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August 25, 2006 |
- Containers
arrived in China, Tanzania, Costa Rica
(two), Nicaragua and the USA (for export)
- Five
containers are in route and six are being
booked for ocean transport
- Thirteen
containers are on order
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Next
week we go to China. Part
of the trip is to visit the factories that manufacture
our wheelchairs. Another part is to attend
some very important meetings with the China Charity
Foundation (CCF), a very large charity in China. We
will sign off a national campaign in Beijing,
with a plan for them to distribute thousands
of wheelchairs in the next six months. They
have agreed to work along side of the Christian
Church of China, and this way wheelchair recipients
will also hear that God loves them.
Things
in China are changing, and we are going
to be part of this change!
Check out this note we just received:
First,
let me introduce myself. I’m
a quadriplegic doctor from Anshan,
located in the Northeast of China.
I once was a promising orthopedic
surgeon in my hometown. But, it seems
that just as my future was full of
brightness, the disaster happened,
which entirely changed my fate and
faith. In May of 1997, I broke my
neck in a diving accident while serving
the Chinese government in the Republic
of Yemen.
All of a sudden, my health was gone;
all things that I had been striving for
in the past years disappeared. I really
could not find any reason to live in
this world anymore. But at this very
moment, God began His work in my life.
My
quadriplegic body never prevents
me from dreaming. As a quadriplegic
doctor, I raise a sense of responsibility
to work with people affected by disabilities
in China. I am starting my ministry
in my hometown, Anshan, a city with
110,000 people with various disabilities.
Most of them are living in hard conditions,
the poorest of the poor. I realize
that, desperately, they both need
practical help and spiritual support.
I believe the best way for people
to know Jesus is to not just hear
about Him but to see He is living
and loving!
During our work with the disabled people,
we find too many of them just can not afford
a wheelchair. Some of them have been confined
in bed for years.The situation in rural
areas is even worse. So, your mission is
just a great encouragement to me. I look
forward to receiving your wheelchairs.
Blessings,
Zhang Xu
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