
O little town of Bethlehem
It is December, so the center of Bethlehem—Manger Square—is echoing with Christmas carols and crowded with tourists and local families.
It is December, so the center of Bethlehem—Manger Square—is echoing with Christmas carols and crowded with tourists and local families.
The wheelchair helped end Firas’s long, lonely days inside. “He thanked us with great love,” said the believers.
Recipients ask questions and search their own hearts. One said, “You seem to be complete strangers, but you love us so much! We feel it.”
Wheelchairs may seem like simple gifts. But to a disabled or wounded individual, a wheelchair is often a life-changing gift of love.
After our staff delivered a new wheelchair to forty-two-year-old Martha, she shared, “I am not discouraged and don’t despair of life.”
Handicapped. Disabled. For thousands around the world, these diagnoses bring humiliation, rejection, and poverty.They are often left to fend for themselves.
A smile slowly spread over Milagro’s face as he sat in his new wheelchair. Then he started making truck noises. This new gift was an obvious treasure to Milagro, a six-year-old boy from Nicaragua who has Down Syndrome. Milagro’s parents use a wheelchair to take him to church and other places, but his previous wheelchair… Read more
Three-year-old Mercy suffers from cerebral palsy. She and her two handicapped siblings are part of the Kalenjin tribe in Kenya.
Farid* was born with cerebral palsy that made him unable to walk or talk. Doctors and therapists said he would never improve.
George was born with club feet. Without proper correction, this Kenyan child would likely never walk. Poverty left him with little hope. But then, through the Hope-for-the-Handicapped program, George received small boots and a corset for his torso. George is starting the process of correcting his feet so he can walk. In many countries, children… Read more
George from Liberia was born with a deformity that left him unable to walk. When his parents discovered this, they abandoned him soon after birth. A mission rescued George and cared for him for many years. He is now living at a home for handicapped individuals. Today George uses a wheelchair to get around. Recently… Read more