Friday, May 21, 2010
heading out bright and early on a 9-day outreach into the beautiful moutains. Going to enjoy the fresh country air and their simplistic "wireless" lifestyle! :) Staying in a little village to help out with a VBS, offer some medical care, and share with them life's greatest Gift! Please pray that God`s Spirit would move in the hearts of the villagers we will meet and spend these next nine days with...nothing is more powerful than prayer!!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Grad Pictures
Excited? You bet! :) 
All the pictures above were taken by Tim Stewart
Brie and I with some of our lovely Filipino Supervisors
Ate Elsa and I... :) Man, I love that lady!
Our Class with the directors
Some of the Filipino midwives doing a beautiful dance for us! :)
Class of 2011 did a skit and sang a song for us... so special
Group hug with the directors! :)
Our class with the Filipino midwives and supervisors
Ate Elai...love her to bits! :) amazing midwife!
Class of 2010 and 2011
At last! :) :) (certificates postdated until we pass our exam here in July) :)THANK YOU LORD!
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Glad to Grad
Last weekend was our graduation ceremony, and it took place almost as if it were a dream. It's been almost two years ago since I packed up my things, said a tearful goodbye to my family, friends and homeland and headed towards and unknown place with unfamiliar faces. I remember being nervous, homesick and just plain scared. What in the world did I think I was doing moving to Asia and diving into an intense midwifery course with absolutely no medical background?? But there was one thing I was confident in, and that was that I knew God had called me to this place; and that's all I really needed.
And now here I am. This place has become like another home to me, and my fellow classmates like another family. Together the Lord has taken us through things that have bonded us in ways we could have never imagine. And as for getting through the midwife course- all I can say is that it was by God`s Grace.
As we were handed our graduation certificate (postdated until we write our final exam at the end :P), my heart was full of joy and gratitude to our God for His great faithfulness. I looked around at all my midwife sisters... we had made it TOGETHER! I was so proud of them, and honored to be apart of such an amazing group. A real team!
Now just two more major exams to write (July and August) and our clinical to finish up, and we`re home free! :) :) :) I get excited thinking about coming home- it`s coming up so close. But when I think about how close it is, I think about my board exam; and often I`ve had to pick up my heart out of my stomach! :S :) :D If you know me well, you`d know I dislike exams. I know, I know- who does!!! But mine is a very big dislike! :P Anyways, I would greatly appreciate your prayers!
Tomorrow Ive been invited to one of my old patients birthday party! :) It will be good to see her again and her baby that is now getting close to a year old.
Well thats all for today...
Keep on keeping on!
SMH
p.s pics to follow sometime soon! :)
And now here I am. This place has become like another home to me, and my fellow classmates like another family. Together the Lord has taken us through things that have bonded us in ways we could have never imagine. And as for getting through the midwife course- all I can say is that it was by God`s Grace.
As we were handed our graduation certificate (postdated until we write our final exam at the end :P), my heart was full of joy and gratitude to our God for His great faithfulness. I looked around at all my midwife sisters... we had made it TOGETHER! I was so proud of them, and honored to be apart of such an amazing group. A real team!
Now just two more major exams to write (July and August) and our clinical to finish up, and we`re home free! :) :) :) I get excited thinking about coming home- it`s coming up so close. But when I think about how close it is, I think about my board exam; and often I`ve had to pick up my heart out of my stomach! :S :) :D If you know me well, you`d know I dislike exams. I know, I know- who does!!! But mine is a very big dislike! :P Anyways, I would greatly appreciate your prayers!
Tomorrow Ive been invited to one of my old patients birthday party! :) It will be good to see her again and her baby that is now getting close to a year old.
Well thats all for today...
Keep on keeping on!
SMH
p.s pics to follow sometime soon! :)
Monday, May 3, 2010
Politics-Weather-Graduation! :)
Hello everyone!! Me again reporting 'alive' from Davao city! :)
Things have been a little crazy in this country with elections coming up on May 10th. The entire city seems to be plastered with signs and posters... I'm not sure how many parties are running, but it seems to me that each poster is promoting a different person!!! I find it amusing how they randomly block off main roads for a day to run a campaign. I've tried asking around about the elections and how they work here, but proper answers are hard to find. So I've remained somewhat it the dark, wondering where May 10th will take this country.
I do know that this is their first time they are electronically voting. So in an attempt to ensure that the power does not go out for the 24 hours on May 10th, they have been conserving energy by turning off the power for a few hours every few days or so. I'm looking forward to when that comes to an end.
Hot season is definitely back, and will be here for a good long while. It's always hot here, but now is when it gets extra hot. The type of climate the makes you sweat 24-7 even if you're just standing there! :S :) And when you get up at 3am to stroll around the house because you don't know what to do with yourself, and then realize it's not much cooler outside than it had been at 3pm. One day last week around noon, our director check his outdoor thermometer that was in the sun- it read 55C (131F)!! Hala!
Please pray that the climate won't hinder our attitudes and motivation! :)
But enough about politics and the weather... By far the top news this week is that my class is having our graduation ceremony on Saturday!! This will be my first official graduation! :P
I still can't believe believe we've come to this point!! We still have our final exams to write and a few more book reports to finish up... But the course work is "huma-na"(FINISHED)!!!! Praise God. So I will definitely have to post some pictures next week.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you again for your encouraging comments, e-mails and prayers!! They are what help me to 'keep on keeping on!"
"till next time"
Things have been a little crazy in this country with elections coming up on May 10th. The entire city seems to be plastered with signs and posters... I'm not sure how many parties are running, but it seems to me that each poster is promoting a different person!!! I find it amusing how they randomly block off main roads for a day to run a campaign. I've tried asking around about the elections and how they work here, but proper answers are hard to find. So I've remained somewhat it the dark, wondering where May 10th will take this country.
I do know that this is their first time they are electronically voting. So in an attempt to ensure that the power does not go out for the 24 hours on May 10th, they have been conserving energy by turning off the power for a few hours every few days or so. I'm looking forward to when that comes to an end.
Hot season is definitely back, and will be here for a good long while. It's always hot here, but now is when it gets extra hot. The type of climate the makes you sweat 24-7 even if you're just standing there! :S :) And when you get up at 3am to stroll around the house because you don't know what to do with yourself, and then realize it's not much cooler outside than it had been at 3pm. One day last week around noon, our director check his outdoor thermometer that was in the sun- it read 55C (131F)!! Hala!
Please pray that the climate won't hinder our attitudes and motivation! :)
But enough about politics and the weather... By far the top news this week is that my class is having our graduation ceremony on Saturday!! This will be my first official graduation! :P
I still can't believe believe we've come to this point!! We still have our final exams to write and a few more book reports to finish up... But the course work is "huma-na"(FINISHED)!!!! Praise God. So I will definitely have to post some pictures next week.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you again for your encouraging comments, e-mails and prayers!! They are what help me to 'keep on keeping on!"
"till next time"
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