On Being Sick and Departing

Wow, I barely made it.

As some of you know, I was dreadfully ill before our departure. On Wednesday I came down with shaking chills and went home to rest. Thursday morning Josh Umbehr and I did the the radio show and then I went to clinic but it wasn't long before I was so worn down that I had to leave early.

Then the nightmares began. High fevers, hallucinations and nightmares for the next two days. Nothing got done- no packing, no phone calls, nothing. Friends came and went and helped where they could. I stayed in bed for 48 hours and finally late Friday night my fever broke. I let Maryclaire know that I was slowly feeling better.

Saturday was a whirlwind of activity- I had to get 3 days of work done in one morning and half an afternoon to be able to leave on time. Getting by with a little more help from my friends, I was out the door and on the road. Barely.

Great thanks to everyone who helped me while I was ill. I certainly would not have been able to make it here to Haiti this year without the help of about 8 or 9 people just out of that illness alone!

-Aaron