First Bike

“Oh, puple is my favorite color,” Adeline said, as she received her first bike from HWI.

She was so excited. Adeline is a Billy Graham Scholar doing her Master’s at Wheaton College. She is from Uganda. She works with Uganda Studies Program through Uganda Christian University. Adeline works with study-abroad students from Christian colleges and universities in North America who go to Uganda for a semester of cross-cultural experience. Adeline writes, “A month ago, tired of needing other people to take me shopping, I decided to walk to The Village Marketplace for milk. It took me 25 minutes to get there, another 25 to get back. It was a good workout, but not the best way to get milk for late afternoon tea.

Then over fall break I got the opportunity to go to the Honey Rock Camp in Wisconsin. I saw all the bikes they had for mountain biking and decided I was going to ride one before going back to campus. With patient help from one of the leaders at the camp, I finally managed to keep myself on a bike as I wobbled around a grassy field, then ventured out on dirt roads in the woods. It was exhilarating! When I received my own bike two weeks later from His Wheels International, I got hooked. Yesterday I rode up to the Marketplace. Six minutes!"

Thanks Adeline for the ministry you do in Uganda, helping internationals to make a smooth transition and adjustment to their new and foreign culture. We at HWI are glad to have the opportunity to reciprocate, making your life a little easier while you are studying here in America. Afternoon tea is vital to keep the brain alert for studies.

No stopping Adeline now, she is off for afternoon tea