Pinning Ceremony

Today my class and I are being pinned as Registered Nurses in a ceremony to which we invited some friends and family.

I have such mixed feelings about this day, but joy persists through the other fleeting emotions. What a privilege it is to get an education--and education that can have infinite impact on the world. I recently filled out a psychiatric questionnaire as part of the process of applying to Serving in Missions. There were almost 1000 questions which will allow them to get a good look and a feel for my general personality, strengths, weaknesses, passions and dreams. One of the questions said something to the effect of "Do you want to change the world?" I am not sure if they were checking to see if I have 'grandiose' aspirations or checking to see if I have hope. In any case, the answer was a strong 'YES!'. I cannot wait to have further impact on the people of the world than God has already permitted. What a joy to live out His plan, trusting in Him through every thing that comes my way, recognizing at least hourly that He is the orchestrator of my destiny and my reason for being.

Serving in Missions interviews

Next month I will spend four days in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Serving in Missions headquarters. They will conduct multiple interviews and determine that weekend if I am SIM material. I am so excited, but trepidacious! SIM's mission matches that which God has given me. I hope to go to Africa with them. I appreciate your prayer during my time with the missionaries and leaders who will be conducting the interviews. I leave on September 10th and return on the 14th. At this point there are four checks that have to happen for me to be part of their agency in Africa. They must approve of me at the agency, I must approve of them, my church must for me to go with them and the Africa team that they recommend me for must accept me. That seems like a lot--but I rest in the knowledge that if this is God's mission agency for me--then the checks will be natural.