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Greetings and Happy Friday!
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          SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
  • 4,350 lives were changed this week! 550 wheelchairs arrived in Panama, 1,100 in the Philippines, 1,100 in Chile, 1,100 in China and 500 in Vietnam.
  • Niclolai did it! On September 1st  at 11:18 am Nicolai reached the Uhuru Peak summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. He not only reached his goal, but nearly doubled his goal! His campaign has raised almost $40,000 for us thus far and his original goal of $25,000 will most likely be doubled by the end of this month!
  • DID YOU KNOW? We currently provide a wheelchair every 3.4 minutes to the poorest of the poor.
  • Free Wheelchair Mission will be featured in an article in Compassion and Culture next month. Click here for a sneak preview.
THE FRIDAY STORY

The following Story is from American Nicaraguan Foundation,
our Nicaraguan Distribution Partners:

Mrs. Guadalupe is 74 years old and has 12 children, two of which live with her: Yudith and Marlen Ruiz. Her two daughters help her on a daily basis. They bath her, change her, cook, and even make and sell nacatamales so that they can make it.

Three years ago, only days after her husband passed away, she fell and had to be operated. They placed prosthesis in her hip, and that altered the way she walked and had to use a walker.  Now Mrs.Guadalupe is dealing with an injury from a second fall where she broke her knee. Because of the lack of money, she did not go to the hospital until two months after she fell, and by that time there was nothing the doctors could do. She thought she was stuck forever.

Guadalupe’s Life has been Transformed!


“I am very grateful for the wheelchair from Free Wheelchair Mission because now, most importantly, I will be able to go to church and the hospital, as well as move around the house. I have not been able to leave this room, have no money, and so my daughters and I are always looking for ways to survive. My only income is that from selling nacatamales, and social security payments I receive.  I thank God and these organizations for helping me, God bless you for performing these great acts”.
-Guadalupe López