Wednesday morning we traveled to Milestii Mici for a wheelchair presentation ceremony. The church provided 250 wheelchairs for the Moldova Society of the Disabled. This organization is one of the partner groups that LDS Charities works with here in Moldova. Mihail Marginean is the president of The Society of the Disabled. ( He is our key interface and the way we are able to stay in Moldova). It was touching to see parents waiting for wheelchairs for their disabled children. There was also an elderly lady who was on crutches that was hardly able to walk that was helped into a new wheelchair. It was an extremely cold day, and the ceremony was held outside, but there was a feeling of warmth and gratitude to see so many of the Lord's children helped on this day. After the ceremony we took a bumpy 1 1/2 hour ride to a little village called Ermoclia. We met with Lidia Jubea who is the NGO we have partnered with for this water project. This village has 4,500 men, women, and children living there. They have no running water, and get there water from contaminated surface water that they dip with buckets and carry to their homes. This project will bless so many lives. We are currently having some difficulties with the Mayor. We believe that our NGO president, Lidia Jubea can resolve the funding issues, and we hope to be back on track in the next 30 days. I have posted pictures of the wheelchair ceremony along with our NGO (Lidia Jubea) in the Ermoclia water project.
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