2007 January

December……end of year 2006.
Looking back to this year I can say from all my heart that is was a fruitful year.
Even from January we had the great opportunity to receive financial support from the Local Council -Cluj-Napoca, which added to our former budget the amount of 1.000 euro per month during 2006, out of 6000 euro (this is our monthly income budget). It was a consistent help and a great encouragent that the officials got involved in the social work we do. When officials went visiting the families we assist to check our work they were very appreciative and all the persons assisted by us told them that they were blessed by the work we do in their lives.That challenged us to work more professionally and proved us that we are doing a great job.
Another great thing that happened this year was that God provided material help:
in April we received a truck from Holland filled with things like: clothes, shoes, furniture, toys and so on. On this stuff we have paid customs and we managed to sell them at a very good price. The money helped us to accomplish our income budget.We praise the Lord for this and we thank to the Dutch people for De Hoeksteen donation. Also, we received Easter food parcels from the Local Council, very useful for our work.
we had been visited by a Scottish team from Lewis and they brought us a great present- a sum of money witch represented 80 % of the costs of the van we needed for the work we do at Herald.
In December God blessed us with some material help from Zisterne, Germany; it was, again, the right thing at the right time. From the Local Council we received parcels filled with sweets and from Blythswood, Scotland, shoe boxes which were really neccesary and a blessing for all the people helped by Herald.
During the year, we got donations from some charities in Cluj: Dorcas, Ecce Homo - a great help at that time for our assisted people
In September 2006 we managed to receive accreditation for our work according with European standards for the following three years.
Thank you very much to all of you who made these things a reality for us! We could not have done it without you!
The year 2006 was also blessed from a financial point of view, having great people with great hearts which are our faithful donators. They have given us monthly money for Herald Ministry. Without them we couldn't go forward and we could not do what we have done this year. These people are as follows: Jonathan, Jane and Harriet Ruffer, Christ Life Ministries, Great Britain, through their directors Graham and Joy Summner, Peter Becket, Lewis Clan (here are a lot of Stornoway and Lewis people, Muriel and David Ellis, Kim and Steven, Rita and Muriel's friends, John and Kristy MacInnes, Margaret and Donald Fraser, Phil Doye (Kelway Company), George Bingam and his minister and church , Ionel and Dina Oros, LeasingRom ( Nelu and Vali Lupoian), Panemar (Mr. and Mrs. Chiorean), Radu Negrean, Daniel Goiti and others which I can't remember right now.
I would like to add to this list those people I don't know who prayed for us or gave us "two coins" like the widow from the Scriptures. God will reward them, He said that He will reward even a glass of water given in His name. How much more will be those rewarded in His kingdom!
Thank you and may God's blessings be poured over you!
The monthly estimated income for 2006 was 6000 euros and it was great that we managed to accomplish it. In the same time the expenses' budget was 6000 euros per month. For 2007 the average estimated monthly income is 6625 euros and the average estimated monthly expenses is 6528 euros. We pray that God will be with us and help us in this need to be able to continue the work. We already have for 2007 the support from Cluj-Napoca Local Council which adds up the amount of 1200 euros monthly to our budget.
Regarding the daily activities done at Herald you can read the news on the site.
This year we helped around 80 people and there were nine staff working. We had organized week-end retreats and camps, offered material and financial support for those in need - a few houses were redecorated so the people have decent conditions for living. Counseling and discussion groups are, also, a priority for us. Regarding the teenagers we worked with, 95% of them had succeded passing the National Exam (apart two of them: both applyed for vocational schools and were accepted).We are very encouraged by the results - they were backward pupils- it is a great success for them to be able to continue their education.
Also, many mothers and ladies found a refuge at Herald charity. This year all the people we worked with, heard the Gospel and received strong and healthy teaching from the Scriptures linked with their daily needs, problems and behaviors.
In November 2006 Nicu Raicea and Palfi Elisabeta got baptized. Here, at Herald, and in Heaven there was a great party! Because "there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth..."
Maybe the last thing to be mentioned is that we have a new fundraiser which seems very capable. We hope it is so!
At the end of this letter we wish you a blessed Christmas, full with significance of Jesus' birth into our world and a successful year.
May God bless you all!
Rimona Goiti
A few things about me and my family:
In the beginning of the year, Daniel, was a few times in the hospital. After that, he felt a little bit better, but since the cool weather has come he feels unwell again (unwell means small or very big diabetic values), with head and body pains, depression symptoms. Because of that, he gave up the pleasure of this life: to play concerts with orchestras. It was hard for him to accept this reality, but he had no choice. In a way we gain him, for he has now, more time for us - his family.
He continues to be a professor-very appreciated one- in the Music Academy in Cluj. He got his Doctorate degree in Music, had two concerts in Germany and a Cd made, of which he is very pleased. For him it is important that we have a good family relationship for which we praise the Lord.
The children are very well. They are happy and full of energy. Asher goes to school, but because I was busy working, he stopped all the additional activities (tennis, swimming, music) hoping that the next year he will start them again. If Asher has a strong personality and a strong will, Phillip is more diligent and flexible even though he seems to be more like his father, an artist.
I hope I will be soon able to send you a family picture.
As far as I am concerned, my heart is full of joy for everything happening at Herald. I pray for wisdom and strenght to be equally efficient at work and at home.