5 months complete!
Before coming out here, I cut off my little brothers Jedi
braid. He told me I needed to take it and use it as a book mark. I told him no, ha ha. Well he sneaked it into one of my bags and I finally decided to use it. So
shout out to Brendon, one of the funniest kids I know. :)
This weekly email will be telling about a pretty
interesting experience I had Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Monday night I woke up with a fever of 102 and was
shaking uncontrollably and this was about at 1:00 A.M. I tried to sleep but
couldn't for about 3 more hours, and by this time I just couldn't stand it
anymore. We were staying in Dzodze that night so I went to the Zone Leaders
room and asked them to give me a priesthood blessing at 4:00 A.M. ha ha. They
were a little bugged but they gave me the blessing and went straight back to
sleep. I went and laid back down and almost immediately I felt super sick to
my stomach. I then started vomiting for the next 2 hours. In that time I had thrown up 12 times and by this time everyone in the apartment was awake for the
day. We called the mission doctor and she told me to go to the hospital. Now, I
didn't want to go, ha ha. I am out in a village so it was a village hospital, but
I knew that I needed to go because they could provide some decent care for
me.
While walking inside the hospital, we ran into 2 members
of the Dzodze branch, Brother Victor and Brother Rueban. These two are angels
sent to me by God. I am not even joking. When we walked in there were at least
150 people in a waiting line to get registered and to see a doctor. Well my
fever kept going up and I was starting to go in and out of consciousness so
they took me to one of the nurses and argued with them until they would accept
me as an emergency patient. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have been able to
see a doctor who decided that I needed to be admitted into the hospital
immediately.
I just thought I would take these pictures to help show what
it's like out here, ha ha.
I honestly love it so much.
They took me to a ward that was completely full, But
miraculously, one of the beds opened up right as I walked in. SO they laid me
down, hooked me up to an IV to give me fluids because I pretty much had nothing
in me from throwing up so much, ha ha. The nurses there were honestly so
surprised to have a white guy there so they treated me with the best care I
have ever seen. They were checking on me very frequently, always asking if I
needed anything and so on. During all of this Brother Victor and Brother Rueban
were running around with Elder Bidi to get all of the medications they
prescribed to me.
My mom sent me the greatest package ever. :)
Since we were staying the night, and had nothing to eat,
the branch president called one of his cooks that works in his compound and had
them make us dinner, breakfast for the next morning and lunch when we were
leaving. SO many members of the branch came and visited me and wanted to check
and see if I was okay. Honestly I felt so much care and love from so many
different angles. When I woke up on Wednesday I was completely fine. I
was just tired from not sleeping much but everything had gone away. All the
nurses were shocked at how fast I recovered.
We were visiting with a man named Victor, he makes brooms
and sells them at the market
so this is just a small part of what his business
looks like.
During all of this, we had to pay with the cash we had on
hand for the medications and treatment. At the end of it all, we had 14 cedis
left. Which, by the way, is exactly how much we needed to travel back to our
area. The miracles that happened those few days were just too many to count.
The Lord is watching his missionaries, so anyone that has a missionary out
right now please know this. The Lord is protecting them. Yes, I got sick, but he
provided all of the necessary things for me to be treated quickly and well. The
hospital was pretty bad to be completely honest. It was very poorly run, very crowded,
dirty, and a lot of other things. But I can put all of that aside and see how the Lord has protected me. I am so grateful for all the people who helped
me and made sure I was okay.
A man we are teaching who's name is Godwin made me a special
kentai just for me. :)
My small take away for everyone is to just have faith.
Have the faith that the Lord is always on your side. I used this example when
teaching someone recently. Imagine Jesus Christ is standing on the other side
of a door, and the only thing you have to do to see him is to knock. He is just waiting for you to knock. Once you do that door will open with so much speed
that it will shock you. The Lord is waiting to help us, the only thing we have
to do is "knock, and it shall be opened unto us". I love you all and hope you
have a great week. :)
Sincerely,
Elder Baird
Mom's notes:
1. He had an infection of the GI tract that caused a high fever and vomiting. He says that he is good now and not to worry.
2. Speaking about his mission president, Brother Keyes, he said, "He is really good! :) He is a big family man and understands
that it's not easy being out here. I mean Sister Keyes called me when I was in
the hospital and said that she immediately let you guys know when she heard. They really care about the relationship between the missionaries and their
families.
3. He is grateful for the soccer balls and he is looking for some special owners for them. He wanted to thank the Archibald's and Paul.
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