Annette M. Drowlette/Staff
Man’s illness provides direction
Brain disease leads to focus on Christ
By Kelly Jasper | Staff Writer
Saturday, August 15, 2009
This much he remembers. His name is Kevin Smiley. He and his wife, Debbie, worship at West Acres Baptist Church in Evans. He drove to services there a few Sundays ago.
That’s where his memory fails.
“People would come up to him, good friends, and he wouldn’t speak to them,” Mrs. Smiley said. “He had trouble standing.”
The spell was a familiar one for Mr. Smiley, who is 46.
“I know I went to church Sunday but can’t remember it,” he said. “I went to talk to the pastor and couldn’t say anything. I had no emotions. I had no feelings. I am a walking zombie.”
What an incredibly powerful story!