Tuesday, July 21, 2009
In Case You're Wondering...
If you're more interested in what I'm doing with my days rather than my nights, I've been spending time with various people on the leprosy center campus. Today I saw a C-section, two late-stage cataract surgeries, and learned how to prevent and care for the foot ulcers that many of the leprosy patients develop because of peripheral nerve damage. Tomorrow I'm hoping to get fitting for my own custom pair of leprosy sandals, complete with the one-of-a-kind Microcellular Rubber insoles (Karigiri is the only place in the world that makes them)!!! I have made arrangements to make another visit to a rural village, see my friend Muniswami's home, and hopefully seeing some important aspects of Tamil culture as well. I'm leaving Karigiri next Wednesday morning, taking a day train to Chennai, then an overnight train to Rameshwaram. I still haven't gotten any good info from the Body of Christ Ministries workers down there, but I trust that I will gain some valuable experience nevertheless.
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Leprosy sandals?? Radical!! No more blisters, right?
ReplyDeleteI actually responded to your comment on my own blog, but I thought I'd put it here so you could find it easier:
ReplyDeletehahaha...soccer conditioning?...yeah right. I did buy a ball, I'm supposed to play with my neighbors tonight, and I'm considering going running up a nearby mountain with hundreds of stairs.
Dude, the trek was from a dream! I never knew if I would get to experience something like that (read the next post). Thanks for the help with the biography, but I don't think I'll be needing it just yet...maybe one day.
Your trip makes me laugh a lot. It sounds like God is making you like Job in the failures, but still providing some awesome blessings. It's funny that you've been rereading Foster because I've been reading the other discipline book by Dallas Willard. Life-changing stuff...even if some of it should be obvious. I think even old TFC will be different for me in a lot of ways. See ya $JoeVin$
I want to take each one of you guys to lunch and here about your experiences when you get back.
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