So for about 3-4 days I was sick, nothing serious just a fever and a cough and I am doing just fine now. Its amazing how laying in a strange bed -the top bunk of a bunk bed at that – in a different country with no one real close to you anywhere nearby, and no easy access to clean water, juice or to known medications can make being sick 10 times worse.
It was really quite amazing to see what God taught me in this time of being sick when I embraced the verse “the joy of the Lord is your strength”. He showed me how important it was to really spend time with him, even if all I could do was lay there and listen to his voice. He gave me a new understanding and appreciation for the dynamics of relationships with family and friends and what it really takes to be a friend and what it is going to take for me to be that friend to my team mates. I also gained a new appreciation for the energy and strength it takes to do physical tasks like plant grass, shovel rocks or play with kids and that I shouldn’t take my health for granted. But most importantly I learned to rejoyce in my suffering.
