Emphasis Preaching Journal

When Alaskans Margaret and Richard Louie came to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in April 2000, they were strangers. While on a business trip to London, Richard, 49, a British Petroleum-Amoco computer scientist, had suffered a massive stroke that paralyzed his right side and robbed him of his speech. They had come to the University of Michigan Hospital in search of the most aggressive rehabilitation they could find. Even though they were low on funds because neither had worked for months, Margaret finally decided to have her hair cared for.