Steve and Casey Cretsinger Experiencing Tribal Missions in Guinea, W. Africa 
Micah and Ephraim trying to get through the fevers and headaches.
I’m tired. I’m longing for a few days of vacation. Our boys came down with malaria a few days ago and there hasn’t been much rest since then. I miss being home in the States where you just go to the doctor and get a prescription for the problem. Here we are just trying to diagnosis it on our own and pick what what we pray is the right medicine. Ephraim is so rarely sick that this has been especially hard on him. He just cries uncontrollably a lot and doesn’t want me to leave his side. We have given the treatment to both of them and are waiting for it to take full effect. We think it’s working because they can go longer and longer without taking more ibuprofen, but the symptoms all come back after a few hours without it. They both have a hard time keeping food down, the chills are hard especially on Micah, and Ephraim cries that his head is hurting him very badly. We continue to just pray for the wisdom to do what’s best for them. We thank you for continuing to pray for our little guys. It’s been a long, hard week and we all need sleep and rest.
You can also be praying for all the kids here in the village around us as many of them are sick with malaria as well. I went out in the village today and just about every house I stopped at had sick children. Just when I want to get so frustrated with the lack of medical care for our boys, I realize how much worse things could be. Many of the people here have no money at all to visit in the simplest of clinics and even if they do visit the clinic they can’t pay for the medicine. There aren’t doctors who can give a good diagnosis and so many times they aren’t prescribed the right medicine in the first place. Add to that the living conditions, lack of sanitation, lack of clean water and it’s just a sad situation. My friend’s little girl is sick with malaria and when we talked with her about going to the clinic to get medicine, she said that she didn’t have the money. Another missionary here told her that she needed to take care of her baby so that she wouldn’t die. She just calmly said that if her baby died then it was the will of her god. I grow so weary of this. I know I can’t save every child or fix every problem but I want to. Just pray for the friendships we are developing so that we can share our hearts and God’s heart for His children.
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