This week was pretty good for the most part. My companion found a beautiful park near our hotel with an awesome lake and wonderful view. We did contacting over there, dinner, and even had a fun little run.
I really like the weather over here. Main reason, because it's weather. It's not just sun, heat, and burning everyday. We'll get little rainstorms, wind storms, and even lightning storms a few times. We went on a fun little walk during a storm and Sister Burgoyne's poor umbrella was no match. It kept flinging inside out every-time a strong gust would come by. Eventually she just walked backwards and would just no hand her umbrella thanks to the wind.
So this week I got sick. It was a strange sickness, where I was just so exhausted all day. On Thursday I slept almost all day, just waking up long enough to get some food, drink water, allowing my companion to make a few phone call or send a few messages, then exhaustion would get the best of me and I would be passed out again. For the next few days it got a little better, where I could be up a little longer, but I wouldn't usually be all there. My mind felt like there were cotton balls in it slowing down my thoughts when I was awake. Then I was able to stay awake about an hour for lunch and dinner and I was awake awake, where I could hold a conversation. My body was still so heavy and dI would have to lay down and rest, but my mind was more active and I was able to have conversations and studies with my companion. Today I am feeling much better. Only one nap today!
The strange thing about it is that other then pure exhaustion and sleeping all day and all night, I felt fine. A little bit of a sore throat, very light headed, hot and cold flashes, but nothing too bad. It feels the same as the sickness that Sister Harvey and I had a few months ago, so if it is the same then I should be on the mends from here and only get stronger in the coming days.
Through this, I have come to appreciate my companion more and more. She has been so patient with me and all the rest and scatter brained conversations we've had. On the first day when it was an effort to sit up she made me soup and took care of me. She would check in on me and see how I was doing. While I was resting, she was so diligent in her studies and prayers and keeping physically fit by exercising. She has taken my sickness as a wonderful opportunity to grow intellectually and spiritually. She has improved SO MUCH in speaking Spanish in the last few days, and every time I'm awake she's always studying scripture or praying or doing whatever the Lord inspires her to do. She is so upbeat and hard working and I am truly inspired by her. Every time I'm awake she tells me excitedly what she was able to do, what she had learned, and how she had grown in just those few hours. She sees this time as an opportunity to grow and to learn, and I am truly grateful to her. I am so excited to see what God has in store for the both of us!
I am so grateful that I was ready to serve a mission at such a time as this!
