Day 81

Only 19 days to go!!! I cannot believe in am in the teens already. If only I felt like I was nineteen.I finished my ten things early today. When my 100 days are up I am sure I will continue most of them. It just may not be all of them everyday and I won't have a time limit. The one thing I will keep working on for sure is my Spanish. I really miss going on mission trips. I try not to think about it because I am busy with other things but little things remind me. If I smell diesel on a sunny day I get a longing to go that makes my heart ache. If I smell corn tortillas or extremely ripe papayas in the store.The smell of laundry soap reminds me of  going to the laundry mat. It never goes away. It flares up like bad allergies.

Speaking of allergies ,on one of my trips to Mexico one of the young girls I had brought with me woke me up one night at about two o'clock in the morning and was very distraught and told me should could not breathe.I went to the director of the orphanage and she gave me the keys to their van and told me to find the security guard in town and he would take me to a doctor.It was dark on the dirt roads and I could not find him

. I headed out over the sand dunes and noticed the lights in the little hospital where on so I pulled up and went inside . The hallways were dark and no one was around . I yelled hello a few times and did not get any response . I headed down the dark hall toward the lights and when I got there nobody was there. I got really creeped out and ran back out.

I got back in the van and headed over the little sand dunes. About that time Ruth-Ann came running across the sand dunes to me and said she forgot I spoke very little Spanish. She hopped in the van with us and went with. We found the security guard and Ruth- Ann told him we needed the doctor and we headed to the clinic.Within minutes the doctor was there and took us inside. He was the most jolliest man I had ever met
( especially that early in the morning), he hugged us and grabbed our hands and prayed up a storm and then he examined the girl .

We found out she had tonsillitis and bad allergies that had triggered an asthma attack. He did not charge us a cent for her appointment or the medications he gave her.The next morning I went in to town and called her parents and let them know what had occurred and that she was fine. Within a couple of days she was as good as new.There are a lot of reasons why learning more Spanish can be beneficial.

Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. PSALM 9:10