We are grateful for our first opportunity to serve with the LDS Charities Wheelchair Initiative in west Africa and have just returned from three wonderful and EXHAUSTING weeks of training and evaluating in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana.
We worked with many wonderful clinicians and technicians and also met many incredible wheelchair users who are doing amazing things with their lives in spite of their disabilities. We were certainly lifted and inspired by their courage and determination to move their lives forward in positive ways.
The struggles of these good African people are a stark reminder of how blessed we really are and how much we take these blessings for granted on a daily basis. The beauty of the people and their unwavering faithfulness are graphic reminders of God's love and concern for ALL His children throughout the world.
5 comments:
You look right at home n West Africa. Well done.
Love you guys and love these pictures!
I am SOoooooo proud of my favorite missionaries! Thanks for posting the pics. Someday when I grow up, I want to be just like you! xoxoxo
Oh You Cuties!!!!!
Just wanted you to know that I am following your blog and it is so great to hear your experiences. I want to learn more about the program.
I brought the Stay Alive puppets to Utah last June. I talked to you about the wheelchair for the teacher in Uganda and did get a regular wheelchair to her. I am getting some special wheelchairs for some boys in Ethiopia to replace their Wheelchair Foundation chairs.
I would like to learn more about the program and would love to talk to you some time when you are back in the states.
Geri Beck
Sacramento CA
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