While delivering wheelchairs, our journey took us to the home of a family that could not come to the distribution. When we walked into the house, the heat was stifling and there were visible ravages of flooding in the home. On a bamboo mat lay a 33 year old man crippled beyond words. We found through talking to the mom that she felt hopeless and weary as she cared for her only son. A widow for thirty years, she had even sold her hair recently to make money for the family. As we gathered in the home, the young man’s eyes were full of terror as his mom weeped over the gift of the wheelchair. He didn’t understand her tears and his anxiousness turned into his own tears. At which time I found myself on the mat with him holding him and crying with him as I believe Jesus would have done. As my tears mingled with the sweat, I looked into his eyes and communicated an unspoken language of God’s love and peace. I watched this young man receive God’s peace which along with the wheelchair was a marker event for his life. A day I know I won’t forget and I rather doubt he will either. – Bruce

P.S. Due to this divine appointment, this family of two will be built a new home and his mother will receive a cow to assist her in starting a business as well as vitamins and a monthly stipend. Hopefully her hair will grow back!

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