It was a busy and challenging two weeks! A few days after arrival, one gentleman returned home upon hearing of his daughter-in-law who was pregnant with twins - she lost one twin at 24 weeks and they are keeping their eyes open for complications with the second baby. Another member from the group was diagnosed with meningitis and has been in the hospital since Saturday, a week and a half ago. She has to have someone with her 24 hours a day, so we have all been chipping in and spending days and nights in the hospital with her. Marc (Philip's 6-year-old son) broke a tooth last week and had to have a root canal. A couple days later he got sick and had a fever of 102. A couple days after that, baby Isabella got sick with a fever of 102. Philip was in Vitoria and stuck there due to a 5-day rain storm that flooded the area and closed the airport for days on end.
When it rains it pours!
We kept quite busy with the group - so busy in fact that Natalia and I had 30 minutes on Saturday to go home after dropping the group off at the hotel, take showers, get ready for a wedding, and return to the hotel to pick up the group. So, we timed our showers to see who could finish faster. It was close, but I took the gold:
My time:
Natalia's time:
We made great time and arrived about 20 minutes before the ceremony was supposed to start at 7pm. The ceremony didn't actually start until about 9. But hey - it wasn't because we were late!
Despite the challenges, the group was a tremendous blessing and returned home on Monday. I had a day off yesterday and am back in the office today and for the rest of the week.
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