LDS donation has Iraqis wheelin' good

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

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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, .....

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[restornu]

This is the first time I ever had to excerpt the Deseret News ??

Sharing this news on GF because we can’t use the caucus for news.

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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.

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I see you doing yours!:)

[novemberslady]

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
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Thank you for the ping restornu

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I look at charity and alms differently, with a charity, you have to drum up support so others will join you in your cause. A charity is like the alms box, you don’t hide the alms box, you leave it out so people will know where to give- their giving they may choose to do in private.

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Thanks. See you can post something positive about lds without closing to comment.

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This is so cool!

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Ok, this is just a general question. I know lots of church groups that donate but they do not trumpet with news articles and stories. I have a question, why do the lds advertise what they do in such a public fashion?

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“I look at charity and alms differently”

than Jesus!?

I agree drum up support for good works, but the author is using it to say “LDS good, LDS done this”, the TITLE screams phariseeicalism. This is exactly the kind of thing Jesus preached against in Matthew 6. I’m only saying the author was wrong in their presentation. And possibly people who promoted the article if in the same spirit

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author would have been more persuasive leaving the LDS relation until the 2nd paragraph. doing it this way just seems cheap

should’ve just been “wheelchair donation leaves Iraqi’s wheeling good”, then you read, THEN you see LDS later & you think “yeah they’re good, not crazy crackers, bless them”

But this way you just think “self-serving soul soliciting”.

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So very point on.

Its like the Pharisees who fasted standing on the corner dirty and complaining about how hungry they were. I seem to recall that Jesus said wash your clothes, comb your hair and go about your business, Fasting is between you and God. (ok paraphrased to be sure).

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This is not a Religion forum thread - please do not drag dogmatic battles into it.

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I am sorry some of you choose to seek us out but this is general news where I treid to post to LDS members,

I use to post it under caucus whihc is for behind and Activist thread I want to communicate with those who are LDS so I decide to post on General and not N/A

the Lord also said

Luke 6
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

so please go in peace

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Gee, your question is so nuetral, but let me take a stab. The paper it is in is mostly read my Mormons. Therefore, it is nice to see what works are being done by one’s church. However, it does invite the rabid LDS haters to post their diatribes. I guess if I was an old bag lady with no husband and no teeth and no life, and my miserable life was almost over with, I just might post a long post to build myself up while tearing down others. Crazy like a foxx.

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I know this was not to me. But the points are valid. People are wondering why the lds (who did a good thing here) must what appears to promote lds in the headline and first paragraphs.

Why not write the story and have it in the story that these were lds, it is the appearance of self promotion that is at question.

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“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven”

Quite possibly the most misused verse in the Bible. A full discussion of which would take an extremely long time.

My point is right. They should have left it until later, and it would have been more persuasive. I’m trying to help you! I WANT there to be better relations between LDS & proper Christians! We totally should be on the same team. You’re totally wrong about loads of stuff but that’s OK. You’re cool anyway.