Today I had my first experience going to a Doctor over seas. My squad and I had a lovely outbreak of Strep Throat. I have never had body aches so bad to the point where I can’t move. I had to mentally prepare myself every time I moved positions in bed because I was in so much pain. My throat hurt so bad that even drinking water made me cringe. My head hurt to the point where I felt dizzy and to make everything even better I made the fabulous decision to pick the top bunk for the month. I already was struggling to climb into it feeling healthy let alone feeling like this. But like always God likes to teach you a lot of things when you are feeling the worst. I’m learning that it is okay to not be the tough one all the time and as much as I hate to have people do things for me like getting dinner, it’s okay to get help from other people. I hated the fact that I missed ministry today. Three out of six people on my team are sick so leaving only half my team to go into ministry was hard. But I knew there was no way I was going to be able to make it. I struggled to get out of bed this morning to go to the Doctor, yet alone go on a two hour ride on a public transportation van and try and talk about how important women are to the students at our school. March 8th is a national holiday here in Madagascar where they celebrate women. So the school we are working with this week asked us to talk to all of the students about the importance of women using proverbs 31. I was excited to go but I knew I wouldn’t make it.
God is trying to teach me something. I’m slowly learning. But this week was a tough one for sure.
