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I begin, once more, apologetically. I’m not cut out for blogging. In the future, if you ever wonder whether I’ve fallen off the earth, Katie is much better than I at updating regularly.

To give me even less excuse for my silence, a lot has happened in the last few weeks. A little more than two weeks ago, Josiah Lindquist (oldest son of the family I’m staying with) began having an excruciating migraine. The pain was obviously worse than anything he had ever experienced and accompanied with very little sleep, vomiting, and apparent hallucinations. He was taken to the hospital Saturday morning, and the pain was controlled by medicine for part of the day. He returned to the hospital that evening, and after a CT scan was diagnosed as having an abscess in the right side of his brain.

After a rough few days for the Lindquists during which antibiotics had a positive but limited effect, Josiah underwent neurosurgery to relieve the pressure and remove the abscess. He came out of the surgery in great condition, has recovered rapidly, and is now back at home with his family! I am late in requesting your prayers for this situation, but he and the Lindquists still need prayer. Josiah will be going back to the hospital regularly for medicine, and will have occasional CT scans to ensure that everything is OK. The Lindquists plan, at this point, to remain in Bolivia for the rest of their originally intended stay.

During the unfolding of this story, the end of classes at CCS became somewhat anti-climatic. We have, however, officially finished our time there.

Last week (Saturday), a small team of three students arrived from Messiah College. They were in Rodeo for a short trip with a larger team, and are continuing on in Cochabamba to help out with the FH water safety project. I’ve taken some responsibility from Erik in hosting the team. This means I’ve been fairly busy this past week going out and collecting samples with them. Yesterday we climbed Tunari together – the tallest peak in the Cochabamba department I’m told (check the media page for photos). The team will be here one more week, during which I’ll continue to help out where I can.

After the team leaves, Katie and I still hope to do a bit of traveling, but our plans will have to remain fluid for now. Please continue to pray for us as we are beginning to feel tired and long for home.