Tuesday June 19, 2007

Leonarda is 83 years old and spent world war two in a German slave labor camp.  She broke her hip three years ago and going to the doctor is the only time she leaves the house or her bed.  In the cramped little house, I had to ask her if she wanted a wheelchair and why?  She told me to go outside was like paradise for her. Of course, I fitted her for one and we brought it to her.  Her grand nephew comes in several times a week to see that she is fed, that her bedside needs are cared for and to run errands.  Now he will be able to bring her out into the sunshine.  Before leaving I prayed for Leonarda.

Coming to an almost sitting position on her bed and sitting beneath an old picture of Jesus on the wall she prayed for me.  If you were to ask who was the most blessed today Leonarda and I each would have a different answer.