October 21, 2015

Chikungunya anyone.  On Tuesday we had gone by the Juayua health dept. to speak to a lady there who was related to someone who had a possible church/house location here for rent.  As we were leaving we saw a poster about chikungunya and dengue fever being on the rise in Juayua.  Of course with all the constant rain for the last week plus the mosquitos sure are on the rise.  Our first stop today was at the home of Delmy and she had come down with the gunya so we talked some at her gate and had a prayer and gave her some bread Charlotte had made and said we would check back next week.  We did have a study with Julia but she was also recovering from gunya.   As we walked back toward our house we passed the house of Mr. Rivas and his mother was standing outside.  She said she was still recovering from the gunya which she had for over a month and that Mr. Rivas had it and was inside in bed.  Our first stop in the afternoon was at the home of Sister Ana who’s youngest daughter Marina also had gunya.  As we sat in the study with Ana the rain continued to fall and I could see the mosquitos swarming in the air in her small house.  Then Charlotte and I went on to Omar, Emily and Gizela’s and they at least said none of them had gunya or dengue.  We are looking forward to having them over for dinner Friday night.  We have not gotten gunya or dengue yet but feel it is almost inevitable. We hope to knock some more doors tomorrow.  Will let you know how it goes.