With the arrival of July, the children really entered the summer vacation. Even though the financial situation is difficult, we still wanted our children to have at least one camp this year. We gave up on the mountain camp and chose the seaside camp, and this one was done on a reduced budget, with food taken from home and prepared in the room on some days. Also, visits to the objectives were removed from the list, leaving only the visit to the Constanta Casino, a newly renovated historical building. However, we had a big surprise here too when, following the request we made to receive a discount on the tickets, we were refused, but one of the employees could not accept this refusal, so he decided together with his mother to pay for our tickets in full and on top of that, he was also our tour guide, presenting everything to us with passion and detail. Wonderful! The children had a great time at the beach, as they do every year. (photos 1-10)

          Below we present you some highlights from the activities of March and April 2025.

          We started spring in full force, tired of a winter that wasn't really winter, we missed the snow a bit.

          We started with the orchard: digging, cleaning, painting the trunks (photo 1), but also with the small vegetable garden, the one next to the fireplace (photos 2, 3). We also renovated the spaces for this year's new batch of chickens, so that they would feel welcome with us. (photos 4,5) We also renovated a space for piglets, the old one being quite affected by the pigs' stay over several years. (photos 6,7,8) We also purchased food for the little animals, so that they would grow big and beautiful. (photos 9, 10)

          And when we were about to start planting in the large garden, the weather turned bad, even in April (photo 11), fortunately the little snow didn't last long (photo 12), but the low temperatures continued to surprise us until June.

          December 1 is Romania's day, the day it was united in its current form, so I went with the children to the city center and participated in the parade organized for this purpose. (pictures 1,2)

          December 5th followed immediately, the day when children receive gifts from "Mos Nicolae". They also received ours, but from other grandparents :) (pictures 3-6)

          Then I went into action, without a break until December 24: butchered pork, turkeys, whitewashed, collected food from Lidl through the "Food Bank" program, with the help of friends from America I drilled a well in the hope of finding good water at greater depth, unfortunately in the area there is only salt water from 50 m down, we scrapped old cars, tried new haircuts, played games, sorted the goods received donations, received visitors from Germany, from Bacau, from the Adventist Church, from Italy, we had about 4 celebrations, we went with carols, etc.... then we stopped a little from this alert rhythm. (pictures 7 – 44)

          August, summer, big vacation, holidays, so we could enjoy the visit of several groups, which brightened our days and enriched our hearts:

- The group of Romanians settled in Italy, in Padua, led by pastor Nicu Vaida, (pictures 1-4)

- The group of friends from Germany from the association Kinder und BehindreHilfe, (pictures 5-7)

- The group of friends from Ireland, (pictures 8,9)

- Dear friend Clauddine from Germany, who volunteered with us for 2 weeks, (picture 10)

          For all of them, in addition to the existing accommodation spaces, we have arranged 2 bedrooms with two toilets. (pictures 11, 12)

          The Brai brothers visited their grandmother and aunt (picture 13).