Sick in Antigua...:(

Since the last time I've written quite a bit has happened. I woke up at about 4:30 in the morning on Friday and was vomiting and had diarrhea all day! Not my favorite day I've had here. At about 9 pm when I still wasn't getting better and couldn't keep anything down (or in) we went to the doctor's house 15 minutes away. It's cool because she's actually the one I'll be working with in the clinic, she's really sweet. Anyhow she gave me a shot for nausea and then felt my stomach. She could feel just by how my colon felt that I had a bacterial infection, so she gave me another shot and some pills to bring home. She's coming to my house tonight to give me another shot. As we were leaving her house there were a few tears...it's so hard to be away from mom and dad when you're sick. Especially when the entire doctor's visit was in Spanish and you hoped you told her everything correctly. I basically had no idea what she was giving me so I really had to trust her, which is scary. Well anyways I felt significantly better this morning and over the course of the day I was able to eat a little rice, a granola bar, drink some water, take a shower and brush my teeth. That took me about 10 hours (with naps interspersed). Everyone was so sweet when I was sick though. Lindsey (the girl who's traveling with us as a chaperone kinda) has been with me through it all and getting me what I need. I think almost everyone else in the group stopped by my house at some point yesterday and prayed for me. They're so wonderful. And Tanya and Rusty (the American couple that lives in Belize) got me some beautiful flowers. I'm so blessed to not be totally alone down here. I was reading my in my Bible today (in some of the many hours of freedom I had) in Matthew (I think) and was comforted by the passage about not worrying. It says that the birds don't worry or store up food and God takes care of them so how much more will he take care of us. (Thanks for that one Drew). The rest of my group went hiking today which I was bummed I missed out on, but I've still got 4 months to do stuff in. I wish I could write more but my stomach is starting to make unhappy noises and I think I need to get back to the house. Miss you all and love you much!!!

Tee