Greetings and Happy Friday!

June 17, 2005

Here are some highlights of the past week:

• Containers left China for the Ukraine and India.
• Our keynote speaker Pastor Robert from Lima is bringing William to our July 26 event. William received one of our wheelchairs about 2 years ago. He has an amazing story; one we hope will electrify the event. Stay tuned!
• Welcome all our new subscribers who found us through this month's Readers Digest article. What a blessing!

This story comes from our friend Scaria in South India:

"Ablish and Agesh started their journey from home in a pick up van to the Free Wheelchair Mission camp named "The Light of the Life” organized by the Assumption Community College in association with the local Charitable Trust Chrysalis. It was their very first trip outside their village. Their father Chandran who is a poor laborer accompanied them. Ablish and Agesh are Chandran's oldest sons. They were born with physical and mental disabilities. His third son is normal. Chandran told us, 'Sir I fell very sad. I was very unkind to these two sons for the last 16 years. I kept them confined to a dark room in my home. I felt that I have to keep it as a secret for the better life prospects of my third son. When volunteers of local school for mentally challenged visited my home, I drove them out of my home. Now I understand that I was wrong. The volunteers later educated me. Now my two sons are happy. They behave very well to others. Our fellow villagers help me in caring for them. My ignorance forced me to act cruelly to my children. I pray that they forgive me. Thank you all for providing the chairs to us. Convey our happiness to the people in USA who gave us these good quality wheelchairs.' "