A Month Of Sickness

Hi All -

I am sorry that I have not posted too many on-line journal entries lately.  The family has been pressed down by continual waves of sicknesses for about a month now.

It all started innocently enough.  Just a bit of the usual little sicknesses that go around, especially when you are new to an area.  When we moved from eastern WA to western WA, when we moved from the US to Costa Rica, when we went from Costa Rica to Argentina, from Buenos Aires to Cordoba, from Cordoba to San Salvador de Jujuy - there is always a big adjustment time frame.  It took me several years to get used to the new pollen in western WA - years!  Well, it is no different here now.

When you move to a new place, it can take at least a year or more to build up immunities to all the different germs, viruses, bacteria, etc.  And of course there are the pollens, dusts, smoke, etc, etc  So, getting a little sick, often, is not all that uncommon.  But, to be sick with one thing after another, after another, after another, with basically no break in between...that is not normal, okay, or fun.

I have been doing all I can to get and stay healthy - eating super-healthy, drinking tons of tea, taking vitamins, etc, etc.  I have been praying, quite a bit, and asking for the prayers of others.  I know that many of them have been praying.  And still, the sickness rolls on.  Is it physical?  Surely.  Is it spiritual attack?  Absolutely.

To be sure, God has been kind to us.  For the most part, the illnesses have been more annoying than serious.  I have been able to function, mostly.  The family has been the same way.  Sick, but not really too bad.

But, I am sick of it!  I am more than ready to be over with this.  I need to get back to full speed.  I have so much work to do and I need all of my strength, energy and faculties to get it done.  I need to be over this thing.  I need my family to be over this.  I need to get back to effective work and ministry!

I hope it is sooner than later.  Either way, I AM forging ahead.  It is why we are here.  : )

God bless & good night!
Paz y poder en el Espíritu Santo -