In
2007 a team from Riverbend Bible Church visited a family with a young man named Mark who has Cerebral Palsy. Amongst other things they provided him with a wheelchair. Fast forward to August 2009 and we visited him last week. We had met them last year when we were in Mukono and we were greeted warmly as Mama Mark said she remembered us. She also showed us that one of the wheels on Mark's chair had broken and he was unable to use it. Of course, we undertook to try and get a replacement. We asked around without success until on Tuesday this week we went with Owen, one of our boys, to the Leonard Cheshire clinic for disabled people for a check-up. While there we were shown where they make wheelchairs and we enquired about wheels. I had not thought to take the broken wheel with me so they were unable to go any further with enabling us to get a replacement. They did, however, tell us where they got their wheels from which just happened to be near where we were staying in Kampala on Wednesday night. (We had a night out from the boys - which was lovely).So, duly armed with the wheel I visited the company to enquire about a wheel. The salesman was not able to show me anything I could use, but then the owner of the business came to help. As he was talking to me he received a call from a supplier which he had to take. He then ordered for me two wheels which he thought might do and asked if I could come back in the weekend. I explained that we were going back to Mukono the next day so he said to come in around midday and he would pray that the wheels would be there by then.
Furthermore, he asked about what we were doing in Uganda and after a brief conversation he said he would give me the wheels without charge. On Thursday at 12.15 the wheels indeed were there.
So this is how Mark has two new wheels for his wheelchair. The pictures show the before (Mark on the ground) and after (Mark delighted to be in the wheelchair again) shots.How's that for God's wonderful provision.
Praise the Lord
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