Patience

Hey all!

Well this week I ended up sleeping on the floor!  Twice!  And once in my proselyting clothes!  So it was rather adventurous if I say so myself!

And to start it all off I prayed for patience, so I deserved what I got.

So the first day that's worth mentioning was Wednesday, where we had zone training in the morning and then interviews with President right after.  And, like the other interviews, Elder Mendez and I gave a training to each district individually while they were waiting for their interviews.  So I went into the day probably way more stressed than I should have been but it turned out great!  The meeting the district leaders at 9:30 went really well then the training went from 10:30 to 1:00 and we did practices with the missionaries and everything which went well and then Elder Mendez and I gave 3 different trainings during the interviews from 1:00 to about 6:00 without much pause in between, then waited for other people to interviews until about 7:00.  Since we didn't have much of a chance to eat during that time we went and got food after and then went to work for a few hours before going home.  Super exhausting day though.

Then thursday!  Thursday was where the problems started.  During the english class that night (a ton of non-members went) I started to feel nauseous and had to leave and go to the bathroom.  After vomiting everything I felt better and decided that it was no big deal and I brushed my teeth and kept helping with the class.  I got bad again though, and figured that I probably had a virus and didn't go back in.  It got bad quickly, and I became very weak and Elder Mendez and I went outside to wait in Alejandro's car.  Alejandro wanted me to go say bye to the people that came though, even though I was white and my eyes were glowing and I looked like Voldemort.  After that he took me home and I put my pillow in the bathroom and took off my tie and laid down on the floor.  After a few hours my comp took a spare mattress and put it on the floor and helped me onto it and he slept on the couch nearby and there we stayed all night.  I kept waking up to go the bathroom about every hour from that moment, but by the morning I didn't feel quite as nauseous.  I was still extremely weak though and almost couldn't move so we stayed in all that day.

The next day I felt better so we decided to work!  I was careful to hydrate myself really well and we went out and found some new investigators!  It was actually one of our best days.  But that night (I was sleeping in my real bed this time) I woke up feeling extremely dizzy and in a cold sweat and I needed to go to the bathroom again.  I sat up in my bed and promptly put my head back down because of the dizziness.  For some crazy reason I felt like I could get out of my bed and go to the bathroom without help (I sleep on the top bunk) so I hopped out of bed and the next thing I know I was leaning over the bottom bed in a praying position and the lights were on and Elder Covey was asking me if I know who I was.  Fetch.  My fall woke them up and apparently when they turned the lights on I was on the ground unconscious then quickly opened my eyes but I still wasn't conscious and I put myself in the praying position and didn't respond until Elder Covey started talking to me in English.  They helped me outside to the couch and called President and that night I ended up sleeping on the mattress on the floor again while Elder Covey woke me up every hour to make me drink a glass of water.  Apparently I hadn't hydrated myself enough and that's what caused the complications that night.  So Sunday to recover I was inside all day drinking a ton of water until we were 100% sure that my body was fully regulated.

And sadly, I don't have more time!  But I'm fine now and we played games this p-day with the two zones and ate chori-panes and I feel completely fine.  I wanted to share what I learned about patience this week but it'll have to wait until next week.  So it was a weird week but I actually learned a lot and it all turned out okay in the end!  I just feel lucky to have a great comp and great roommates that care about me and President's help and concern as well.  

Have a great week!  I love you all!  The church is true!

Love

Elder Fox