Greetings and Happy Friday!

November 19, 2004

Some news this week:

  • Containers of wheelchairs arrived in Mexico and USA (for our own warehouse).
  • KCET TV will air a show about us on their "Life and Times" Show on Tuesday 11/23, 6:30 PM (www.kcet.org/lifeandtimes/)
  • Next week we will be on Loma Linda University TV show "Faith at Work" (www.llbn.tv) Channel 17. Check their website for times.
  • We sent out 200,000 letters in an effort to extend our support base.
  • Our 25,000 Wheelchairs for Christmas campaign is in full speed. You can order our Christmas cards on our website (www.freewheelchairmission.org).


Remember two weeks ago our story from Dan Brose of World Relief, Zambia? It was about MarieRosetta is going back to school in her new wheelchair Jeanne, Justine, and Rosetta (all sisters) standing in the back of a pickup truck. An accident resulted in all three girls being crippled, and none of them will walk again. I reported on Marie Jeanne. Here is a story about her sister, Rosetta:

"The accident caused extensive damage to Rosetta’s legs, and both legs had to be amputated. When she learned that her legs had been removed and that she couldn’t walk, she was surprised. At first, she thought, “It will not be possible for me to do something important with my life.” She thought that her life could not go on without her legs. But that changed!

She was very happy to receive a wheelchair, which will allow her to go back to school. She thinks that she will go to school to be a teacher (to please her father) and then she will go back to school to learn a skill that would not require her to stand, like accounting or computers."