This is the third March that I want to tell you the story of a certain woman in Cuba. Two years ago, I got to tell you the story of her baptism. Last year, I told you about seeing her again and learning of her need for a wheelchair. That thought weighed on me for a year, especially as we shared her story with many people as we talked about the work in Cuba.

Early this year, Bill Brant, president of Herald of Truth, got up from a meeting about Cuba, walked to the phone and called his friend Ed Enzor, head of Global Samaritan Resources. The conversation was short, but important. Yes, Global Samaritan had a wheelchair that we could take to Cuba.

Lots of questions remained to be answered. How would we transport it? What would the airlines charge us if we carried it with us? Could we even get it through customs? Since we were spending the night in Cancun on our way to Cuba, how difficult would it be to carry the wheelchair with us to the hotel and back?

As we thought about complications, we knew that any hassles we might have would be nothing compared to what this woman went through on a regular basis. We asked for and received many prayers all along the way.

Everything went smoothly. Neither American nor Mexicana gave us any problems about carrying the wheelchair, nor did they charge us for it. The hotel shuttle in Cancun helped us take the chair back and forth from the airport. Neither Mexican customs nor Cuban customs took a second look at the wheelchair.

Sunday night, when we got to surprise this Christian lady with her new wheelchair, we knew that we were the ones that were blessed by this gift. What a wonderful experience.