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Walking Normally for First Time

Group of children, families, and visitors standing together and smiling at a medical facility in Ludhiana, India, celebrating a program that helped children with foot deformities walk normally for the first time.

Walking Normally For First Time

We visited the pediatric ward with an 18-year-old whose feet were deformed from birth. (See girl in black pants) She had been walking on tiptoes since it was impossible for her to walk flat on her feet. We also visited with a nine-year-old girl (see girl in pink pants) with one of her feet deformed in the same manner. Both were from very poor families who never dreamed of their children walking normally. Both children had to be carried often. With joy, we visited both of them after surgery with big smiles on their faces as they showed us how they could now walk with the flat of their feet touching the ground. Such miracles occur on a regular basis through the ministry in Ludhiana that you and I are a part of.