LDS donation has Iraqis wheelin' good

Deseret News ^ | Feb. 26, 2009 | By Lynn Arave

[restornu]

SLUG: Wheelchair.cit Caption: A Babil Province child in Iraq is helped into his new wheelchair, which he received at the Babil Rehabilitation Center here Feb 19. The LDS Church donated this wheelchair and a total of 2,000 wheelchairs to the people of Iraq. CREDIT: U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephen C. Short

The LDS Church does more than donate food or supplies to disaster-stricken areas. It recently donated 2,000 wheelchairs to the disabled people of the Babil Province in Iraq.

The Iraqi government and several aid organizations from the U.S. gathered along with community members...

new wheelchairs to 25 of the neediest people in the area, according to ....

Some of the recipients relied on crutches and have never had wheelchairs.

"There are 25 percent of these people who require wheelchairs as a minimum treatment requirement," Lt. Col. Doil O'Steen, commander of ...

It wasn't The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' first wheelchair donation. According to lds.org, the church has donated more than 300,000 wheelchairs in 101 countries since 2001. Last year, it donated more than 50,000 wheelchairs in 46 countries ...

Some 1,500 of the donated wheelchairs in Iraq are called "Rough Rider," which are used to negotiate more difficult terrain. ...

There are an estimated 8,000 disabled men, women and children in Babil Province, coping with amputations, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, brain injuries and developmental disabilities. ....

selected recipients from a list of 6,000 names.

"We have high hopes that the Americans and other officials in Iraq that are committed to alleviating suffering will pull together our efforts to end their suffering," said Salem Saleh al-Maslamawi, the governor of Babil. "I believe that anyone who helps these handicapped people will be rewarded from God, .....

[Elsie]

I didn't know that Deseret News is a Mormon publication until someone pointed it out to me.

MORMONs are involved in a LOT of things most people do not know about.

[Elsie]

The majority of it's employees also are non-members.

Is RELIGION something that is listed on the personell record of employees?

Was a POLL taken ASKING folks which church they were affiliated with?

[Elsie]

...and to think only because LDS is involved in the program.

At least you noticed that LDS was 'involved' and not the ONLY one doing the good works of donating chairs.

The TITLE (LDS donation has Iraqis wheelin' good) doesn't say that.

[Elsie]

I think you have me confused with someone else.

That seems to happen a lot.

[Elsie]

And you may want to look at sevenbak comments, who so earnestly conveys the fact that the paper is ran by non-Mormons, who, IN EFFECT, reported the story and carrying the mantle of the tooting horn for the church, that you and your ilk tried so desparately to place upon the LDS church.

No; he did not. His QUOTE is as follows.

Yes it's parent company is owned by the Church, but most of it's employ es are non-LDS.

[McGavin999]

What a creepy thing for you to say. I’m not LDS but I think it’s fine for them to talk about this. How else would people know of the problems that need to be addressed. How many wheelchairs have you donated, or is that a secret between you and God as well?

[Elsie]

I didn’t make this about LDS.

True - the thread TITLE made it about LDS.

[Elsie]

What a creepy thing for you to say.

 

 

To: restornu

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

Yeshua, Jew, Son of God, The One And Only City of God, Jerusalem ~20AD.

 

5 posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 10:40:27 AM by chuck_the_tv_out

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??    WHERE is the CREEPY part??

[Stourme]

the title just begs for that reference doesn’t it?

I guess everyone sees what they want to see...

Personally, I thought of this..

Matthew 5:14 - 16
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

[Stourme]

Matthew 5:14-16

Bah! You beat me to it. :D

[Stourme]

Thanks for posting this story Restornu. It's very up lifting and gives me hope that there's still some kindness left in this world.

My wife took my oldest son to go volunteer some time at the Bishop's Store House today.

She told me that a man and women came into the store house today and asked for some food. Times are hard all over. It just breaks my heart.

They aren't LDS, but of course that didn't matter. They filled out a form and were given two weeks worth of groceries.

It brings a lot of joy to help others.