"I didn't even need to chop the wood, I was just enjoying my ability to do so," Letshwiti told Mmegi in an interview. The act of chopping wood may seem cumbersome to some, and they may take it for granted, but for Letshwiti, after almost eight months of near-paralysis on his left side, and an inexplicable miraculous healing on the night of Thursday 10th, it was a treasured moment, being able to perform this task. His ability to perform even the simplest chores hit a snag last year August, when he suffered a stroke that rendered his left side weak.
The stroke made it difficult for him to walk, and progressively worsened in December. Because of that, in January of this year he went to Johannesburg to seek help from traditional doctors. "When I came back from Joburg, I couldn't walk at all, I had to use a crutch, and couldn't do anything at all for myself" he said. He says his left leg and arm became worse, and it became excruciatingly painful for him to bend them, and he had to drag his leg behind him to get anywhere. He was supposed to go back to Johannesburg for a check-up late February, but was unable to do so because of financial reasons. He said that by that time he had resigned himself to a life of disability.
