You can get HIV through hugging.
Wrong! You can only contract the disease if there is an exchange of bodily fluids. If you hug, shake hands, or work with someone who is infected – you won’t get it! You can’t get it through bug bites, animals, drinking water, etc.
You can tell if someone is infected.
Wrong! Infected people don’t always look sickly. Some people may not even look sick for 10 years!
There are drugs to cure this disease.
Wrong! There is no cure for this disease, but there is medication to prolong the process of HIV turning into AIDS. But, medication is not available in all areas of the world – especially in rural areas.
AIDS is a punishment from God.
Totally wrong! AIDS is not a punishment from God. We live in a broken, fallen world, and sadly, sickness and death are a part of our lives. If God began handing out sickness for our sins, most of us would be dead by tomorrow. Many people have HIV because something terrible was done to them or by them.
Children aren’t affected by this disease.
Wrong! 15 million children have been orphaned because their parents have died of HIV/AIDS. If a mother is pregnant and infected, more often than not the baby will be born infected with the virus. If they’re not already infected, they may become infected from breast feeding. Every minute, one child dies of AIDS.
I don’t have money, I can’t help.
Wrong! There is something every person can do – whether you’re 5 years old or 50 years old.
Did You Know In Malaysia!
Most people infected by the disease are between the ages of 20 and 39! Over 80,000 people are recorded living with HIV/AIDS. Many more are not recorded …
September 17th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Greetings from Elvie Ho
I am not a hiv+,but i have been staying and working with hiv+ guys for
many years.They are a great encouragement to me as even when they are
with the disease many of them serve God faithfully.Actually you cant
tell who is having the disease.I have seen those who complain the most
are the “healthy ones”.Infact from my observation,those hiv+ are the
one who are more spiritually incline.A quote which i read somewhere
comes to my mind.”Facing an impossibilty gives us an opportunity to
trust God”
May the guys in crisis home trust God.Issac,you are doing a great job!
Tell the guys in crisis home that they can be an encouragement to
others as i have been encouraged.God bless