Hair-raising story is a conversation starter
On blustery fall days, many women curse the havoc wrought by wind in their hair. Not Andrea Roussel. To her, being a little wind-blown is a reminder of how God answered a stranger’s prayer, simultaneously demonstrating His power and gentleness. He gave her hair. Until August 2006, Roussel had spent about 20 years living with alopecia universalis, an autoimmune disease that rendered her entire body virtually hairless. Although she owned three custom-made wigs in different shades of red, Roussel was comfortable baring her head in public. In fact, that’s how she typically went to and from field hockey practice at the University of Louisville, where she was a graduate student. But when Roussel walked through the lobby in Crawford Gymnasium that fall, she caught the attention of custodian Greg Hughes, who assumed Roussel had cancer and stopped her to inquire if he could pray for her. She corrected him and explained her condition, and Hughes responded that God cared about her hair. They pray...