Angels - Mail 27 End of Trip
Hi Everyone, Feb, 2025
This will be my last mail to tell you about my India 2024 trip November – December to Kolkata and Orissa India.
It really was a very good trip.
The only difference this year was that I wrote about this trip as a story in a book to all of you to tell and show you what it was like.
Please understand this is how all 26 trips to India have been over the years.
I have worked very hard to reach out and help poor people, with people in the USA, Canada, Germany, and India supporting our efforts. Many times our work becomes very hard and difficult, but with good people helping me we get the work done and I am very proud of what has been accomplished over the years.
My hopes for the future are to move forward to help more poor people in some small way. Yes funding can be a problem at times but I will NEVER ask anyone for anything. I do what I can with the funds available just like Mother Teresa did long ago. I try my best to be very cautious and accountable and to turn every penny of our donations into a dime and get the most value for our funds. One thing for sure: I expect quality work in anything we do with no shortcuts.
As for school sponsorships , Children are Angels from Heaven tries to help every student that we can. After all Children are the future of the world and they have to be educated.
To the many people who are or have been a part of our Sponsorship program I Thank you for your generosity and your kindness.
Before I end this trip there are a few people who worked very hard to help me with this trip and their names were never mentioned in my writings…
First is Mystic Valley Travel of Medford MA…
Rita Cornelio & Sara Sagarese worked very hard to arrange my airplane itinerary ..
Traveling to Kolkata involves 2 very long flights and the paperwork and visa requirements have to be perfect. Both Rita and Sara did a great job getting me to Kolkata and back home again at the lowest cost possible.
The second place I would like to say Thank you to is to Shah’s Palace in Kolkata…,
Mr Shah is the owner of a guest house in New Alipore Kolkata. Mr Shaw and his Staff gave me a nice clean room on a very quiet street. Everything at his guest house worked out perfectly and each night I got a good night’s sleep.
The Third person whose name is not in any of my mails that deserves a HUGE Thank You is my friend Steve Powers..Steve is the person responsible for our Facebook Page and posting every one of my 27 Emails on it along with the photos for you to read and see. Steve worked very hard to make everything perfect. His work was excellent and many people have read about the trip and responded to me about it. Thank you Steve Powers for great work and sharing our work with the world to see.
I would now like to say a very special Thank you to my friend Dibyendu Bhattacharya of Kolkata for looking after me and working with me every day in Kolkata to bring many Happy smiles to many people…
Another Thanks goes out to all the Daughters of the Cross Sisters in Kolkata and Orissa for letting me stay with them along with working with me every day and most of all teaching me about the world that we live in , in a different country and a different culture..
Another Thanks to all the vendors who helped me on this trip, especially Jeet and my friends at Curio Cottage in New Market Kolkata India….Every vendor that I bought goods from in Kolkata and Orissa discounted the prices to make the items more affordable for me.
One last Thanks to all of you for your help,support and generosity to keep Children are Angels going every year. Without all of you Children are Angels from Heaven would be nothing . It is all of you who make everything possible ...Thank you for Everything…
To end this Last Mail of the 2024 Trip to India …
I dedicate this Beautiful trip to Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa always said to do small things with Great Love and that is exactly what this trip was all about…
Thanks Everyone Everywhere for your Help & Support,
God Bless all of you….
Ray O