Under the weather

Hey family,

This week was really good. We taught Rondel and his neighbor Renetta almost everyday which was good. They seem really sincere. I caught a fever Friday night (bad week for the family, I guess.) and was running one most of the day Saturday. I asked for a blessing from my companion Elder Kelley. In the blessing he told me that I would be healed and would be well enough to go to Church the next day to take the Sacrament, but as the day went on, my fever continued to rise, and hit 103.6. The senior couple said if it went past 104 we would go to the hospital, so it didn't look like I was going to be making it to church. I have to admit that I lost faith, as well as Elder Kelley, who suggested we do another blessing when our housemates, Elder Vaea and Falatau got back, which we did. The blessing was similar to the last one, and I decided to go to bed and put my trust in the Lord. During the night my fever broke and gradually went down until in the morning I had a normal temperature. I felt well enough and ended up going to church in Linden. Moral of the Story: Trust in the Lord! Sunday was a little disappointing because nobody came to church, but because I was still recovering from illness I didn't get to go ask why. We are still going to work with them. One of the nights this week we were walking down the street and we got a mysterious phone call from this guy named Gordon, saying he wanted to meet with us. We had not yet talked to anyone named Gordon, so we were a little confused, but we weren't complaining. We met him the next day and it turns out he was baptized in Barbados and lost touch when he moved to Linden. He came to church and is returning to activity. That was cool. Well I gotta go, but I will catch you up next week!

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Elder Ison