God Works Through Amoebas

For those who have travelled, it’s common
knowledge to “not drink the water”, the reason for this is that there are
things in the water that our North American bodies can’t handle. If you’re
unaware of this, here’s how it goes: you drink the local water (or eat food
washed with the local water) and you’ll be on the toilet for a few days.

We’ve done a really good job protecting
ourselves from the local water, we buy water jugs, and we wash our hands and
use hand sanitizer on a regular basis. This is all well and good, however our
ministry sites make it difficult to stay fully protected. We’re in the slums,
we’re playing with kids, and things are bound to happen.

Last Friday, for reasons I’ll omit, Cinthia
wanted to come to the clinic to see if she had picked anything up, the results
came back and she had a couple things, nothing serious, take some pills, the
end. The doctor mentioned that what Cinthia had could be transmitted through
clothing, and bedding. This raised a flag since we share a laundry bag and we
share bedding, SO I decided to get the tests done too (just as a precautionary
measure). Good thing I did too since the results came back and I have so many
amoebas they can’t even count them, but they’re estimating approximately 40-45
p/c (por campo)(we’re not sure
what that means, per something…).

Friday and Saturday nights I spent at the clinic,
the nurses and doctors were really friendly, the food wasn’t bad (mashed
potatoes, cheese & juice), and I had a tv which played old American shows
with Spanish dubbing (old = 90210 and 7^th Heaven to name a  few). The doctors were understandably
confused because my amoeba count was so high but I wasn’t really showing signs
of having such high numbers. I figure we caught it early and thank God we did
since we leave for Haiti in a week!