So, this week has been...fun? ha ha. Our washer hasn't gotten to our house yet :/ But that's not too bad. At the beginning of the week, we were struggling to have appointments but were putting many for the end of the week. I went to the other elders area for intercambios on Wednesday-Thursday. We then helped a member move on Thursday. Then on Friday, I was having knee and leg pain but I just thought it was from going up and down a lot of mountains lately. I woke up Saturday morning and I felt off and I had body pain. We went to lunch and then went back to the house so I could take some medicine and wait for it to kick in. So long story short, I have zika...yay. I stayed home and rested on Saturday, went to church on Sunday, and rested the rest of the day Sunday. I felt like I was hit by a truck and had a fever that went between 101 and 103.6. It was horrible, but I'm feeling better today. All I have is body pain. I've heard that it comes in waves but I really hope that doesn't happen to me. But on the bright side church attendance went up. When I got here it was 140, then 2 weeks later (after a multi stake (multi- country) conference) it was 90 and then yesterday it was 160. There is still a lot of work to do seeing that the attendance was at 210-220 consistently a year ago. Our ward is basically a third of Cúcuta geographically which mean there are a lot of people and that we will have to work very hard. The ward has some issues but it's in the process of fixing them at least. Something that I've learned during the mission is just how important home teaching and visiting teaching is. Every ward that I've been to has had many problems with completing this assignment and it is VITAL!! I hope all of you are completing your home teaching assignments. If not, there is still time to repent and do it. I love you all and thank you so much for all of the birthday wishes!!
Elder Richmond
Elder Richmond