worship together along with the staff. For June 1st (Children’s International Day), the girls and about 30 children from Recas visited their fellows at Buzias. We all had lots of fun, had lunch together and the girls brought cookies made by them.

Lorena Rusovan