Gone straight to the crapper!

Right after my posting last week Derek sent the e-mail I've copied below. We’ve chuckled about it all week! Not the same kind of “spiritual feel” we got from the week before. In fact, this one went straight to the crapper! Ha ha ha! (please know this is Derek’s sense of humor shining through, he’s feeling better and is being transferred to the heart of Culiacan… big city stuff now!!! He’s way excited!).

ok bear with me, i am having issues this week. it has been a week and a half and my mind is on overload and so here it goes! monday i was doing laundry and i was hanging all that up and so i went to go under all the clothes and slammed my head into the edge of the window and split my forhead open ahh! but just a little super glue fixed that. then tuesday I felt bad and i had diarea and it was horrible and so that was the independence day of mexico so i did not get to take pictures and we had to be in the house by 8 anyway so we don’t have problems with drunks! so then weds i spent all day with my arms power gripped around the toilet throwing up till i could not even breath!... and had diarea. so wife of president said i needed an analysis! oh boy, what is that?! OH, its when you crap in a cup and they look to see if you have parasites! so i dont know if you have had the experience of doing this, but i sure did and i can tell you it is not an expereince i want to do again!.......zaz!......so well they did that and it came back (drum roll).....negative – wow, i crapped in a cup for nothing! i was so disappointed! so well i was dying all this week and it was rough but through it all somehow we had two baptisms Sunday. it was two jovens (youth) of 12 years old the one is the daughter of the guy that cant get baptised but really wants to so that was cool and the other was a friend. it was an awesome experience! this week is over now and monday is changes. i will let you know where i am called next. and yes dad i am writing in my journal, actually i have not missed a day yet! Haha! i am doing good, having a lot of faith and the mission time passes really fast!......and soon you will not need the dreams haha, but love you guys tons and tons! love you and hope all is well.....love Elder Derek Reid

So, I mentioned to him in this week's e-mail that maybe he should send me a vial of Mexico water so I can shed a few pounds. His said in his reply that you can actually GET parasites there (like at the drug store???)! People do that on purpose to loose weight and then take pills to get rid of them. Holy Moly! That's crazy business!