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Next steps are soon!

Thank you so much for your friendship, collaboration and prayers over the years we have been doing this!! You all have been such a gift as we partnered together to get appropriate care and wheelchairs to those who need them, collaborating to bring resources and training to existing faith-based health initiatives. I mentioned earlier that … Read more

Two containers and a collaborative trip :-)

A Catalyst team led by Dr. Jessica Tsotsoros was in Kenya recently. The team which included occupational and physical therapy professors, practitioners, and students worked closely with Kenyan therapists. Learning went both ways!  Here’s a picture from a seminar on teaching parents to care for their special needs children.  Look at the collaboration happening!  And … Read more

Some good news and walking through obstructions

Two pieces of good news. It is so exciting that a colleague has taken the first steps to become a trainer of trainers for the Ubuntu program that helps parents care for their children with disabilities. that program also starts support groups, so parents are no longer alone. We hope to initiate this program at … Read more

Prudence, Proverbs, and 2023

Prudence is not a word one hears very often. But it has kind of been in my face this week for several reasons. We’ve been studying Proverbs. Proverbs 1:3&4 talk about the need for prudence. I looked it up, and realized it is so central to things happening for us in 2023. “Good judgement in new … Read more

Thanks for praying! 

It was really encouraging to work together with those that joined us from four organizations: Emmanuel, Soddo Christian Hospital, Agape Mobility, and Cure Ethiopia. Doors are opening! And even better, the organization in Ethiopia are beginning to collaborate on caring for those who need wheelchairs and prosthetics. Now we all need wisdom to walk through open … Read more

Heading for Ethiopia next week

It would be great if you could stop and pray! We are Heading for Ethiopia next week. God has opened doors for a team to come together that includes two physical therapists with wheelchair expertise, a biomedical engineer, two nurses, a pastor, and a man who is expert in helping farmers with disability keep working. … Read more

We can’t begin with 30 as we planned.

Now 85 is the lowest number possible!! Please consider helping us hit this higher target.  Each wheelchair of this type costs $360 USD. Click on the button below to donate and clearly indicate “for wheelchairs”. GIVE One of our initiatives this year is with Participant Life. They make a pediatric supportive wheelchair called the Cub Chair.  We … Read more

A busy time with exciting new collaborations

It’s been a busy and rather amazing month. God has opened doors for new collaborations! Jonathan Biggers is now onboard with Ideas and working closely with me. At the Ideas conference, we met Gabrielle, the new CEO. She’s opening some great doors!!. Other Ideas associates are collaborating now. Bill Merrifield, who oversees the Ideas education … Read more

The trip to Guatemala was amazing!

So good! We saw and encouraged over 50 wheelchair users and their families. We were encouraged by them, and especially by the BeeLine team. Data to improve design was collected by the great University of Oklahoma team. Medical help was given by our team and local nurses, doctors and dentists. Wheelchair repair and modification was … Read more

The Hive Camp is happening!!

The Hive Camp is happening!! In Guatemala, June 19 – 26. It’s a collaborative effort of AT Catalyst, BethanyKids, Invigorate, and BeeLine. We thought we had things in place but realized the camp location we had been planning to use wouldn’t be adequate!By God’s grace, Elizabeth and Esther found one that seems perfect. However it’s … Read more

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