If it's not one thing, it's another...

So, needless to say, the Scabies continue, I saw the dermatologist again to day & as she shook her head at the fact that it's an epidemic here that working in community devolopment, I as a gringa will most likely not be able to avoid the itching permanently, she confirmed that the spots on my skull that have been driving me nuts are also Scabies (while parasites usually don't like hairy areas) as opposed to lice which was the other possibility running through my mind. Please be praying for the kids in Fran & Yeimi's family... my family here. Ismalles (5 years), Pricila (3 years), & Rembrant Nataniel (9 months). Part of the reason that I saw the Dr. today was that I ended up heading down the mountain to a bigger town called La Vega to take Yeimi & the baby Nataniel to the Pediatrician. Nataniel will be fine, but he's in the hospital overnight to make sure he gets better.

So, I write this after a long weary day of the medical system in the DR as well as preparing & teaching English class tonight (for which I came the 30 minutes back up the mountain), before going to the kids grandma's house where the girls were to eat supper & take Martina (grandma), Ismalles, Pricila, and one of Yeimi's brothers back down the mountain to see them.

No day is "normal" in entirety here, nor would I want it to be, but I'm worn out... & itching, & ask for your prayers for my family here as well as our Students International family overall. Sometimes sickness just happens, there are such things as germs, viruses, parasites, what have you, but as the Lord is doing exciting things within & through our staff & ministry sites for His Kingdom, I also recognize we have an enemy who wants to use whatever means he can to stop it. Pray that no matter what comes against any of us or our families, that Christ would draw us closer to Himself as we draw near to Him. May the Lord's will be done on this earth as it is in heaven, for His glory alone.