Ah, going over and leading the Bible study at the University of Tennessee Hess Hall was as much fun last night as it has been all month. I am meeting and making new friends: Austin, Amy, Dan, Charlie, Britton, Chris, and others. We had about 25 in attendance last night and the great students at CAK once again sent me with bags of goodies to share with the "starving" underclassmen.
Our subejcts ranged from the validity of the Bible to the problem with evolution to the power of prophecies in the Bible. Then we had a good Q & A time. It is SO GREAT to be able to be a part of these wonderful students' lives. Thank you, Lord!
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CNN gave a report on little Roberto Salazer in its September 28, 2006 edition. Roberto is now nearing five but he has a terrible problem: he can't feel pain. The CNN report tells us that when he rams his head violently into walls or plays a little too roughly with a schoolmate, all the while smiling, that you are reminded that he suffers from an incredibly rare genetic disorder.
Roberto is one of 17 people in the United States with "congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis," referred to as CIPA by the few people who know about it.
Roberto is one of 17 people in the United States with "congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis," referred to as CIPA by the few people who know about it.
CNN went on to say that his family was shocked when Roberto started teething. He gnawed on his own tongue, lips and fingers to the point of mutilation.
An attending doctor had studied this disease for years. "For some children it's a mild degree such as breaking a leg, they'll get up and walk on the leg. They feel that something is uncomfortable but they keep on moving," she said. "For other children, the pain loss is so severe that they can injure themselves repetitively and actually mutilate themselves because they don't know when to stop."
My heart goes out to this little boy, and I'm going to pray for his treatments which will help him develop "pain sense." As long as he cannot feel the dangers around him, he's in constatn danger.
I'm also praying for those people I meet throughout the week that see no need to deal with their sin or feel a need to get things right with the God of the universe. As long as they cannot feel the dangers around them in facing an eternity without Christ, they're in constant danger.
