Please lift up one of our team members, Stan Geison of Bloomington, in your prayers. Stan was ill with a respitory infection prior to coming to Nicaragua. He thought he was mostly over it the morning we left on our trip. It appears that he wasn't fully.
Tuesday night he became ill, and has been since. Yesterday, upon the advice of the missionaries here, he was taken to a hospital in Managua. One of the missionaries, Joel, drove him yesterday - Thursday.
It appears that the travel, the sun, the work outside for two days, and all took its effect, and his prior illnesses flaired up. We was diagnosed at the hospital, and is being treated. The doctors are hoping to release him today, after watching him overnight.
Stan said that he "feels bad about not being able to work". We kept reassuring him that our major concern is his health. We spoke with him last night, and he said the treament by the doctors has made him feel much better.
It isn't uncommon for at least one team member to become ill on about every other trip. Normally they bounce back after a couple of days of rest. However, on the two occasions where a team member has traveled to Nicaragua while still being ill, or just recovering from an illness, the illness has flared up once here and working.
Please continue to pray for Stan, as his family back in Bloomington and we are doing. Pray that God works through the doctors, nurses, medications, treatment, and through God's healing Holy Spirit.
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