I am very excited!
Why? You ask...well I will tell you!
We are FINALLY getting to leave Lima! Because of the initial onset of my Rheumatoid Arthritis we haven´t had much opportunity to leave the city. I was physically unable to do so. Well this Thursday we are boarding a bus and heading three hours south to go to a National Natural Preserve and some islands. I cannot remember the name and even if I could I do not know how to spell it...grin...so I will get that info and let you know. We have Thursday and Friday off as a required holiday. There are many foreign Presidents coming to Lima for some conference so the city does not want a lot of traffic on the roads so they said NO WORK. So really all that does is stop the traffic downtown, all roads leading OUT of the city will be busy as people head out. This time we will be joining them!!! HOOOOORRRAAAAAYYYY!
Emily and I are the only ones going! We will test Em´s Spanish to the limit, but we are confident in our travel plans. The woman at the Inn we are staying at arranged the tours of the reserve and the islands and she will meet us at the bus stop. She knows several people who are very fluent in English and we are stoked!
I will write more and post pictures when we come back.
Please be in prayer for the Christmas Program...it is HUGE here in Peru and a lot is expected. I am currently rewriting the script for the rough english translation that was given to me...wow tht was interesting!!! I am the logistics "producer" for lack of a better term. I have been busy putting together a pratice schedule, parent permission/commitment form, and cast list. It has been crazy but it that stuff will get much better after today (It all has to be sent out today so it HAS to be done by 2 pm) Then all I have to worry about it being stage manager. Heidi Copeland is the actually director for the play, Miss Mari is in charge of the Incial program and all I have to do is figure out how to change scenes without disruption. It will be loads of fun...truly. I guess I am also in charge of lights and sound, or at least getting others assigned to those things.
Well now I really need to go. I love you all.
Cindy
Monday, November 17, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Update
Hey I updated the sisters blog with pictures of Family Day at MCS. Please follow the link on the right side of the page to Leinbach Sisters in Peru blog.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Hello from kinda sunny Lima...
Hello from Lima.
With just a little over a month left of out first year here life is going fairly well.
I am feeling pretty good. I have my good days and my bad days, I am having more good days than bad days so that is good. I continue to work through finding the right meds in the right dosages with my doctor (Dr. Harrison) but I feel good about things. I am able to teach my class and do most of what I plan. Whereas three months ago I had so much I wanted to do but was unable to physically move enough to do those things. I also feel that I need to receive some positive affirmation that I have less than 30 days of school left and ALL my children are alive and I have not even maimed any of them! (Some days this is a major miracle...sigh)
We are gearing up for the Christmas program...here in Peru there are two big things each school year that have to be BIG. They are: Mother's Day, and Christmas. It should be fun.
Well I need to go and cash a check so I can go replenish my meds for the next month.
Hope all of those who read this are well and that God blesses you.
With just a little over a month left of out first year here life is going fairly well.
I am feeling pretty good. I have my good days and my bad days, I am having more good days than bad days so that is good. I continue to work through finding the right meds in the right dosages with my doctor (Dr. Harrison) but I feel good about things. I am able to teach my class and do most of what I plan. Whereas three months ago I had so much I wanted to do but was unable to physically move enough to do those things. I also feel that I need to receive some positive affirmation that I have less than 30 days of school left and ALL my children are alive and I have not even maimed any of them! (Some days this is a major miracle...sigh)
We are gearing up for the Christmas program...here in Peru there are two big things each school year that have to be BIG. They are: Mother's Day, and Christmas. It should be fun.
Well I need to go and cash a check so I can go replenish my meds for the next month.
Hope all of those who read this are well and that God blesses you.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Normal
Okay so it appears that the norm for me is a post once a month, I guess it could be worse.
It is now September...there are four more weeks of this quarter left after this week ends. It has been amazing how the time has flown by. Over the last two weeks I have been in the classroom only 1/2 time. This was to insure that my healing progress would remain progress and not backslide into absolute pain. I am finally to the point this week where I am coming in full time and not feeling like it is doing me harm. I may take one day this week either 1/2 time or off totally depending how I am feeling by Wednesday night. I thank you all for your prayers for my healing.
I guess I don´t know if I have ever actually stated what was happening with my health. I will give a brief (really I will try to keep it brief) overview now....
...In June right before my birthday I began feeling stiff and painfully achey all over my body, with my right foot being the most painful. I was told I had plantar faciitis and was giving exercises to do for it. (I am happy to report that my foot does not bother me in the least any longer) I began the treatment and the foot got better. As that happened I also got worse with the pain in the rest of the body. I began seeing a Chiroprator (Dr. Bill, he is my friend) and that has been a HUGE help in being able to survive day to day and not give up. By the end of June I was in so much constant joint/muscle pain that we rented a whellchair so I could go do things, you know like grocery shopping and getting to school.
By the end of July I had been to see two different doctors who told me what it probably was not, but no one could tell me what it actually was. It has been very frustrating. The end of July was vacation and those two weeks wondreful. I started to feel like I could possible recover from this in the long run. I was using the wheelchair very little and was starting to regain a little of my normally happy personality. Then I went back to school. It was an outer ring of hell. After the first week and a half I found myself sitting in my administators office crying and telling them I was unable to do this any longer. I told them I need the rest of the week off and that the next week I was only coming in half time. I told them that I was NOT going to go backwards, I REFUSED to go back to the wheelchair.
It has been a little frustrating dealing with the administration with reguards to my health. I someitmes feel like they don´t believe there is actually something wrong with me, like it is all in my head and if I wanted too I could just get better. Add that to not understanding the medical system down here and it left Emily and I feeling helpless as to fixing the pain and what to do. Not just helpless but alone as well. It was NOT a good feeling. Last week two women came to us and asked if they could...basically take ¨control¨ of the situation. They had both seen our helpless frustration and had been through similar circumstances when they first came to Peru. It has been a HUGE blessing. They speak fluent spanish and understand the system and have come alongside of us and truly helped to carry our burden.
So I am feeling hopeful again, and God is always good. So that is where I am here at the beginning of September. I really feel that God is healing me, I had fixed in my head that if nothing had changed by the time September came around then it was time for me to seriously consider going back to the States. I am excited about teaching again, I have missed not being with me kids. Please continue to pray that is progress with not just continue but increase as well. I love ya all.
Cindy
It is now September...there are four more weeks of this quarter left after this week ends. It has been amazing how the time has flown by. Over the last two weeks I have been in the classroom only 1/2 time. This was to insure that my healing progress would remain progress and not backslide into absolute pain. I am finally to the point this week where I am coming in full time and not feeling like it is doing me harm. I may take one day this week either 1/2 time or off totally depending how I am feeling by Wednesday night. I thank you all for your prayers for my healing.
I guess I don´t know if I have ever actually stated what was happening with my health. I will give a brief (really I will try to keep it brief) overview now....
...In June right before my birthday I began feeling stiff and painfully achey all over my body, with my right foot being the most painful. I was told I had plantar faciitis and was giving exercises to do for it. (I am happy to report that my foot does not bother me in the least any longer) I began the treatment and the foot got better. As that happened I also got worse with the pain in the rest of the body. I began seeing a Chiroprator (Dr. Bill, he is my friend) and that has been a HUGE help in being able to survive day to day and not give up. By the end of June I was in so much constant joint/muscle pain that we rented a whellchair so I could go do things, you know like grocery shopping and getting to school.
By the end of July I had been to see two different doctors who told me what it probably was not, but no one could tell me what it actually was. It has been very frustrating. The end of July was vacation and those two weeks wondreful. I started to feel like I could possible recover from this in the long run. I was using the wheelchair very little and was starting to regain a little of my normally happy personality. Then I went back to school. It was an outer ring of hell. After the first week and a half I found myself sitting in my administators office crying and telling them I was unable to do this any longer. I told them I need the rest of the week off and that the next week I was only coming in half time. I told them that I was NOT going to go backwards, I REFUSED to go back to the wheelchair.
It has been a little frustrating dealing with the administration with reguards to my health. I someitmes feel like they don´t believe there is actually something wrong with me, like it is all in my head and if I wanted too I could just get better. Add that to not understanding the medical system down here and it left Emily and I feeling helpless as to fixing the pain and what to do. Not just helpless but alone as well. It was NOT a good feeling. Last week two women came to us and asked if they could...basically take ¨control¨ of the situation. They had both seen our helpless frustration and had been through similar circumstances when they first came to Peru. It has been a HUGE blessing. They speak fluent spanish and understand the system and have come alongside of us and truly helped to carry our burden.
So I am feeling hopeful again, and God is always good. So that is where I am here at the beginning of September. I really feel that God is healing me, I had fixed in my head that if nothing had changed by the time September came around then it was time for me to seriously consider going back to the States. I am excited about teaching again, I have missed not being with me kids. Please continue to pray that is progress with not just continue but increase as well. I love ya all.
Cindy
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