Sharing God’s Word With Those Who Need It Most

Life in Peru is incredibly difficult for Ursula and her 14–year-old daughter Karolay, who has cerebral palsy. Karolay has been denied health care and as a result, her disability has gotten more and more severe. And Ursula has struggled every day for 14 long years, carrying Karolay everywhere – which became close to impossible as her body grew.  

But Ursula experienced heavenly joy when we sent a brand-new wheelchair to Karolay through our Wheels for the World program and our 40 Weeks of ministry in Peru. No longer does Ursula have to carry her daughter to school each day, and Karolay sits in a seat of dignity where she is able to interact with others and be part of her community. Plus, Ursula and Karolay received the eternal gift of the Gospel when they got the Joni book and a Bible in their own language! Ursula is reading the Bible to Karolay every day and said, “I know God wants us to approach him daily!”

Everyone hears the Gospel and receives the Joni book and a Bible during our 40 Weeks of ministry in Peru, and when 12–year-old Rick, who has cerebral palsy, was custom fit into his new wheelchair, his sisters Cristine and Merly prayed to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior! As they left with their arms full of food and essential hygiene supplies they declared, “God is love!”  

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“We know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”

1 John 4:16

Joni and Friends is dedicated to sending the Good News of Jesus to the darkest corners of the planet and to sharing God’s Word with those who need it most, like 7–year-old Mathias, who has spina bifida, hydrocephalus and terminal chronic renal failure. He was overjoyed when he received his first pediatric wheelchair through Wheels for the World, and before he and his mother left our wheelchair distribution site, they were also introduced to Jesus!

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Face masks and hospital robes can’t get in the way of God’s plans for families living with disability – in Peru and all over the world. Mathias and his mother were blessed by the life-giving gifts of mobility, food and essential hygiene supplies, the Joni book and a Bible in their own language, and the eternal promise of heaven with Jesus!