by Gracie Rosenberger | May 19, 2018 | Blog, Standing With Hope |
I returned from a 2010 trip with our Ghanaian prosthetic limb program …only to be medically sidelined for 8 years. The surgeries continued and infections nearly took me out (twice!). I found myself floundering physically, emotionally, and even spiritually....
by Peter Rosenberger | Jul 13, 2017 | Standing With Hope |
From the moment we met Dorcas, she captured our hearts. A wide-eyed, seven-year-old, Dorcas hardly spoke a word, while staring intently at a group of strangers gathered around her. An unfortunate incident with a scorpion caused her right foot to become infected. The...
by Peter Rosenberger | Jul 28, 2016 | Standing With Hope |
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Romans 10:15 For nearly a dozen years, Standing With Hope has shipped over hundreds of...
by Peter Rosenberger | Dec 7, 2015 | Standing With Hope
When we first heard of Simon from members of the Peace Corp in Ghana, we knew we faced a challenge. Simon has what is known as a hip-disarticulation amputation. His is missing his leg all the way to the hip. This is the most challenging lower limb prosthesis to...
by Peter Rosenberger | Oct 7, 2015 | Standing With Hope |
In 2012, we met a girl named Sandra Twum. Hit by a car at age 9, Sandra lost her left leg. As the amputation site healed, Sandra developed a small bony protrusion on her limb which prohibited fitting her with a prosthesis. Talking with her mother, Philomena, I saw...
