[Blindtlk] an awkward experience

Tue Oct 8 23:05:23 UTC 2013

I'm doing it.  LOL. Lmfao.  That's hilarious Mike.

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 11:58 AM
To: 'Brad Keller'; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] an awkward experience

When people ask me to pray with them for my sight, I'm tempted to tell them that I believe in the Devil so why not let's have a go at Devil-worship. That usually does the trick.

Mike

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brad Keller
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 6:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] an awkward experience

I have had similar experiences and they have all been handled differently according to the situation. A few times I have to actually ask someone to please leave me alone because of their persistance. In others I have allowed them to do their thing, which only took a minute or two, then went on my way. Others have been handled by politely saying thank you but not right now or thank you but I'm not interested at this time. I have also told some that I am not helpless and that for the most part I'm able to pretty much do anything that they can although, some things may be done differently. I have even still driven a couple of times around my dad's property and I still do some mechanical work as well as many repair jobs around the house. In fact I just got done moving and one of the gentlemen that helped me move said that next time he needed to work on his car he was bringing it over to my house because I had more tools than he did.
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From: "Michael" <bonsai1b at bellsouth.net>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:23 AM
Subject: [Blindtlk] an awkward experience

> Good morning folks,  I lost my sight six years ago and went through a 
> very dark time for a couple of years and eventually became comfortable 
> with who I am and have since then gone on to do most of what I did before.
>
> But I had an experience yesterday that I didn’t know how to handle.  I 
> was at the gym and had just completed an hour of cardio.  I was 
> sitting at a table located in the center of the gym floor cooling down 
> when a woman began a conversation with me.  She said that she was 
> sitting at the table also (which I doubt) and that God had put her there to talk to me and that
> she was an evangelist.   She asked if she could talk to me.  When I 
> answered in the affirmative she stood next to me, took my hand in both 
> of her hands, and began praying over me.  She asked God to help this 
> poor child, saying that Jesus had healed the sick, cured the blind, 
> and raised the dead.  She prayed for over a minute (at least it felt 
> like), using verbage that I only hear on Sunday morning.  Then she 
> finished and left me sitting there.  I was shocked and didn’t know 
> what to say.  I let her do her thing thinking that I had probably made 
> her feel positive about herself by helping “this poor child”.  
> Understand that I am a christian but have never had such an 
> embarrassing display since losing my sight.  Has this happened to 
> others, and how did you handle such a display?
>
> Michael
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