It was just last Monday when Rev. Alyn Waller said he tested positive for coronavirus.
He was told he was asymptomatic, but he believed there were some signs, like shortness of breath, an issue he had during a sermon, that may have indicated he had the virus.
"There is no way a little jog from the piano to the pulpit is what put me out of breath," Waller said. He is using a pulse oximeter to keep an eye on his condition.
During his digital sermon this week, the senior pastor of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church talked to his more than 10,000 viewers about about some issues he's having, and his state of mind, since his diagnosis.
"The biggest thing I've been wrestling with is survivors guilt," said Waller. "I'm getting a lot of attention, but I have no symptoms, and there are so many other people who have symptoms, and there are so many other people suffering."
Waller decided to get tested at the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium at his church, to point out the importance of getting tested. That's when he learned he was infected.
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He said he's taking special cleaning precautions with his churches, in an effort to make sure people at those buildings remain virus-free.
"I'm prayerful that we're going to get through this. I believe I am going to be fine. We are going to be worshipping in this context for the next couple of weeks," he shared.
Waller is also advocating for exit testing for people like him, to be sure they do not have the virus after it's supposed to have worked its way through the body.
"If I tested out," he said, "somebody needs to test me in."