Hi there
First of all thanks to all of you have contributed it is awesome and Marina is grateful, if a little abashed!
To everybody, please share this page as far and wide as you can.
Like all of us would be, Marina is uncomfortable to have a page like this all about her and being a normally private person she is both grateful and self-conscious.
We can all be very proud of Marina and her family, they have proved incredibly resilient and resourceful, managing through the awful situation and still finding the wherewithal for moments of laughter.
Once more some volunteers have helped the family on their journey and helped them move on to another town in Romania and where they have had another two nights in a hotel, I have seen some of the meals, I am actually a little jealous!
They have had yet more help from locals, who have been able to help secure transport to Austria and a place to stay when they get there.
It is amazing and humbling to see how much good there is in the world in response to the evil that has created the situation.
While Austria is a great and safe place, we are still unsure about how long they can stay and how long Marina and her family can rely on the awesome generosity that they have experienced so far.
We have to think about the long term, Marina remains heavily pregnant with the baby due any day and we don't know how long until she can go home to her husband. So to ensure their health and safety, with shelter and food, Mum, baby, and Mikhail will need ongoing support until the end of the horrible experience.
As such, I am also going to put my money where my mouth is, for every dollar contributed on this page I will match (up until the Bank Manager says no!).
It would never give me so much pleasure to sign for bankruptcy!!
So please contribute as you can but also share this post to all that you can
share share share :)
