Parasite take 2

Hola fam,

well remember back the the beginning of my mission when i had a parasite....welp ive got another one. Finally one wednesday i was fed up with my stomach hurting me the past couple of weeks so i decided to talk with the mission nurse. It wasnt even that bad but after three weeks i was a little worried. So i went and had tests done and yep ive got a parasite. But the truth is i feel worse this week then i did before i knew i had a parasite. The parasite didnt even really make feel that bad but now im on medicine that is super strong. About a half hour after i take it im dead tired and about 5 hours after i take it start to feel nausea and i dont really want to eat...but i have to eat to take the pill. it would be easier if i was only taking it in the morning and at night but i have to take one during the day too. Honestly its been such a hard last few days. It is so hard to keep going in every moment and we have had some bad days with lessons falling through and everything so our work this week hasnt been that great, but honestly i just feel good at the end of the day that i was able to make it through the end of the day. I know thats sad to say but its been tough. The worst part is i still have 5 more days to take these pills so i need lots of your prayers. I talked to the nurse about the side effects but there isnt really anything i can do because i have to take the pills to kill the parasite.

But a side from the difficulties....there are always miracles. I dont have a lot of time to share with you about the other things that happened this week but i want to share with you about Rosa.

First off Rosa is going to be baptized on saturday and i couldnt be happier for her. We had her baptismal interview yesterday after church and all is good to go. But at the beginning of this week we passed by her house to teach her. We actually hadnt talked to her about her results from her doctors apointment (the last week we talked to her son and law and thats how i knew) so anyways at the beginning of the week when we were talking with her we started talking with her and she told us the news. I have never seen someone so happy. She told us that the doctors were shocked when they checked her results and everything. It really is a miracle that she didnt have anything. But the most amazing thing was she told me that when she was at the doctors all she could think about were the words i told her last thursday. The night before her doctors appointment i had told that she didnt need to worry about anything and that everything would be okay. But the thing is when i said those words they just came out of my mouth but when i said them i was thinking....i dont know why im actually saying this because truth is i dont know if everything is going to be okay....but when she told me that when the doctors told her the results and the only thing she could think of were the words i had said it made me realize that as a representative of Christ i really can promise blessings. I cant explain the miracles i have seen with Rosa. Also this week when we set her baptismal date she repeated telling her story about how before she had received the missionaries and everything but how when she went to the temple open house she felt the spirit so strongly but at that time she was asisting a different church. I remember my first visit when she told me that and i was just thinking now is her time. And its the truth. She really is a person that was prepared.

Anyways i dont have more time, but I´m hoping for a better week. Please pray for me that i can have the strength to work this week. Im so grateful for your support and your love. I love hearing about everything that is going on in your lives at home and im so grateful for the experience.

Love you all,

Hermana Groneman

ps ill try to send pics next week