E-mail dated 2/15/10

Well here we go again. Another monday and another day of nothing much to say. I don't really know what that means but the past couple of weeks I'm really struggling of what I should write. I'm currently in Freetown for a meeting today. I traveled yesterday after church and we are going back this evening.

The news of the mission was that the new mission president has been called. Like you said his name is President Roggia. He is from Texas and he is a retired military chaplian. I didn't know what a chaplain was either but it guess its a religious counselor in the military. Another retired military man for this mission. Elder Wire was also a former military man and he was perfect for the calling. I don't think I will ever meet this man but the news is still exciting. President Squires was saying he might not get to meet him either.

Ok, well I'm just going to be honest with you all. The reason my last couple of weeks was boring was because I didn't go anywhere. I was stuck in the apartment for six straight days because my companion was very sick. He had Typhoid and Malaria at the same time. Elder Lauti has never gotten sick in his life and he sure chose the wrong time to start getting sick. He had the same sickness about a month ago and he relapsed last week. Now you are prabably thinking typhoid and malaria is pretty serious, but its actually quite common among missionaries here. I've even had it and its not much fun at all. I'm still trying to figure out why we got a typhoid immunization if we can still get typhoid.

It all started last week Friday, when Elder Lauti had a really bad headache and a fever. The conditions did not improve and I ended up taking him to the hospital with sister squires last week monday (which was why I wasn't able to email on monday last week). Oh man, that hospital was quite an experience. I don't think those doctors knew what they were doing but the good thing was that they had a drip. Thankfully he started recovering on Tuesday and Wednesday and by thursday we were able to go out for half a day. Its actually all really funny now. Oh another part of it, when my companion was laying down with a high fever I fanned him for hours at a time to keep his fever down. I seriously got a blister from fanning him so much. The good news is that he is 100% better now so you don't have to worry. You can even emial sister squires and she will tell you its all true and we are being well taken care of.

Hopefully I will have more to talk about next week because I'm out of ideas for this week. Love you all.

Elder Degen
Rice is Life

PS HI KEVIN!!!