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This is 14-year-old, Jeremiah. He lives in Grenada, and is a ray of sunshine to everyone he meets. Jeremiah also has a few physical limitations, having multiple surgeries since birth which left him with physical challenges. He needs a wheelchair for mobility, and also requires disposable diapers so he can enjoy life as a young boy.
In Grenada, medical supplies and diapers are expensive, and unaffordable for most. Health is one of the four core areas at Midwest Mission, providing medical supplies and equipment to those who do not have access to necessary items. The last shipment from Midwest Mission included an assortment of medical supplies as well as disposable diapers, to help meet medical needs in their communities.
As Food For The Poor’s in-country partners in Grenada distributed supplies, they stopped at a children’s home. It happened to be the children’s home Jeremiah lived in, where they distributed medical supplies and kits.
Jeremiah was given disposable diapers.
His response to the donation?
“God really loves me.”
How touching, yet heart-breaking that these disposable diapers were so needed yet unattainable that this was his sign that God really loves him.
At Midwest Mission, our mission is to show God’s love in a practical way - we want everyone who receives a kit or item to know that they are loved by God, and by the people who sent the items.
Juanita, Jeremiah’s social worker, said, “He is never down, if you were not seeing him, but only hearing him, you would never know that he has all these challenges. He is an inspiration to me.”
May Jeremiah be an inspiration to all of us, and a reminder that each item we send shows God’s love to someone who really needs it.
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