Over Easter we got a wonderful surprise shared with us by Nathan’s sister Rebecca. We’ve been anxious to share it here on the blog, however we wanted to wait until things materialized before breaking the news officially!
Through a series of what we believe were God-ordained events, Reni has received an amazing blessing! Before I share what this is, I need to give a bit of background information so you can get a picture for the amazing-ness of this awesome gift!
Last month Rebecca received a call from the Red Cross to travel to a small town a few hours from her home to assist with their emergency response efforts after a tornado ravaged the area. From what we understand, over the course of performing her duties, Rebecca discovered that one of the other volunteers by her side regularly worked with individuals who are mobility-challenged. During the time they were supposed to be sleeping for another long day ahead, Rebecca shared with this individual (Nancy) about our Reni and a little bit of his story. In response, Nancy was excited to tell Rebecca about her involvement with an organization called AMBUCS, a group close to her heart after they blessed her son with a new degree of independence through a therapeutic cycle after he became paralyzed in a diving accident.
Nancy told Rebecca that she was starting an AMBUCS chapter in Lynchburg (where both of them happen to reside). Would Rebecca be interested in getting involved in the local chapter at the ground level? [If you’re not familiar with AMBUCS, it’s “a non-profit service organization dedicated to creating mobility and independence for people with disabilities.”] Furthermore, Nancy said their chapter was looking for their first individual to sponsor and could they sponsor Reni? From what we understand, they are not just sponsoring him for this first tricycle, but future tricycles as he grows!
We submitted his measurements and a week and a half later (yesterday), this box arrived at our door!
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| P.S. We are getting a helmet -- we just had to try it out before Daddy left for Japan a few hours later... |
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| Isn't this the coolest tricycle you've ever seen? |
Nancy and Rebecca, from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU!! Our summer got even more fun!
6 comments:
Thanks for posting those pictures! I miss you guys already. We are safely in Japan and will be heading to bed for some sweet sleep soon. Love you! Thanks Nancy and Rebecca!
Ours prayers are with you Nathan.
Great story...what an amazing organization. I am so glad that Reni will get to benefit from it. Safe travels for your husband!
ok..that last comment was from me. Not sure why my son's name came up..think he has a google account. Ha.
Great to see more pictures! I am truly excited to see how God will use this opportunity to help with continued additional mobility support for Reni!
Tomorrow afternoon we are hosting an event and giving two more individuals their cycles! We have been blessed to have media attention already and are told that 1 if not more local News Crews will be on site for tomorrow’s presentation! Because of this being a new chapter, the only one in VA to date, the newspaper has already run an article!
Reni will be featured tomorrow as well! :) I will have to get you a link to the broadcast once it has aired!
Cydil! This is amazing! I am so thankful for Reni. God is such a wonderful parent to our kids. :) I'm off to check out the other link you sent in your e-mail. This sounds like such an amazing organzation. As for the tricycle, do you happen to know the make / brand of the bike? We haev been waffling about a stroller for Sam and ended up getting him a plasma car. It works best on a flat paved area though. The trike looks perfect. Thanks for keeping in contact even when I get busy.
Shelley
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