As most of you already know, this past week has been one roller-coaster of a week! Tim's brain tumor diagnosis shook us all up, and it definitely was a "bonding time with the Lord" as we waited and prayed to hear the conclusive results from the MRI. PRAISE God they discovered it was not a tumor, but a cyst instead that could most likely be safely removed with surgery! God is so good! We were blown away with how many people were praying- God's family is something else!! :) We consider ourselves extremely blessed, and I know Tim was deeply touched!!
So this is a big THANK YOU to all who prayed! Prayer is so powerful and real; this truth is so evident when it touches your life over and over again!!

A little update for those of you who don't know- Tim will be going in on Monday morning to schedule the surgery and to talk over a few things with the surgeon!

Well, I'm off to work!

God bless!
SH

Canadian Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving leftovers...

Hi again! :) Another weekly update! I won’t bore you too much with words- but instead will post some pictures of our CANADIAN Thanksgiving!!! Haha- it’s been a big thing here to distinguish it as “Canadian” since the majority of girls here are American! =) Last year not much was done about Thanksgiving (except American Thanksgiving! =)), so I thought we better make up for that this year! And it worked out well that I was on cooking duty. So I switched shifts with another girl to get the Monday off, and invited our directors, a few other couples, and the green house girls (the other “dorm” with 8 students)! We had 30 people over for dinner… it was so GREAT!! =) It was a ton of fun to forget about assignments/shift for a day and instead plan and cook all day!!! We even bought a turkey from the market and slaughtered it ourselves!!! How’s that for a group of midwives?? Haha…
Our oven wasn’t big enough to cook the bird, so I brought it over to a missionary couple’s place to use their oven. It was such a fun day, and everyone got into the mood!! Some of the girls were so amazing in helping all afternoon in the kitchen! As you can see in the pictures, we took the feathers from our turkey to wear in celebration! I was pretty exhausted by the end of the day- a very good, satisfying tired… =)
That was our big exciting news for the week! =) The clinic has been a little quieter this week, which probably means we’ll be swamped next week! =P
Till next time…
SH

Gang-Gang

- Gang-Gang laboring hard! -

A long week

It's been quite the week! After day shift on Monday I received a text from one of my continuities (a patient who you put your name on her chart and complete all her care)saying her labor was more intense and she wanted to come in! So I threw my scrubs back on and met her at the clinic... She was already a good ways into her labor, so I admitted her. Her name is Gang gang- I mentioned her briefly in my last post. She is such a beautiful, sweet girl, and worked so hard with anything I would ask her to do in order to stimulate the labor to progress further! All evening and night long she kept her smile on as she would paced up and down the street in between resting! The night turned into morning, and still labor was more or less at a halt and Gang-Gang was getting extremely exhausted (and so was her midwife =)! Knowing that we would have to transport by 2pm if labor wasn't well on its way, we worked extra hard! The measurements of her baby was a big concern, so we couldn't just send her home to rest and return when she was more active. By 1pm Gang-Gang had lost all energy and ambition, and I was coming close with pushing 30 hours... The baby wasn't showing any signs of wanting to come- I knew we'd have to transport! It's always discouraging getting the transport papers and filling them out- especially with someone you've spent so much time with and who has worked so hard!! I had prayed so many times that she would have her baby without complications at Mercy!! For some reason that was not God's plan, and I knew I had to trust the Him that He was in control!
After transporting her, I came back in time for class- needless to say I fell asleep pretty much before it even started!!! :) Thankfully Krys sent me home to bed and told me she'd e-mail me class notes!! That night I received a text that Gang-Gang had a C-section at 11pm!!
It was quite an experience- one that every midwife will go through I'm sure many times (maybe not 30 hours every time! ;))!! And as much as I was disappointed that I didn't get to deliver her baby, and that she ended up having to be operated on- I'm thankful for the bonding experience we had together!
I was able to visit her a few times at the hospital, and she and her little baby girl seem to be doing well- they'll be going home tomorrow!
We'll I'm rambling on, so I better close off! :)

"HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!"

God bless,

Sarah

Snapshots of the Amazing Race last week...

I'm sure many of you have already heard about all the flooding going on in the Philippines... Thank God it hasn't effected this area - only the Northern part by Manila! This nation has definitely been shook up, as thousands and thousands of people are left homeless and without food!!

Today in church we sang the following song...

"When the oceans rise
and thunders roar.
I will soar with You, above the storm
Father You are king over the flood,
I will be still and know You are God."

Please pray for the Philippines....


Life here in Davao is going well!! :) One of my continuities is texting me now telling me she's in labor... Lord willing I'll be delivering her baby soon!! Pray all goes well! Her name is Gang gang!!

Will write soon!!

SH