Thursday's news...
Yesterday was a frustrating day This heel spur has really taken it's toll on my nerves and patience. I have noticed that some relatively minor stressful situations have not been handled too well. Patience has never been my strong suit to begin with! So, I finally went to the orthopedist (again) and got a cortizone injection. It seems to be working- I have had a lot less discomfort. (It had gotten almost unbearable by yesterday!) He said it would take 18-36 hours to take full effect so hopefully by tomorrow I will be able to walk without so much pain.
We should finish the floor at Guayacanal today and get the lighting up this weekend. That has proven to be a frustrating project. Guzman is the construction guy and he has only partly reliable transportation, (it is a long way out there and no easy way to it!) plus there is no running water out there (we discovered much to our chagrine that the truck that sells water passes out there between 6-8am and usually doesn't come back so he lost all of yesterday because there was a mix up on who was going to buy the tanks of water he needed. He had damaged his car the day before trying to get water out of the river because he ran out, etc.) Plus it rained Tuesday afternoon/night and ruined half of what he had accomplished. All those factors are complicated by the fact that he doesn't have a cell phone and is too shy to ask someone out there to call me when a problem arises. As Victor told me on the phone, "It was a bitter day!" This week out there has certainly been a comedy of errors and I must confess I didn't see the humor at the time! Hopefully all is going well today and our Bible study tonight will be a good time to regroup and get refocused on being the Church!
This weekend is Mother's Day. In Los Santos, we are going to give our Mother's a new skirt. Some may remember that a member of Lexington Baptist, SC secured a donation of 2000 rejects of Boy Scout pants. There were a lot of really big sizes (size 50-56 waist) that the ladies converted into skirts- those will be given this Saturday. We have moved our services to Saturday because Sunday is a huge family day and a lot of people travel to see their mother's.
This weekend is also Mecho's surgery. Wednesday she came down with a fever and diahhrea for some unknown reason. Since the surgery is Saturday, we didn't waste any time getting her to the doctor. He took some blood to see what was going on, and gave her an injection and some medicine to take. She said she began feeling better immediately so hopefully that has continued. She should be admitted sometime tomorrow and operated on Saturday. I will let you know times when I know them. Thanks for keeping her and her family in your prayers, especially this weekend! (This is also their first Mother's Day without their mother.)
