Posted on 02/27/2009 7:36:53 AM PST by restornu
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, .....
(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...
Ya gotta remember who a thread like this will attract.
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.
Every. Single. Thread.
There was a recent thread about self reliance that espoused some of the best conservative principles. Yet, because the author was LDS, the usual suspects showed up and turned it into the usual hatefest and it had nothing to do with the actual topic of the thread.
It cuts both ways.
The anti posters have been advised many times to keep the theological debate on “open” threads in the Religion Forum where it belongs.
And the thin-skinned posters have been advised many times to stay away from “open” threads on the Religion Forum.
But there are some on both sides who ignore the moderators and are drawn like moths to a flame. If they get burnt they have no one else to blame.
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Thank you but I tried to use “closed” and it was removed for LDS news items so my choice was denied.
I am also very confused even by mixed messages on this forum.
I am also very confused even by mixed messages on this forum thread.
Amen. Your *light*, not your *ego*.
HEY!!
LOOKY!!!
LDS was ONE of these!
And what point is that? That some FReepers are bawling about the headline to an article in some obscure newspaper? About some wheelchairs being donated to some kids in Iraq?
The Religion Mod didn’t remove the ‘closed’ thread yesterday from religion, I did because the thread had nothing to do with religion, it was a news item and I moved it to news. The ‘Closed’, ‘Caucus’, etc are religion forum terms. Just because some member happened to be a member of X, Y, or church doesn’t automatically make a thread religion. It was about a couple of brave young men saving someone from a fire.
Knock off the thread hijack attempt or leave this thread.
The LDS, as has already been posted, has donated over 300,000 wheelchairs in over 100 countries over the last decade. The 20,000 here for Iraq is good, but there is much more to be done.
Proverbs 34:9 (Rudeboy Edition)
Some people will bitch about anything.
I have observed this and frankly find it appalling.
Here's one non-LDS who finds the whole phenomenon shameful and exasperating.
Count me in with that.. pretty sad, this is a great charity that is doing a lot, but if some average joe happened to google it to see if it is worth donating to, it would look like some fringe outfit and they would steer clear.
Perhaps such deprecation serves as the motive for some.
There's something sinister about such things.
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