At the Handicap Center, Elder and Sister Barlow who are the Humanitarian directors for our mission arranged for wheelchairs to be distributed to people. Many of them have had to crawl for years and use shoes, or flip flops or blocks of wood under their hands.
President Iyomi on the far right is the President of the Kasa Vuba Stake in Kinshasa. He is a doctor by profession. He spoke at the ceremony. The man in the wheelchair was so excited!
As we were walking back from Camp Luka, we passed this "shop" under a tree. The lady in the back of the picture was sewing clothing on an old treadle sewing machine. (These machines were invented in 1851 by Isaac Singer.) She hangs the items to sell on the wall behind her. Many people set up these little shops right along the trails or roads and almost all of them are the old treadle machines. That's because they don't usually have electricity in these villages or in town for that matter.
3 comments:
So humbling. I wish there was something I could do to help them. (If there is, please let me know.)
Bill and Annette
We share your blog spot quite often. We feel your worth in the Congo!! Serving the Lord is what it is all about. Enjoy.
Elder and Sister Jenks
This is EXTREMELY humbling to see these things that we take for granted every day and these poor people and how simple they live and don't seem to take anything for granted. Thank you for sharing this.
Post a Comment