"Do you know anything about power wheelchairs?" was the message Carmel's Outreach Minister, Angela Schlottman sent to Jon Chin, husband of a Carmel staff member and aviation mechanic missionary.

 "Well, they can't be any harder than airplanes." Jon replied.

And thus began a new relationship with Mr. Smith.

Mr. Smith lives in the Cherry neighborhood just outside of Myers Park in Charlotte.  Diagnosed with COPD, a lung disease that leaves him struggling to breathe on his own, Mr. Smith had recently moved into a new assisted living facility when COVID restrictions hit in March.  At the same time, his power wheelchair was having major problems leaving him confined to his bed in his new location for nearly two months while his routine assistance services were cut off.  As you can imagine, that made "simple" things like getting food nearly impossible for Mr. Smith, let alone attempting to have his wheelchair repaired.