A Shiny Red Set of Wheels

 

On Thursday we went into Lusaka to visit a ministry called Cheshire Home.  It is run by Roman Catholic nuns and is a place that takes care of children before and after they have surgery, especially orthopedic surgery.  They have a very nice physical therapy department.  We saw the sister in charge who was a wonderful woman.

 

We had seen a small red wheelchair on the verandah as we were going into her office.  As we started to leave, Julie asked where they had gotten the wheelchair since it seemed like a good thing to get Matilda.  She has been using an adult one that came over on the container last year.  The sister said, "Oh, let me see if we have an extra one that we can give you."  So here came someone with a shiny new wheelchair, just Matilda's size. 

 

So now Matilda has a wheelchair that she can maneuver and that the children like pushing her around in.  What an unexpected gift!!  We will be taking Matilda there on Thursday for them to evaluate her for physical therapy exercises that we can do with her.