A Glimpse of Heaven



Carlita Salazar - Age 11 (2003)

 It is common to connect with special individuals and families we serve on Wheels For The World outreaches.  Carlita Salazar touched our hearts back in 2003.  She was an eleven year old girl facing a difficult life as a paraplegic in a disability "unfriendly" world.  In fact, her mother carried her to school and returned at recess to change her diapers.  We often wonder how a wheelchair might change a person's life.  We were able to see a glimpse of that when later that outreach we caught up with Carlita and her mother at a Joni outreach.  Carlita was playing with friends and her mother was visiting with other moms.  Already, life was becoming more normal.



Carlita Salazar - Age 18 (2010)



The above photo was a regular to appear in any presentation about Wheels For The World.  We often re-told her story and marveled at how our hearts were touched by this little girl and her mother.  Just lat Sunday, Debbie asked "I wonder what Carlita is doing now?"  We often say farewell to our fast friends with the hope that we will one day see them in heaven, never expecting to experience a worldly reunion. 

Today God blessed us with a precious reunion.  To our surprise, Carlita rolled into the outreach site still using that pink wheelchair she received at age 11..  Tears, shouts of joy and praises to our King - Gloria a Dios.  God reached down and gave us a present.  Today we once again fitted Carlita with a wheelchair, this time a silver sports chair.  Not an ordinary chair - with great patience handles and arm-rests were retrofitted and a seatbelt fastened to make this wheelchair fit perfect for Carlita and her life in the mountains.  We caught up on her and her mother's life and snapped lots of photos.  This precious child reminds us that God has created us all in his image and has a unique plan for each of us.  Carlita and her mother are Christians and we will assuredly reunite in heaven if not earlier. 

Thank you dear Jesus for this precious reunion and for dieing on the cross for the sins of Carlita and us, so that we may one day circle your throne together and sing your praises.