This woman’s name is Ioana, she is the grandmother of nine grandchildren. One day some of her grandchildren came together to buy tomatoes from us. I was amazed to see her holding a five lei banknote that she handed me for the tomatoes she wanted to buy. I sat and thought, these people live on child allowance and social assistance, they are quite poor and yet they never came to ask for something without paying for it. At the same time I thought about myself; I only have four children, not nine of us and yet it is quite difficult for us to manage from one month to the next. We make sacrifices, dealing with the mission and cultivating the land with vegetables, melons etc … so that we can cover all the necessary expenses. My heart does not allow me to take money from people like Ioana. On the contrary, readily help them however I can. They came to buy two kilograms of tomatoes and went home happy because we did not take their money and yet they received much more than they expected. When they left for home, everyone had their own bag; one left with potatoes, another with melons, another with tomatoes and another with bell peppers.

We thank God for blessing us so much that we can also give to others what we have received. God bless you because we know you are praying for us, and we remember the times when we had no support and the way you got involved and felt with us.

May God bless and reward you!

Florin Sfetcu