Casa Emanuel, Crișcior

Criscior, Romania

The Emanuel Christian Orphanage in the village of
Criscior, near Brad, has been hailed by authorities as a model for the care and
protection of orphans in Romania. It provides a family atmosphere where each
child is given individual attention and is also taught to care for the other
children as brothers and sisters.

The staff lives on site, further simulating the
family environment. Older children share in the duties of caring for youngsters,
and each night at bedtime, the entire extended family has a Bible study and
prayer time.

International Children’s Aids Foundation takes
short-term mission teams to Emanuel Orphanage where they can play with the
children, help consturct or repair the building, and provide little extras, such
as the playground which a team built in August 1997.

Our Children at Emanuel

We currently have 19 children at Casa Emanuel. Each comes
from a troubled background but has stability and a loving, caring, supportive
family with us at Casa Emanuel. All the children are available for sponsorship.
We encourage communication at least with a card on the children’s birthday or
more often if you wish! Sending individual packages directly to the child is
discouraged, because of the cost and difficulty of obtaining the packages for
our staff and the possibilities of jealousy among the children.
Our current family at Emanuel:

Mirabela

Mirabela is a very bright girl who is in her second year at
the University at Cluj . Mirabela still spends time at Casa Emanuel between
classes and stays in contact with her older sisters, both “graduates” of Casa
Emanuel.

Flavius

Flavius just finished his second year at the University at
Timisoara and goes “home” to Emanuel when he’s not in NJ working over the summer
at the shore!

Roxana

Roxana will be attending college for the first time this
fall. She is involved with sports and is helpful with the younger kids at
Emanuel, her housemother reports.

Cristina

Cristina and her two younger brothers are at Emanuel.
Cristina is in high school and receives medical care for an ongoing heart
problem. Schoolwork is not her favorite thing, her housemother reports, but
she’s hard working around the house and spends lots of time with the younger
children, helping them.

Dorel

Dorel, age 13, is a bright boy at the top of his class at
school. He’s very protective of his younger brother Nelu and sister Florina,
both also at Casa Emanuel. Dorel is hard working and responsible.

Ionut

Ionut is a quiet 12 year old whose sister Cristina and
younger brother Mirel are also at Casa Emanuel. Ionut has occasional contact
with his natural family but is happy living at Casa Emanuel, although schoolwork
is not his favorite thing to do.

Nelu

Nelu, who is 12, works hard to get good grades at school.
He’s always helpful and gets along well with the other children, particularly
his older brother Dorel and younger sister Oana.

Mirel

Mirel is 10 years old and mischievious at times, his
housemother says! He’s loving and does well at school but needs help with
reading.

Izabela

Izabela, age 10 is quiet but very helpful and sweet. She
wears glasses and does well at school, even helping the other children with
their reading.

Florin

Florin, age 11, struggles with school and is under medical
treatment for emotional difficulties. He loves and protests Oana, his younger
sister.

Delia

Delia, age 10 is smart but needs lots of attention to stick
with her school work! She wears glasses  and is outgoing and active.

Oana

Oana, age 10, is all girl and loves playing dolls and
drawing. She does well at school but needs help with reading., and loves singing
in church.

Florina

Florina, age 10, is sensitive but friendly and does well in
school. Florina loves her brothers, Nelu and Dorel, who watch out for her.

Adrian

Adrian is 9 years old. He has a short attention span and
loves to learn new things. His older sister is Izabela.

Gabriela

Gabriela is 9 years old and sings beautifully. She’s
sensitive and smart and does well at school.

Denisa

Denisa, age 8, is Gabriela’s younger sister. She also sings
well and is sweet and friendly.

Daniel

Daniel, age 8, is friendly and active; he’s all boy! His
younger brother Razvan is also at Casa Emanuel.

Razvan

Razvan, age 6, is sweet and friendly .

Antonia

Antonia, age 6, is smart, very well behaved and plays well
with other children or by herself.

Bianca, is our new commer, a sweet 6 year-old.