Laura's post

Well, I can officially say that mission work has lost its glamour and now it is down to the real work of prayer, work, and lots of sacrifice and sufferring. Once Allie finished her bout of "Dehli belly" I was lucky enough to pick up where she left off. I have been laying in bed for the past two days being force fed by my wonderful student nurse, Allie. I did manage to make it out of bed for adoration last night where God reassured me that sufferring does have meaning. This lesson could not have come at a better time because, ten minutes later, I was in the street, throwing up in front of a few beggers asking for money.

For now though I feel great and am looking forward to going back to Kalighat tomorrow! In the words of one of my very wise sisters, "chin up...you can do this".