Yes, I am still alive!

Sorry about falling off the side of the earth. I am safe in Grenada and doing well and more importantly healthy again. No worries!
The last couple weeks have been.... I can't even find the word for it.... remarkable.. in both the good and not so good way.
Two days after I got back from my amazine trip from North of the Island visiting with the Carpenters, I got sick. It started out as the flu with a horrible horible(never had one like this before)headache, I just decided to rest and sleep it off. Four days later when I could barley get out of bed to go to the bathroom, my friends and classmates started to worry. That Friday a bunch came over and gave me some fluids because I had barely drinken anything and had not eaten at all since Tuesday night. I drank and have to admit felt a little better. I could not sleep that night and Saturday morning my head hurt so bad, and I just could not take it anymore so I called Bekki one of my classmates and she took me to the St. George's hospital. They put an IV in and gave me a bag of fluids. I felt better and thought that I was on the road to recovery... but no... I was still really weak and still not being able to eat and then throwing up when I did try. So by Tuesday, my roomate took me to the campus doctor which was a joke and then ended up taking me to another hospital. The doctor admitted me and I was there until Friday night. So 4 days in the hospital. It was an experience. I had so many visitors, classmates, old roomates, and friends. It was very humbling experience. It turned out that I had a bacterial systemic infection. A Gram negative bacteria as it turns out because at first I was not responding to the medication. Unfortunately we dont know how I got it or what exact Gram neg organism it was. It is pretty funny though because for the 2mile harbor swim that I did the other weekend with a bunch of my classmates my nickname on my cap was Gram negative. (I'll post pictures later, the internet/computer is running slow tonight)
Looking back on all the last blog when I was so high on life and felt invincable like God was on my side 100%. That shows me how powerful Satan is also. But he did not prevail, I feel like I grew closer to God over that time. Especially when I was in the hospital recovering. It was some great alone time with God. Not the way that I would have chosen but I'll take some peace and quite anytime I can get it.
Unfortunately these 11 days of being sick put me pretty far behind in school and not to mention that midterms were the week after I had gotten home from the hospital. My profs were very understanding and I had two of my tests postponed. I ended up doing really well on 2 and not so well on 2. This was frustrating but things will be okay. (I hope!)
So that was midterms and last week was unified tests #2, and boy did they suck!! I have yet to check my grades because I know that I am going to be dissappointed.
Now for some good news: two things. (1) I am finally getting back into the marathon training after being so sick. In fact, this Saturday is Kerri and my longest run thus far at 21 miles. Also we decided to raise money for the ophanage kids here in Grenada. We are hopefully going to have people sponsor us per mile. This way we are not just running this marathon for ourselves but making it positive for someother people as well.
(2) Last Thursday I ran for President elect of SAAVMA. SAAVMA stands for the student affiliated association of veterinary medical associates. This is like the foundation organization of the veterinary profession. Well... I got the position!! I had to make a speech and everything. It was nerveracking, but I want to make a diffrence at this school. I am tired of sitting back and watching. I hope that I can make a diffrence.
Today in church I gave my testimony. I shared with them about failing out of vet school at A&M and how I ended up here and then a little about my sickness that I described earlier. It is so easy to think that you are on top of the world and in control when God could halt your plans so fast you dont even realize what is going on. He does not do this to harm us, he does it to help us. Suffering provides preservance, and perservance hope. This is how we grow because we realize that we cannot do it alone. He is the almighty and he already has it all planned out perfectly.
By the way.. the pic of the dog above is "Razor" our neighbors dog. He is Koles best friend they get along so well and he is so adorably cute!!! :) HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!!