| Trip to Budpest. Helpful visiting doctors and residents. Ambulance gets heart attack patient to hospital. Progress on basement. | January 2004 |
| Merry Christmas. Two widow patients. Christmas parties for children and the elderly. Generous gifts used to start finishing clinic basement. | December 2003 |
| Funeral for a friend. Linda's sister visits. Prayers for Gabi. Reaching out. | November 2003 |
| Back from the States with supplies. | September 2003 |
| Busy. Busy. Busy. People, patients and a remodeling project. Headed to the States. | August 2003 |
| Hired 2 nurses. New resident started. Two med students from Duluth to visit. A new Minister of Health. Planning for winter. | June 2003 |
| Iran/Iraq refugees come to clinic. Easter in Romania. Prescription drug coverage. | May 2003 |
| Measels. Complications from Measels. Other diseases. | April 2003 |
| More patients because of visa requirements. Our first resident. Many visit. Prayers for Florentina. | February 2003 |
| The wonders of Christmas in Bucharest | January 2003 |
| Linda's sister visits. Inspirations for our medical ministry. A third row seat at US President Bush's speech in Romania. The fruit of many years of prayer in our lives. Wishing you a blessed holiday. | December 2002 |
| Many prayers answered. Trip to USA for medical conference. | November 2002 |
| Prayers for Irina and Paul. Upcoming trip to MN. Updating email address list. | October 2002 |
| Really tough medical situations. Visit from home pastors. | August 2002 |
| Eight years in Romania and many examples of the Lord providing. Volunteers. | July 2002 |
| The clinic opened officially on June 3! We will be witnesses in the civil wedding ceremony for our friend Gabi Talabur and her fiance Ambrose Kibos. The parking lot is coming along. Found a new kitty to keep Sunflower company, her name is Mitsy. | June 2002 |
| Ruxi and Dragos have a nice healthy baby boy, Eduard! Thanks to all who have generously made donations toward Ionut's leukemia medicines. Bids for the parking lot. Planted a willow tree. | May 2002 |
| We have medical licenses!!!Interviewing nurses. 4500 pairs of eyeglasses donated. We are getting so close to the long awaited opening of our clinic. | April 2002 |
| A man from Washington and 2 from California install computers, network, software. Local computer student handles day to day issues. New car: flat, keyed, and dented in a week. Ionut receiving treatment - thanks to donors. Parking lot and sidewalks are slated for spring. | March 2002 |
| Amublance miracles. Citizenship, finally! Milt's first patient: Ionut - boy with leukemia-needs money for treatments. A new car eminant. | January 2002 |
| The clinic is essentially ready to open--other than still needing more approvals! Ruxi, our foundation director, is already teaching a course for general practitioners who want to be able to take the exam to become family practitioners. Citizenship oath - no news on rescheduling. Maybe have to get temporary licenses to practice medicine. 12 for Thanksgiving dinner. A brief trip to USA for Christmas. | December 2001 |
| Citizens? almost? Some changes to clinic to satisfy a requirement just discovered. Presenting Family Medicine course. Got an Ambulance. Getting a new car. | November 2001 |
| Clinic is dedicated. Chuck and Cindy Lindquist attend. Unpacking supplies and equipment while waiting for authorization to open clinic. Government invites us to take oath of citizenship. | October 2001 |
| Much accomplished. Unpacking things for clinic. Received used computers. Several trips for auto repairs. Two new puppies. | September 2001 |
| Back in Romania. Global Health Ministries donated 12 used computers. Electricity to clinic connected. Sinks and toilets installed. About $25,000 for items to finish clinic - chairs, phone system, alarm, parking lot,etc. | August 2001 |
| Milt takes Family Practice Board recertification exam. Many speaking engagements. Ruxanda handling many bureaucratic and administrative issues. Electric lines installed. | May 2001 |
| Starting 4 month USA assignment. Tile, linoleum, and carpet, oh my! Heating and gas installed. Possible dentist to join clinic. | March 2001 |
| Romanian Christmas:no snow, lots of friends. Zero funds, mounting monetary obligations, an urgent call for prayer, prayers answered. Donations plus the recovered VAT allow interior finishing to continue. mild winter helps clinic project. Preparing for long trip to the states this spring. | January 2001 |
| Reflections on a year of the clinic project. Life for Romainians is worse than 6 years ago. Kids in ICC orphange well and some got adopted. | December 2000 |
| "Autorizatie de Constructie" finally obtained. Timely gifts. Romanian subs hustled to get the plumbing and wiring done. Teams from North Street Christian Church in Butler, PA put up the drywall on the main floor and most of the upper floor. Getting ready for winter. | October 2000 |
| The entire light steel frame for both floors is up, and the interior walls for the main floor are all framed in. Wires and piples are going in. Clinic funds have been exhausted. Volunteers from PA are coming in Oct. Dual citizenship is official. | September 2000 |
| Foundation is complete. Light steel construction of 1st and 2nd floors is started. A church in Pennsylvania to send volunteers to tape walls in Oct. Visitors. Adopted a kitty. Orphanage update. Should be official citizens in Sept. | July 2000 |
| The foundation is being constructed. A trip home. | June 2000 |
| The construction has started!!! There is a big hole and construction materials are on the way. Dedication May 23. An upcoming visit to the US. | May 2000 |
| Citizenship exams taken. New architect doing a great job in getting the needed approvals. Enthusiastic young doctors at conference. | April 2000 |
| Waiting for the final engineering and all the approvals for the "Autorizatie de Constructie." Winter and all its effects are disappearing. Citizenship in the works. | March 2000 |
| Christmas with Romanian friends. Minnesota like snow and cold. Bogdan, an 8 year old boy, and his family needs your prayers. Clinic is progressing. Ground breaking in April??? | February 2000 |
| An additional $100,000+ to make up for loss of Campus Crusade as partner. Does God want us to be doing something different? A medical conference in Cluj-Napoca. ICC orphange now has license for adoption. Contact us if you're interested in adopting a Romanian child. Attended a conference put on by a Christian medical group. Thanksgiving and Christmas in Romania. Pumpkin pie made with fresh pumpkin. | November 1999 |
| Campus Crusade no longer a partner in the building. Big financial challange ahead. 8 year old missionary has large dead tree fall on his back. Took Flori and Marius to the carnival. | October 1999 |
| A busy month. | September 1999 |
| August is hot. Three approvals for the clinic remain. Medical equipment arrives in Clug,Thanks Drs. Mona Mikaelsen and Amy Manierre, and thanks to Christian Aid Ministries. Clearing the land for the clinic. A total eclipse of the sun. Devastating earthquake in Turkey. | August 1999 |
| Clinic gets a basement. Heating system can be upgraded later for air conditioning. Autorizatie de Constructie ("AC" or Authorization for Construction) could be September at the earliest. Prayers are needed for timing the authorization and the beginning of construction. Medical evals at the ICC orphanage. Flori awaits tests. A week trip to Norway including some family history. Coming up in August: A full eclipse of the sun and application for citizenship. | July 1999 |
| More public speaking in English and Romanian, Stelianna improves at the ICC orphange, almost enough funds for the exterior structure, "Autorizatie de Constructie" in the works, a lawyer comes in handy, clinic site makes a nice sweet corn field. | June 1999 |
| Fred and Roberta Anderson visit and talk about their mission work in Mongolia, a trip home to Minnesota, another option for a certified construction company, Certificat de Urbanism" signed by the mayor, Campus Crusade for Christ has been approved to buy the top floor of the clinic building, medical equipment/supplies are on their way. | May 1999 |
| April was a busy Month, no letter. | April 1999 |
| Thanks for your support, "Certificat de Urbanism" approved - next is "Autorizatie de Constructie", Econimic hardships in Romania worsening, possibility of Romanians going to Mongolia as missionaries, Operation Smile visits - glimses of changing society as fathers checked on their kids in the hospital. | March 1999 |
| Email addresses lost, a pick-pocket, another construction certificate, Doctors salaries affect ethics | February 1999 |
| Medical Equipment - thanks Dr. Mona Mikalsen, first payment to architect, rabies, examining children in orphanage | January 1999 |
| Baby is born, No bribe for a doctor, Rh treatment for mother, hymns sung behind the former "Iron Curtain" | December 1998 |
| World Mission Prayer League visits - they get the tour, missionaries bring medicine - some has expired, young couple has many needs - baby coming next month, signed contract with architect - clinic project progresses, more car stories, spending lei before it devalues. | November 1998 |
| Land for clinic bought - lots of forms, Clinic construction materials selected, Architects involved, rules regs and a bomb shelter?, retreat in mountains for missionaries, Milt becomes "Bob Villa", A bug story | October 1998 |
| Down payment for clinic site, neighbors happy that a clinic will be built, Open Door Medical Ministries is established, Milt lectures in Romanian, visit to an orphanage, fender bender, hot water cleansed sooner than expected. | September 1998 |
| Back in Romania after a trip home, a young couple needs help, a young Romanian doctor joins the team, realtor helps with search for clinic site, a drive through Transylvania to pick up shipped medicine, clean up for car inspection was not a good idea, all set for annual cleaning of central hot water system. | August 1998 |