Caroline and Beth spent a day with Stella, Ciprian and their 2 adorable children Alessandra, who is 7, and Eduardu, who is 3. They are a new family who have moved into the area and regularly attend the church. They have an interesting past and are very talented. She is Moldovan and grew up in Chişinău, he is Romanian and they met when they were living and working in Italy. They were married in Italy. Stella speaks fluent English and Italian, Ciprian is fluent in Italian and Romanian
The novelty is that Ciprian is building their own house and by Moldovan standards it is going to be a palace. Whilst he was in Italy he worked as a builder and is bringing a lot of Italian influence to the house structure and design. The house is currently a work in progress and there is a lot of work still remaining but this is something that we will look forward to seeing in the years to come.
Caroline and Beth's claim to fame will be that they allegedly built part of the wall to the front terrace (or so they say!).
Their highlights from the day was a bike ride with Stella and the children to the nearby woods and lake and drawing water from the local well.
Brian and Anna subsequently joined Caroline and Beth at Stella & Ciprian for yet further Italian influence, restaurant standard bruschetta, lasagne and pork cooked with milk. This was truly delicious.
In the evening, Caroline spoke at the weekly youth meeting about her year at Moorlands College, whilst Brian and Anna met with Igor and Veronica for an update about the after school care Centre.
Starting from September, the local school will be part of a new government initiative (LUMOS) for affirming the right of people with disabilities to inclusive education without discrimination and on the basis of equality of opportunity. This will mean that the local school will be providing an after school care programme for those children with learning difficulties.
Igor & Veronica will
need to discuss with the local school as to how this will impact "Ancora Sperantei" as some of the children maybe involved in the LUMOS school project. It was left that they will let
us know once those discussions have taken place.
There is no question that the after school care Centre at the church will still continue but subject to further discussions with the local school, may require some revisions. There will always be a spiritual need .
