Kira! (bless you)

So today was very different from all the other days I've experienced here. I woke up with a headache, sore throat and nonstop sneezing! Thankfully we don't think it's a cold it seems to be allergies. I've been taking my allergy medicine but as you can imagine Africa allergens are quite different then allergens at home! I had some tea which helped my throat, took an Advil for my headache and learned to talk between sneezes. Thankfully I'm surrounded by doctors who know what to do! After realizing my allergy medicine wasn't doing much for me I consulted with Jason Fader who gave several ideas. I've tried two of the three and am right at this moment on the trial period for #3. Lets hope this one works and I don't have any more miserable allergy days! Once again though, through my personal storm, God has shown me the rainbow. Today my allergies have taught me a lot. They've taught me patience as well as thankfullness. Imagine the diseases all of the kids here go through, many of them younger then me! It's amazing and I'm so thankful to be a part of this family of medical doctors who have commited their lives to saving others lives. I truely am starting to feel like part of their big family and am so honored to be welcomed into it! It gives you a sense of comfort and relief. You don't feel alone and like you're the only one clinging to Christ. All of you are clinging to Him together and I get to witness that every day! I've found that every living second on this earth is a learning experience, you just have to pay attention and keep your eyes on the true teacher! In between my sneezing I was also able to pay attention to some details of things! 1. People are so friendly here! There were two Africans that came by to help with some things and even though they did not know me they still took time to stop and in English say "good evening." I never realized how much it means when someone actually takes time to learn your language, even if it is simple things. Now I get a sense of how they feel when I try to speak to them in their language! 2. Today one of the doctors was talking about some patients they've had experience with where they have to play the part of physical or occupational therapy for. Just those two simple things! My sister gets this weekly and there are kids here that have to rely on family for it! Truely eye opening! 3. The complex I stay at is stationed next to apartments that belong to med. students. As you can imagine they get a little loud at night, usually listening to music, talking, shouting, laughing, singing and many other things! Tonight as I was sitting at my computer I couldn't help but also zone into the music they were listening to. After some time the songs changed and I realized they were listening to Justin Bieber. It was funny for me, it was still in English but I just can't mentally picture these people walking around singing Justin Bieber! Don't we have enough people doing that in America? Ugh! So as you can see I definitely had a different experience today, some ups and some downs but thats life! One big roller coaster that God built for us. We just need to hang on and enjoy the ride!! Goodnight!!