I cannot put words to the week I have had. It is more than
safe to say this past week has been the toughest week of my ENTIRE life. Everyone
decides they want to be sick the week before Christmas....I will never
understand that. I have also been sick this week and had a headache for 4 days
but I am feeling much better. My cell phone has been constantly glued to my
face and multiple people sent to clinics. The clinics in Guayaquil tend to be
very reliable however making appointments outside of Guayaquil and finding
specialist takes some time and about a million phone calls. Everybody at the
new insurance company knows me by name because we have had so many sick
missionaries lately and I have called at least 2 times every day. Wednesday we
had 5 missionaries in clinics for multiple reasons, a gallbladder removed, and
wisdom teeth removed. I spent a good
several hours on the phone with Aetna, missionaries, and Clinics. I cried my eyes
out at the end of the day. This week we also had 18 new missionaries arrive
from different MTCs and only 2 new Hermanas. President called me Friday morning
and told me I was going to be a trainer....I thought I misunderstood him but
the assistants called me and told me that Hermana Smith, one of the new
Hermanas was going to be my new companion. I got that nausea feeling in my
stomach and thought that President must have lost his marbles because my Spanish
is far from fluent and I am stressing so much with my responsibilities for
nursing. He explained to me that it is only for a week or so until after the
holidays when he can focus more on changes for the Hermanas. Yesterday was the
best day of my mission. Never have I felt the help of the Lord so much in my
life all at once. Words were just flowing from my mouth and promptings of what
to say and do kept coming to mind. No doubt in my mind that this is the Lord´s
work and that he is literally carrying me through these days.
I love the Lord, in him my soul delights!
Feliz Navidad!
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