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Dear Mel and
Larry,
In the attached photograph you can see one of the many
children who have been helped with a PET in Sierra Leone. When thinking
about this picture today, I was reminded of a tapestry, there are a number
of interesting threads running through it. Let me explain what I
mean.
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1. First of all this young girl with polio would
have gotten her PET through your organization. |
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2. Next the custom made leg brace, enabling her to
walk with the crutches in the rear of the PET. The crutches, would
have been provided by individual donations of used crutches to New
Steps |
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3. This disabled child would have been able to
attend school through the "school reintegration program", which pays
for her books and school fees, and is operated by New Steps, but
funded through UNICEF. |
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4. Finally the concrete wheelchair ramp
and rails in the picture enables the disabled student access to the
classroom. These ramps have been built at 20 different primary &
secondary schools in Sierra Leone. They were funded by a concerned
Christian man working for the European Union in Freetown as an
economic advisory to Sierra Leone. |
I like all of these threads which make up this
tapestry and provides much needed help and services for those with
physical disabilities in Sierra Leone.
To God be the glory for all the
many partners and ways in which we can work together for "The least of
these our brothers". Just thinking of you two and the PET Project
today.
Von
Driggs
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TO THE LEFT IS A COPY OF AN EMAIL SENT TO THE DIRECTOR OF PET MISSOURI,
MEL WEST, AND MYSELF, THE DIRECTOR OF PET FLORIDA BY VON DRIGGS, THE
FORMER MISSIONARY DIRECTOR OF THE MERCY SHIPS PROJECT "NEW STEPS" IN
SIERRA LEONE. BOTH FLORIDA AND MISSOURI HAVE SENT PET’S TO THEM FOR
THE PAST THREE YEARS AND PET TEXAS SENT 45 THIS YEAR. |
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