Wheels for the World Brings Help and Hope to Brazil
On a Joni and Friends Wheels for the World™ trip to Brazil, our team from Texas met a three-year-old girl named Lunna. They learned that Lunna almost...
28
Oct
27
Oct
Joni and Friends Opens First International Wheelchair Restoration Center
Joni and Friends, the international disability ministry founded by Joni Eareckson Tada, recently celebrated the grand opening of its first International…
19
Oct
Introducing People with Disabilities to “The God Who Sees”
Chris was born with a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta, which causes brittle bones. He spent his childhood in and out of hospitals. He recalls the...
18
Oct
Prisoners Gain A New Lease On Life Restoring Wheelchairs
The Joni and Friends Wheels for the World™ program provides life-changing mobility and the hope of the Gospel to people living with disability worldwide. In…
30
Sep
Wheels for the World Carries out the Great Commission: Meet David in Mexico
Fourteen-year-old David was an avid soccer player until he went into the hospital for routine surgery on his knee. Doctors allowed an unsupervised intern to administer David’s anesthesia. As a ...
19
Aug
God’s Faithfulness Shines Through Wheels for the World in Guatemala
Twelve-year-old Wilmer from Guatemala doesn’t have use of his legs. His father abandoned the family when Wilmer was a baby. Years later, when Wilmer’s mother...
16
Aug
Nestor’s Wheelchair Changed His Life
“With God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 Meet Nestor: born in Mexico, Nestor has schizencephaly, a rare congenital brain malformation. He has never been able to walk. Because she ...
31
Jul
Sharing The Hope Of Jesus By Giving A Wheelchair
Desperate for a wheelchair, Buon Louis spent his whole life flat on his back. But when our Wheels for the World team seated him in his customized wheelchair...
6
Jul
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made to Bring Glory to God
My heart broke when I heard Pon crying over her five-year-old daughter, Namthan, at our Wheels for the World outreach in Thailand. Namthan has cerebral palsy...
1
Jul
Bringing Hope to One of the Poorest Nations in the World
Three-year-old Woodlove lives in Haiti and has cerebral palsy. Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world. People with disabilities—especially children—face enormous burdens, including shame, lack of medical ...
