Rebekah has Mono, sad. (April 25)

This last change has gone by really fast. This week are changes, they are flying by.

So the bummer news is that I have Mono. I pretty much have to sleep all the time, and it's boring...but that's okay, I'm learning patience. I had a blood test two weeks ago that came back positive. I spent the last two weeks in the house in Momos. On Friday we had a multi-zone conference and I talk to President afterward. I told him I couldn't stand another day in the house, but that I didn't know what to do. He said he'd been worried about me and he wanted me to go home and pack and that he's come pick me up the next morning to stay in the mission home for a bit. I came with another Hermana, Hermana Phillips. She's been having bad migraines for two months.


On Saturday night President had all of the Assistance over to eat crepes and play fusbal. President has been talking for months about how good I am at fusbal and they were all really excited to play against me. But I was super tired. President called me over to play against Elder Martinez. I told President I was really tired and he's have to pray that I actually had strength to play. He just laughed and said, "Don't worry. You'll have strength" I don't think he realized how tired I really am, because I've learned well how to be happy and sick at the same time. It was an interesting game. From the start I could barely hit the ball. Elder Martinez was really happy...because he was winning. President kept saying I wasn't even trying and I just wanted Elder Martinez to feel good and then I was going to cream him. I was just trying to stay awake and Elder Piñeda kept saying, "Guys, she's sick...no really, she's sick." But they weren't listening. The score was 4 to 1, and Elder Martinez made another goal and I was overcome with exhaustion. I tried to get the ball out of the catch, but all of a sudden got really light headed and my vision went black. Elder Piñeda said it again, "Guys, she's sick." And this time they believed. They quickly sat me down, and I was really grateful for that, because I was about fifteen seconds away from passing out. Elder Piñeda grabbed a glass of water and a spoonful of sugar for me and President finished the game. (Thankfully he won,or he would have sent me to Africa for loosing!) President then looked at me and said, "Hermana, you're pretty sick." And I said, "I know President, that's why I'm here." We then joked that Elder Martinez put some sort of sleeping pill in my water. That joke is going to stick...now every time I feel particularly exhausted, it's Elder Martinez's fault. :)



I was pretty much out for the night. President asked if I wanted to go to church the next day, Easter. I told him I did and he said only to Sacrament Meeting then. But in the morning he said it was better if I didn't go.



I don't know what's happening now. In the morning President's daughter, Andrea, told us that the Assistance had found an area for us and that they'd be there in an hour to get us. So we started to pack, but not ten minutes in Hermana Lorenzana told us the Elders were there and waiting for us. They told us to just bring enough things for two days and that we'd come back to get out suitcases. Then they just took us to a hotel about two blocks from the mission home. I'm pretty confused. But that's okay. We asked them what area we were going to and they said they didn't know yet. I don't know what's going on, but that's okay. I'm pretty much sleep-living anyway. I'm secretly worried they're thinking about sending us home.



I'm ready to be healthy and get back to work. It's hard to be indoors all of the time. If I rest, I'm fine, but as soon as I try to do something, I feel awful.



Easter was nice. I read Luke 24 and thought of the miracle and many blessings of the resurrection.



I love you all lots and I'll keep you informed on everything.

Have a wonderful week!

-Love,

Rebekah