Elder Cheney Takes on Mexico (and Fresno)

Hospitals, Mountains and Sunburns Hola mis amigos!!! First I am sorry that I have not emailed in a while, these past few weeks have literally been the craziest weeks in my entire life.  So about a week ago we had to travel about 2 hours to Tuxtla the capital because my companion was really sick, we thought he had Dengue fever. Because right now is the time of year when a lot of people get Dengue. So we went to the hosptital and we sat in the hospital for about 5  hours until about midnight. We found out he does not have Dengue, but just a super bad stomach infection. Now he is a lot better because was given medicine. All I can say though is the gringo didn't get sick!!! It was the Mexican! But I am very grateful that he is doing a lot better! We got some pretty big news after that though, the next day we found out that there are some changes, so I got the call that I was going to be changes to a different zone. So I was in Tuxtla the capital and the city. But no...

Dustin didn't have time to write this week, but we did talk to him several times with permission of course : )  His companion had been sick and was running a fever. They really have had no way to take care of him, as the apartment they are living in is still empty, no furniture, dishes, etc.  After a few days, they contacted the mission medical, and they wanted them to travel 2 hours on the bus to Tuxtla to visit the hospital and have his companion treated. Apparently there have been several missionaries in this mission with dengue fever, several who have been hospitalized for weeks. After waiting at the hospital for hours, they were told that it was an infection, but not dengue fever.  Dustin says their apartment is near a river with lots of bugs, so they have been a bit worried.  We hope and pray his companion gets better quickly. While communicating with the mission office, apparently Dustin was told that he was being transferred, to an area in the mountains. Du...