Pastor Apolinario

His Story

Apolinario was born with disability though circumstances and lack of medical attention led to further complexities and limitations for him. Though he has faced rejection he exhibits hope and courage. He tells of how a missionary some years ago showed him compassion providing him a wheelchair and then a motorized tricycle in order to get to school. Later he served as a volunteer teaching literacy at the children’s centre (House of Ants!) founded by the same missionary. He received help and in turn helped many others. He is now a Church leader

What Helping Hands are doing to Help

In God’s providence, Helping Hands came to learn of Apolinario through another missionary who was in conversation with an official at the Religious Affairs office. This missionary then contacted Helping Hands to see if we could help. After establishing a trust relationship with him through several visits, we were blessed to be able to introduce our visiting team from the Ireland to him. The team were very willing to take on the challenge to try to overhaul Apolinario’s motorized tricycle in the hope that they could get it back on the road. Praise God, the tricycle is working again - providing much more freedom to our new found friend! We pray that Apolinario will grow in His knowdlege of God’s love and grace and be a used mightily for the expansion of God’s Kingdom.