Movies and a hospital bed

Jeremias needed to spend the night at the hospital which frazzled me a little bit. I thought they were just going to drain some junk out of his chin and we would be on our way (I know...you like my technical term). How was I suppose to be two places at once? How could I watch the boys at home and be at the hospital at the same time?

I emailed Lisa and we figured it out. One of the workers, Argentina, who has been helping me out, would spend the night with Jeremias and I would be with the boys. It meant more work for me in the morning but that would be ok.

From the hospital I drove to pick up the rest of the boys then drove to pick up Argentina, then drove home. We ate dinner, piled all the boys back into the car with Argentina and went back to hospital, then drove home for the night. Good thing it's only a 10 minute drive to the hospital. The only challenge is trying to dodge ALL the holes in the dirt road along the way! I am also thankful that I learned to drive stick when I first started driving or this situation would have been a lot more difficult.

I got the boys ready and off to school the next morning, went the hospital  to pick up Argentina, went to pick up Fidel, who is another worker, drove them back home then drove back to the hospital to be with Jeremias. By now I was becoming a pro at dodging the holes,  cows and dogs on my way to and from.

When I finally got back to the hospital Jeremias wanted me to watch movies with him. It wasn't enough that we were in the same room, we had to be doing the same thing. He would tell me what was going to happen next in the movie or asked me if I liked a certain part. I didn't know I would be continuing to learn my Spanish through kids movies, but it works for me!

Later that day, I found out the doctor wanted to keep him one more night because they don't have a fancy machine (I think its called an EKG) to check to make sure everything was still looking good.



God is teaching me serving comes in all kinds of ways. It can be as simple as snuggling with one of His kids in a hospital bed while watching movies in Spanish and if I get to do it two days in a row, it's a blessing!