Welp, not a whole lot of news to catch people up on at the clinic. We are back to preparing again for the next surgical group that comes in 2 weeks, so I am making a gazillion more packets of surgical towels to be sterilized for the operating rooms. This week, Rosario and I will be going to the local school for 2 days for the educational days about personal hygiene and such. I am supposed talk for 30 minutes for each class in spanish, and I'm really nervous about that. Adults and friends are really nice to me when I try to talk spanish, but little kids just giggle and make fun of me, so I'm nervous to get it right in front of the classes.
I think more stuff is happening back home than in Guatemala right now. It makes me so anxious and sad when bad things happen at home while I'm away, and I can't do anything to help it. The heaviest thing on my heart right now is that a close family friend found out that her husband has been seeing someone else, and the worst part is that they have little children. Infidelity, in my opinion, is the worst wound a relationship, family, and marriage can ever receive. It affects everything in a relationship from trust to friendship to self confidence, every move you make you have the pain of jealousy, fear, and doubt even if you aren't with that person anymore. And the risk of infidelity makes me so afraid. It can happen in any relationship. Its a scary thing to commit your heart to someone like that especially with the risk of the other person not sticking to that commitment.
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Now a big change in direction. The ladies at the clinic are having a fundraiser this week, and we are supposed to contact our home churches to solicit help. In Antigua, another little city (where I went 2 wkends ago), there is a shelter for the elderly. Most of the time, the elderly and grandparents live with their children when they get too old to work, but at least 38 elderly people in Antigua have no family or resources to provide for themselves so they are at this home. The home has employees that help feed, clothe, and medically care for the inhabitants, but the resources to support the elderly and pay the employees has run out as of Sept. 30th this year. If they don't have money to stay open by Sept. 30th, the 38 elderly will be homeless when most of them cannot take care of themselves even in the best situations. They need about 250,000 Quetzales to stay open (I'm not sure for how long), which equates to about $30,000. If anyone would like to give support ($5-$20, whatever), you can let me know on here and I can withdrawal it from my debit account and get you to pay me back when I return. I will have the exact name and address of the organization tomorrow if anybody needs it for tax/authenticity purposes.
Hope you all are doing well. Please pray for my friend and her family this week, and also, please pray for my extended family as my Great Aunt Mabel and Great Uncle Bob both passed away this week. Lots of things are probably going on in your life too that can weaken our faith, but we can rest in Him...in good times and bad. Its a choice we can make.
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Hi Sweet Pea,
Thanks for your latest blog. I really enjoyed talking with you last night on FB. I was a little worried I'd write something to others that was actually meant for you! Nothing like spinning plates!
So sad for all the cousins and family members who loved Aunt Mabel and Uncle Bob. Wish I could have traveled down there for the funerals and to see everyone.
Try not to worry too much about things going on here. We have all been praying a lot for each other lately. And things with me will be ok, too. In times like these you have to set your eyes on the mark. It helps to make things easier to ride out.
Love you and will write you on Yahoo soon.
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