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I must say, I haven’t been this sick (with non-migraine related symptoms – although now I have those too!) for a long time. Which, strangely enough, is something to be very thankful for. Ah, it’s just a cold or some kind of a bug, but a nasty one.<\/p>\n

On top of that, Shari and I had the bad sense to both get sick at the same time. Silly us.<\/p>\n

\"SigueAnyway, it is rather frustrating when you’re still trying to catch up after being away. But when I’m not in bed (which I’ve had to be more than usual), I try to follow the wise advice hidden under this Coke cap. Where in English it would say “Please try again” (why, thank you for the kind invitation!), in Spanish it says “sigue Participando” – keep on participating.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I managed to lead our morning service (I was actually doing worse health-wise than I thought I would be, but God was gracious). Other than the fogginess of the man leading, it was a good service. We’re going to run out of chairs one day soon – a good problem to have.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, Lord willing, I’m going to go again to the license-plate-getting-place (I’ve gone over there a few times now) to hopefully complete the paperwork (with the help of our friend Mayra – I need the extra help because of our visa status, as I mentioned before<\/a>), so we’ll see how that goes.<\/p>\n

Other than all the other normal things, I’m trying to DRINK LOTS and get the rest I need. Bad bug, begone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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