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The End of our Bicycle Division

  By AT | June 12, 2013 - 7:15 pm |
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     As of June 1, 2013, His Wheels International (HWI) will no longer be accepting bicycle donations. We
are winding down the two-wheeled bicycle aspect of our ministry and plan to end the bicycle division by September 14, 2013.
      I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have had a part in our bicycle division. Thanks
for directing people towards HWI who have had bicycles to donate, time to volunteer, and for a variety of
other reasons. Thanks also to those of you who have donated bicycles, surplus stock, tools, and accessories.
I also want to thank you for lending us your professional expertise and also for helping us get the word
out about our ministry. Without your assistance, we never would have been able to touch so many lives in our community, throughout the United States, and internationally with our bicycle ministry. As a team,
we have distributed almost 1,700 bicycles that we have collected and our mechanics have rehabbed so we could recycle them to those in need of basic transportation and for many their first set of wheels in the United States.

Spring Arbor University Enactus Regional Competition 2013

  By AT | May 28, 2013 - 6:08 pm |
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Spring  Arbor University (SAU) has an Enactus chapter on their campus. You can read more about Enactus by clicking this link http://enactus.org/. One of the three projects the SAU students presented at the Regional Competition in Chicago this April was a way to keep the trike project in India sustainable.

In the presentation below you can see the multimedia component of their presentation they showed during competition. The SAU students won first runner up in their division.

Burkina Faso

  By AT | May 21, 2013 - 1:44 am |
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John Meyer reviewing trike plans
John Meyer reviewing trike plans

In January 2013, we sent a His Wheels International trike kit via Messiah College’s Collaboration in Pennsylvania to a SIM Rehabilitation site in Mahadaga, Burkina Faso, Africa. While there for a January course, a couple of engineering students, along with some nationals, welded the trike together. John, Messiah’s engineering trip faculty advisor, said, “It was done on a questionably ‘flat’ concrete floor, with a square, tape measure, and the front fork trike template. We built it with good results.” (more…)

New Picture Post

  By AT | April 19, 2013 - 5:11 pm |
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Where do you go after your dream has been shattered? At age 30, Alice Teisan was an avid cyclist with a big dream: to ride her bicycle on every continent. But that summer, as she was preparing for a cross-country cycling trip, she was struck with a life-altering illness. In a flash, it seemed, her health, her career ambitions, her financial situation, and her plans for the future—not to mention her big dream—were all shattered. Was life still worth living when everything she once held dear was stripped away?

Riding on Faith is the story of how God took Alice’s dream and turned it upside down, replacing it with an even bigger dream inside her heart. Hers is a journey full of fear and faith, of loss and transformation, of soaring vistas and desolate valleys. Ultimately it is a story of hope—that when we give God our dreams, He will transform them into something grander than we could ever imagine.

WBEZ Global Expo Recap

  By AT | April 16, 2013 - 8:33 pm |
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On April 6, 2013 His Wheels International had a booth at WBEZ’s 6th Annual Global Expo and University of Illinois Chicago. We couldn’t have had such a successful day without the help of our faithful volunteers Stephanie, Daniel and Mark. There were about 3,300 people who visited the expo throughout the day. You can see pictures and read more about the day at Stephanie’s blog.

Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church Women’s Mini Retreat

  By AT | April 13, 2013 - 7:06 pm |
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As we think of recapturing our dream I want to begin by asking some questions:

• Are the Road Signs in your life pointing towards your Dream Destination right now?

• What is a dream destination you have/had at one time envisioned for yourself?

• What Roadblocks, dead end signs, impasses, or alternate route bypasses have put a death to your dream or caused you to lose your way?

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Free Copy of Alice’s book in Kindle Format

  By AT | March 18, 2013 - 7:44 pm |
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Riding on Faith

Riding on Faith

Alice’s book is free on Amazon in Kindle format from December 27th-29th
Here is a synopsis of Alice’s book
Riding on Faith: Keeping Your Balance When the Wheels Fall Off

Where do you go after your dream has been shattered? At age 30, Alice Teisan was an avid cyclist with a big dream: to ride her bicycle on every continent. But that summer, as she was preparing for a cross-country cycling trip, she was struck with a life-altering illness. In a flash, it seemed, her health, her career ambitions, her financial situation, and her plans for the future—not to mention her big dream—were all shattered. Was life still worth living when everything she once held dear was stripped away?

Riding on Faith is the story of how God took Alice’s dream and turned it upside down, replacing it with an even bigger dream inside her heart. Hers is a journey full of fear and faith, of loss and transformation, of soaring vistas and desolate valleys. Ultimately it is a story of hope—that when we give God our dreams, He will transform them into something grander than we could ever imagine.

After reading the book Evvy wrote, “What an outstanding book! The stories—particularly the back and forth in time use of them—was tremendously effective. Congratulations on a very fine achievement. Hooray!”

To order a copy double click on the link below.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_15?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=riding+on+faith+by+alice+teisan&sprefix=Riding+on+Faith%2Caps%2C200&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Ariding+on+faith+by+alice+teisan

Clapham School Bike Collection March 16, 2013

  By AT | March 16, 2013 - 8:07 pm |
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Clapham School

Clapham School

Event: Bike Collection &  book signing of Alice Teisan, Executive Director of His Wheels International’s book: Riding on Faith: Keeping Your Balance When the Wheels Fall Off.
Date: Saturday March 16, 2013
Time: 9AM-12PM
Location: Johnsen and Taylor Bookstore at 261 Town Square, Wheaton, IL.
Organized by: Clapham School in Wheaton

We will accept bikes of any size and in any shape.

Trikes to Pennsylvania and Niger

  By AT | January 25, 2013 - 8:15 pm |
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Flag-PennsylvaniaOn Sunday we sent a trike with one of our volunteers to Sebring, FL. From there the trike will be loaded onto a container headed for Niger. Steve, a missionary in Niger had stopped by His Wheels while here in the states. While here he saw the trike, we discussed possibilities for the trike in Niger, and he bought a copy of my book. Within the last couple weeks he has returned to Niger. He wrote, “I had an encouraging conversation with Deb Berruti, who is a physical therapist working at Galmi hospital. She was very interested in the trike. I will include her on this reply so that she can write to you. I gave her my copy of your book to read so that she can understand His Wheels International and you a bit better.”

Then yesterday we boxed a trike up and sent it to Messiah College. In February when the College begins its Spring Semester one of the engineering instructors will be using the trike as curriulumn for a computer analysis course. Pray that the trike will spark some of the students interest in a new way for using their creativity for Christ. We also look forward to how these students will further the work of the trike during their course.

God has also been at work on the home front. Last night our engineer met with a area resident who contacted us about volunteer opportunities. Vadim is a design engineer and is part of First Baptist of Wheaton, IL, a new church to our rooster of churches. So we are glad to have invite yet another volunteer onto our team.

One need that has surfaced is to have a few volunteers who would like to take our trikes to different hands on events. We have been asked to feature trikes at disability camps/retreats/mission evenings/conferences/disability Sunday event and other places. We have the trikes but we haven’t found anyone who could head this part of our ministry up. If you or someone you know would be interested in such an opportunity please contact us.