Free Wheelchair Mission Trip, Peru July 2013

Meet Our Great Team

Please meet our great team of 16!

Andrew Hanscom	Sandi Hanscom	Davis Hanscom	Allison Hanscom
Mitch Vance	Leslie Vance	Cole Vance	Claire Vance
Camille Vance	Derek Dean	Lauren Dean	Tana Seufert
Ralph Wheeler	Mary Wheeler	Joe Rubio	Susan Rubio

The Hanscom’s, Dean's and Vance’s attend Grace Fellowship Church in Costa Mesa, CA. where their church raised funds for a container of wheelchairs! Thank you Grace Fellowship! It is great to see families serve together and young people have the opportunity to experience being the hands and feet of Jesus.

The Wheeler’s are from Houston, Texas and have been supporters of Free Wheelchair Mission for several years raising money for chairs as well as awareness in their community.

Tana Seufert worked with her church, Gold Coast Christian Church in Oxnard, CA. to raise enough money to finance 150 wheelchairs and was the winner of the FWM Peru Sweepstakes Contest. Tana is co-leader of the Disability Ministry at Gold Coast. She had a daughter who was disabled and needed a wheelchair for most of her 21 years of life. She can’t imagine how her family’s life would have been impacted without the use of a wheelchair.

The Rubio’s, formerly of Irvine, CA. now reside in Prescott, Arizona. They have participated in numerous mission trips for Free Wheelchair Mission to Peru, Chile and El Salvador. It is their joy to serve God and the people of Peru on behalf of FWM.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

July 10, 2013 – Assembly Day!

Energy and teamwork were the name of the game as we joined forces with a group of volunteers from Camino de Vida for Assembly Day, a day none of us will ever forget. Indeed, many hands make light work. Boxes were opened, parts laid out, every little nut, every long screw, axle and more. Each chair was assembled with love and resolve to finish them all in a quality way. Chairs were scrubbed, tires pumped, brakes checked, chair backs laced and by the end of the day, they were lined up like toys under the tree on Christmas Eve. Indeed, tomorrow will feel like Christmas for 100 recipients and their families. We drove back to Hotel San Blas with that good kind of tired feeling, knowing that we did what we came to do and tomorrow will be the reward. We thank you for your prayers and feel your support from miles away where we are wintering this week in Peru.