We all knew it was bound to happen. I am glad Hudson made it nine months before he got truly sick while on the mission. He attended Hillbilly days. There he had a lot of exposure to a lot of different people. Then on Tuesday he went to Connie's and ate meatloaf for lunch. That night both Hudson and Elder Lewis did not feel good. By Wednesday morning Hudson was taking chills, fatigued and lots of intestinal issues. He drove through McDonalds and got a Sprite and an Apple Juice paying $2.15 for lunch. He spent most of PDay sleeping on a couch at the church and listening to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. He was improving Thursday, so hopefully just a tummy bug.
Hudson said that the mission is over 50% vaccinated with the COVID vaccine. He is still holding out for his own reasons.
He said that Callie's baptism was amazing. He got to stand in the circle for her confirmation. A member of the Branch Presidency's son (that this young lady went to school with did the baptism). He is prepaing to put in his mission papers. Hudson says that Callie is also talking about serving a mission after graduation. She will be a senior this fall. They asked Hudson to take 5 minutes to share a message on baptism. He said he is getting really good at speaking in public on the fly with a spiritual thought. I can't wait to see that when he gets home. There are planning to do baptisms for the dead on July 31. I told Hudson that will be after his next transfer and he should push them to move that up so he can take Connie. He feels optimistic he will stay one more after this.
Connie reached out to me on Facebook. She thanked me for the journal and the beautiful red ribbon I tied around it. Hudson says she is hanging it on her baptismal covenant plaque that a member made for her that is hanging in her kitchen. She told me that Hudson has been such a cheerful helper around her place. I thanked her for feeding him. Admitting that , that is hard on the grocery budget.
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