I have the great privilege of leading the Heart Response team, but it really is a team effort and our true leader is Jesus, who inspires us to be His instruments, helping us to make a small, but significant difference to people's lives.

I read recently that there are approximately 70 million orphans in the world, which is an overwhelming figure that is very difficult to fully comprehend and extremely disturbing. 

It’s obviously impossible to make a difference to the lives of this number of children and the more I thought about it the more hopeless I felt. Then I started to think afresh about this charity and what it’s trying to achieve and it suddenly struck me that we can’t help all 70 million children, but as a charity, we can help 30 orphans and many poor Gypsy children in a small corner of Romania and thus do our part to help with the international crisis.

We can have a positive effect on these children and really make a difference to their lives. We’ve heard the cries in this area of Romania and we are responding from our hearts with financial and practical support, but not only to children, but also to vulnerable and marginalised elderly people who desperately need help. 

May God bless you all for hearing the cries and partnering with us to help make a difference. Thank you so very much.