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Hi all almost two weeks to go and we'll be heading over to Moldova. Cant wait to see all the Copii and staff. Got tickets when i arrived home from Spain the other night and it was the best thing to see when i got home. Yet again Paddy is the only Fella in the group dont worry Paddy we'll mind you ;).

Hope everyone is well and see you all very soon

Lots of love xxxxxx

hello everyone,

I just wish to express my deepest thanks to 'Suz' in 2003 I was extremely nervous about meeting the children as the inductions all pictured a very fearful perception of what it would be like in the orphanage, however you said 'go out with no inhibitions and give lots of love and hugs'

and guess what it worked I embraced all the beautiful children with all of myself and from that unique experience I have shaped my own destiny and I am very proud of who I am today.

I want to share this with anyone who wants to change thier life, to work in Moldova and embrace the most humbling and beautiful experience that is the children of the copii!!

so in summary, thanks to all the volunteers who I met and especially des and Suz for EVERYTHING LOL

Hello to all,

cant believe its that time again. - heading over next Thursday and cant wait to meet all the girls and of course Liz, Merci and Suzi.

just got our list from Dublin office - looks like we know quite a lot of volunteers in this group. it will be great to meet you all again.

see you all soon, in the meantime love to all.

Martha and Maria...

My fundraising concert is tonight - v.nervous!! But hopefully it should all go well! Big multemesc to everyone who has helped to spread the word, especially Conradh na Gaeilge in Galway who put me in the paper unbeknown to me!

 I can't wait to get back and see all the copii. I wish I could go sooner but I'll have to wait. September please God!

 Best of luck to all who are heading out over the summer.

Grá mór,

Niamh

Good luck to group 2 heading over. I'm pretty jealous now, as that's my "normal" time to head out. Hope you all have a good time and the girls will be delighted to see you. Ann Marie, Ann Maleady and Liz...I'd love to be over with you for the fortnight. Will be looking forward to hearing how you get on.

Peter

I was so pleased to receive the ORM newsletter and to read about the amazing progress that has happened over the last 10 years. 10 YEARS!!! I can't believe it has been that long since our first Cork group arrived at the orphanage. I still dream about that first summer and still hold every one of those girls in my heart, as well as a few other special people who I worked with that year. Congratulations Suzi on the amazing success of ORM - wish I could have been part of it for much longer. And Mama Liz.....lovely to hear you are still handing out hugs and kisses by the shovelful- if you read this I would love to get in contact with you for a chat. All my love and best wishes to the ORM team, the volunteers and of course to the copii"s....miss you still.

Loving the new newsletter!! Great to see it up and running!! Best wishes going out to Alina in Italy!! hope all is well!!

Lots of love, hugs and kisses to the girls in Hincesti, Balti and the other instutites,( cant remember the name of the place)  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

see u all June 28th

Donna  x

 Hey guys!! It's me grace from 2008's group 5!! I'm sooo sorry I havn'y been back yet but I've been in college...I'm taking some time off college now and myself and my friend are planning on coming over soon as :D I was wondering if nicolette that was in 4a babies is still there???? :] MISS YOU ALL soooo much!! Goodluck to 2010's volunteers!!

ON LEAVING MOLDOVA WE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE AN ADVENTURE AHEAD OF US .

WHEN WE GOT TO BUDAPEST WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE NO FLIGHTS MOST OF HUNGARIAN AIR SPACE WAS CANCELLED. SO WE SPENT 3 HOURS QUEING TO RESERVE SEATS FOR AN OTHER FLIGHT. SATURDAY WOULD BE THE EARLIEST. WE EVENTUALLY GOT TO HOTEL AT 9PM THANKS TO OUR BOSS SUZANNE.  ONLY FOR THIS LADY WE WOULDN'T HAVE SURVIVED THE WEEKEND.

BUDAPEST WAS LOVELY WE DID A BUS TOUR WHICH COVERED MOST OF THE CITY FOR 2HOURS ALOT OF HISTORY. MAYBE I WILL GO BACK SOME DAY FOR A HOLIDAY.SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER COMING BACK FROM CITY WE WENT TO RECEPTION WHEN RECEPTIONESS  SAID THERE WAS A PHONE MESSAGE FOR ROOM324. THE MESSAGE SAID BUSES LEAVING FOR LONDON 6PM TODAY AND TOMORROW PETER.WHO WAS PETER?

SO WE DECIDED IT WAS PETER A VOL WE KNEW. SO MERCY WENT DOWN TO CHECK ON INTERNET.WHEN SHE CAME UP SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS HIM HOW WOULD HE KNOW OUR ROOM NUM. THEN IT CLICKED AN ENGLISH COUPLE WE WERE TALKING TO THAT MORNING ASKED FOR OUR ROOM NUM THEY WERE TAKING A TRAIN TO PARIS IF THEY COULDN'T GET IT COULD THEY COME BACK AND TRY AND GET A BUS TO LONDON , PARIS ANYWHERE CLOSER TO IRELAND.

I RANG MY DAUGHTER MELLISSA WHO SAID SHE WOULD GO ON LINE AND TRY AND FIND SOMETHING OUT ABOUT A BUS  BOUDAPEST TO LONDON. BACK CAME A TEXT WITH TWO PHONE NUMS MERCY PHONED FROM LANDLINE NO ANSWER I PHONED FROM MOBILE AND GOT A REPLY THERE WERE CLOSING NOW BUT WERE OPEN 6AM IN MORNING SEATS AVAILEBLE YIPEE. WE WERE AT AIRPORT 5 30 AM CHECKED IN AND GOT OUR SEATS WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

 GOD BLESS PETER. WE MET 4 LOVELY PEOPLE DYMNA, ANNE,JENNIFER AND SILVIA. WE SPENT THE WHOLE TRIP WITH THESE LOVELY LADIES.WE ALL SHARED STORIES OF WHAT WE WERE DOING IN BUDAPEST WE HAD ABOUT 10 STOPS GOING THROUGH HUNGREY, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, FRANCE, ENGLAND,I RELAND SO EVERYTHING WAS GOING SMOOTHLY UNTIL THIS LUNATIC HALF HUNGARIAN HALF FRENCH STARTED LETTING OFF STEAM.

BOY WERE WE IN FOR A ROUGH RIDE HE MADE OUR LIVES HELL PEOPLE WERE SCARED OF HIM. THE FIRST HE STARTED WE WERE GOING THROUGH AUSTRIA I WAS DOZING ON MY SEAT WHAN HE CAME FROM THE END OF THE BUS AND STARTED BLOWING INTO MY FACE MERCY BEEN NEXT TO ME ROARED AT HIM TO LEAVE ME ALONE I JUMPED AND WOKE UP NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED THEN HE PROCEDED DOWN TO END OF BUS TAKING PEOPLE BOTTLES OF WATER AND DRINKING. THIS GUY WAS A MENACE HE WAS A BIG BLOKE THAT YOU WOULDN'T CROSS. 

HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK 5 LANGUAGES HE SAID HE WAS A SCEINTIST TO ME HE WAS A NUTTER .BREAK TIME HAVE A COFFEE , CIG STRECH THE LEGS  ALL US LADIES TOGETHER APPROACHING THE COFFEE SHOP CHATTING AWAY WHEN THIS GUY VORDA APPEARED IN FRONT OF US.SCREAMING INTO SILVIA FACE THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO I PUT MY HAND AROUND SILVIA SO THAT SHE WOULD FEEL SAFE NEXT HE STARTED ON JENNIFER SCREAMING INTO HER FACE I PUT MY HAND ACROSS HER TO PROTECT HER THEN HE SCREAMED AT MERCY SAYING I AM GOING FU??ING KILL YOU I PUT MY HAND ACROSS MERCY TO PROTECT HER

THIS GUY WAS IN A FRENZY MERCY TOLD HIM SIT DOWN AND STOP UPSETTING PEOPLE. WE ALL WALKED AWAY AND THE DRIVER WAS WALKING TOWARDS US AND WE TOLD HIM THIS WAS GUY CRAZY. BACK ON BUS ANOTHER DRIVER APPEARED YER MAN FELL ASLEEP, BLISS.NEXT STOP GERMANY ALL OFF CIGS. COFFEE, TOILET, FOOD BACK TO BUS WHEN VORDA CAME AND APOLIGIZED TO ALL LADIES HE UPSET WE WERE ALL EATING SO EVERYONE SAID FORGET ABOUT ITS OKAY.

I SAID TO MERCY IM SURE HE HAS DRINK IN HIS CARRIER BAG MERCY  SAID DONT THINK SO 15 MINS LATER WHEN EVERYONE WAS SETTLING DOWN THIS NUTBALL STARTED AGAIN .HE STARTED SCREAMING AT SILVIA WHO WAS TALKING TO A HUNGARIAN BOY . THEN HE STARTED ON THE BOY TELLING HIM HE WAS STUPID, COULD HE SPEAK ENGLISH ? HE THEN SAID HE WAS A DETECTIVE AND HE WAS RINGING THE POLICE THAT THE BUS DRIVER HAD ASSAULTED HIM. HE SAID HE HAD HEART PROBLEMS AND NEEDED TO WALK UP AND DOWN FOR CIRCULATION. EVERYONE WAS AWAKE THIS GUY WAS SCARY HE KEPT ON WALKING TOWARDS THE DRIVER WE WERE SCARED IN CASE HE WOULD GRAB THE STEERING WHEEL AND KILL US ALL.

THE  OTHER DRIVER TOLD HIM TO SIT DOWN HE ALSO TOLD HIM HE WAS A NUTCASE. NEXT 2 SQUAD CARS APPEARED IN FRONT OF BUS WE WERE ALL TAKEN OFF .THE BUS DRIVERS PAPERS WERE CHECKED AND HIS TACOGRAPH TO SEE HOW MANY HOURS WE WERE ON THE ROAD. AT THIS RATE EVERYONE WAS P??ED OFF, WE WOULD NEVER MAKE THE EURO TUNNELL IN TIME?

THERE WAS VORDA OVER ON THE SIDE LINE SMILING, SMOKING AND BEEN VERY POLITE TO POLICE. NONE OF THE POLICE COULD SPEAK ENGLISH ONE CAME EVENTUALLY AND TOLD EVERYONE WHO HAD A COMPLAINT TO MAKE A STATEMENT. MERCY RANG DAMIEN AND HE ASKED POLICE HOW LONG WOULD WE BE. THEN VORDA TOLD A LITTLE 7YR OLD GIRL TO SAY TO THE POLICE THAT HE WAS A REALLY NICE MAN SHE RAN AND TOLD HER MUM. MUM TOLD POLICE.THE POLICE ASKED FOR HIS PASSPORT WE WERE TOLD GO BACK ON THE BUS NEXT WE LOOKED OUT AND VORDA HAD 4 POLICE MEN HOLDING AN ARM AND LEG TROWING HIM INTO A POLICE CAR HE WAS SCREAMING. WHEN THE BUS DRIVER GOT BACK ON THE BUS WE ALL CHEERED AND CLAPPED A BEAUTIFULL SENSE OF PEACE CAME OVER THE BUS AND EVERYONE WENT TO SLEEP ACCEPT THE DRIVER.

ANOTHER STOP IN FRANCE  AND THEN ON TO EURO TUNNEL MAGIC THATS  ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT EUROTUNNEL WE WERE IN ENGLAND YEAAAAA.

ANNE ONE OF OUR GIRLS ASKED CUSTOMS WHAT WAS THE BEST WAY TO GET TO VICTORIA STATION THEY TOLD HER TO ASK THE BUS DRIVER TO TAKE US TO ASHFORD TRAIN STATION TO GET TRAIN RIGHT TO VICTORIA. WE ARRIVED IN VICTORIA AND THEN TO BUSTATION .THERE WAS NOTHING BUT QUEUES  OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TRYING TO GET HOME ALL NATIONALITIES.

WE GOT A TICKET TO GET A BUS WEDNESNIGHT WE WENT TO GET LUNCH AND SAID WE WOULD HANG AROUND IN CASE WE 'D GET A CANNCELATION. IN THE MEANTIME ANNE'S SISTER WHO LIVED IN LONDON WAS PUTTING US UP IF WE WERE STAYING. ANNE TRYED THIS LADY WHO SAID SHE HAD 2SEATS BUT WOULD TRY AND GET 3 MORE. NEXT MERCY GOT A TEXT FROM KERRY SAYING DID SHE TRY TOMMY KAVANAGH. MERCY RANG TOMMY AND WAALA THE MAN GAVE US 5 SEATS ON HIS BUS THAT WAS COMING IN AT 7PM HE ALSO ARRANGED FOR MERCY AND ANNE TO BE PICKED UP IN WATERFORD BY CAR AND BE DRIVEN TO HER DOOR ALL IN ALL WE HAD A LOVELY EXPERIENCE EVEN  VORDA COULD,NT DESTROY ALL THE LOVELY SCENERY,PEOPLE I REALLY ENJOYED IT.               [THE GREAT ESCAPE. ]

DEAR ALL, FIRST MAY I SAY A HUGE THANKS TO ALL VOLS WHO GAVE UP THEIR EASTER TO GIVE CHEER AND LOVE TO GIRLS. BLESS YOU ALL.

LIZ AND I HAD AN ADVENTURE COMING HOME.ARRIVED IN B/P THURSDAY TROTTED TO GATE ONLY TO SEE FLIGHT CANCELLED. IN Q FOR 3HOURS TO REBOOK FOR NEXT NIGHT THEN OFF TO HOTEL..NEXT DAY WENT TO CITY WALKED AROUND THEN OFF BACK TO AIRPORT NO LUCK SO IN Q FOR 3HRS TO BOOK FOR TUES NIGHT, 4 DAYS LATER.

NEXT DAY WAS ON HOTEL SHUTTEL BUS AND A GUY ASKED4 OUR ROOM NUMBER AS HE EXPECTED TO BE BACK THAT NIGHT AND WOULD TELL US HOW TRAINS WERE. WE HIT CITY AND DID A TOUR.IT REALLY IS BEAUTIFUL.WENT TO EAT AND BACK TO HOTEL. THERE WAS A MESSAGEAT DESK FROM A GUY CALLED PETER SAYING BUS TO LONDON NEXT DAY. LIZ PH. AIRPORT AND FOUND FEW SEATS LEFT BUT OFFICE CLOSEING.

WE UP AND AT AIRPORT 5AM GOT 2TICKETS (MORE VALUABLE THAN TICKETS TO FINAL OF WORLD CUP) OFF WE HEADED 10AM ON OUR 32HOUR TRIP TO LONDON HAPPY TO BE MOVING.THERE WAS AN IDIOT ON BUS WHO NEVER SAT DOWN OR SHUT UP. LIZ WAS ASLEEP AT ONE STAGE AND HE STOOD IN FRONT OF HER AND STARTED BLOWING ON HER FACE. I SOON SHIFTED HIM THEN A GUY TOLD HIM SIT DOWN AND HE GOT HIGH. DRIVER MOVED HIM TO DIFFERENT SEAT SO HE NOT HAPPY AND DECIDED TO PH. GERMAN POLICE.NEXT SOUND "HIHA HIHA " COPS PULLING US OVER.

IDIOT GETS OUT AND ASKS POLICE TO ARREST DRIVER FOR ASSAULTING HIM. POLICE GOT STATEMENTS AND ARRESTED HIM. CHEERS ALL ROUND.GOT TO LONDON AGAIN Q FOR COACH AND FERRY ONLY TO FIND NONE TIL WED NIGHT. WENT TO EAT AND DECIDED TO TRY STANDBY 6 AND 7PM. NO LUCK ON 6PM THEN GOT TX FROM KERRY TO PH. TOMMY KAVANAGH AND IN 20 MIN HE HAD GOT US SEATS ON HIS COACH.BLESS HIM AND HIS COMPANY. OFF WE WENT TO FERRY AND SAW IRELAND TUESDAY 6AM HEAVEN!!!!!!.

WHEN WE GOT TO WATERFORD THERE WAS A CHAUFFER WAITING TO DRIVE ME TO TRALEE AS COACH ONLY GOING TO CORK.

WE BOTH SAID ITS OUR ANGELS UP HIGH FROM HINCESTI WHO GOT US THROUGH. A HUGE THANKS TO SUZIE FOR ALL HER HELP AND CONCERN SHE FELT 100 TIMES WORSE THAN US. WE ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE AND SEEING BEAUTY OF  HUNGRY AUSTRIA FRANCE AND GERMANY.

LIZ YOU READY FOR TRIP TO SOUTH POLE NEXT?? ANYONE THINKING OF COMING TO MOLDOVA  REMEMBER  YOU WILL HAVE OUR LITTLE ANGELS TO LOOK AFTER YOU FOR LIFE.