I didn’t sleep a wink last night. I being attacked by a bug
all night, I forgot my pillow, had no fan, and the bed was as hard as a rock. I
got out of the bed at 1:30 AM and played Spanish games on the phone until we
left at 2:00 AM. Edgardo and his friend were waiting for us on the main road
and the truck that Edgardo had hired arrived on time at the gas station. We
followed the truck in Hector’s micro bus at blazing speeds down steep crazy
turns. I managed to get a little sleep because the van was much more comfortable
than the bed. We arrived at Hector’s grandparents’ at 4:30 in San Salvador.
There we worked for 1.5 hours loading the store into the truck. We managed to
finish and Hector and I left to meet the first doctor. The appointment at 6:30
AM was for; Analysis de Orina, Hemograma, Examen de Sangre, and Prueba del
Sida. The tests didn’t take us long and Hector talked to the doctor the entire
time about the church and the work in Ataco. We then went to Wendy’s for
breakfast at 7:15. After breakfast we shopped a few places for installing a
roof rack on the van to kill time until the next doctor visit. At 8:30 we got
an estimate for putting the church logo on the micro bus and at 9:00 we arrived
at the second doctor. The second doctor checked for; Examen Médico,
Electrocardiograma, and Electrocardiograma de Esfuerzo. The doctor hooked eight
suction cups to my chest that had wires that connected to an old printer. While
I was having this done Hector was hard at work talking to everyone in the
waiting room about the studies in Ataco and inviting them! We then went to the
last doctor at 9:40 for a Radiografía del Tórax. Hector asked if I felt healthy
after all that and I said no because they wouldn’t tell me the outcome of any
of the tests, it was all for the insurance company. We went back get Hector’s
grandmother for her to stay with Hector’s family for a while. The next stop was
in Santa Ana for paying the taxes on the van and getting it in my name.
Afterwards we ate hoagies for lunch from a street vendor. A couple of blocks
over, Hector found a roof rack he liked so he bought it and they installed it
while I walked several blocks to Vidrí. Vidrí is a huge store that claims to
have everything. I waited for an hour for Hector to get there to help me buy
two sofas. Turns out they had only one in stock and we will have to come back
on Tuesday to get the other one. We finally got back to our house in Ataco at
4:00. Della wasn’t feeling well and mini Carlos arrived at the same time. I
tried to send him away so I could rest a bit but he refused. I crashed for
about 40 minutes while Della tried to entertain him. At 4:50 I woke up and big
Carlos had come over too. Lucky, big Carlos, and I all talked to mini Carlos
(age 10) about how his talents would be better served in the pre-teens and that
he could start working with the teens when he was 12. Della stayed home due to
not feeling well while Lucky and I rushed to ride the bus to teen time in
Shucutitan. The lesson went really well. I covered the first half of the feasts
from Leviticus 23 and Lucky translated very well. While we were teaching, Della
messaged me saying that she could not get rid of mini Carlos. Lucky and I rushed
to catch the last bus of the night. We got worried that the lights at the gas
station were going to get shut off and there was a creepy guy watching us so we
earnestly prayed and the bus immediately arrived. We thanked God and got home
by 7:25. Mini Carlos asked if he could spend the night and a bunch of other
questions and we told him no. Then Lucky and I walked him home to the other
side of Ataco and talked with his parents about the situation. We got back at
8:00 and Della had spaghetti waiting on us for dinner. This day felt like one
long 50+ hour day due to not really sleeping at all last night.
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| Loading up the store |
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| About to get my X-Rays |
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| Our couch on the new new rack! |
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