Time is short!

I realized this week that I have been a nurse for nine months! Nine months of having other people's lives figuratively in my hands. Have I mentioned nursing is difficult!?! Most mornings when I leave work I've already recognized two or three things that I should have done differently! By the time I wake up from day sleep I've thought of some more. I have so much to learn!


My projected date of arrival in Africa is only 10 months away--where a whole new nursing learning will be before me--complicated by language barriers, cultural barriers, the exhaustion that missionaries typically find on the field, the likelihood of insufficient supplies, etc. However, I could not be more thrilled that that challenging time is less than a year away. God will supply the grace for the moments on this journey of His.

"If you have courage, you will influence people based on your convictions. If you lack courage, you will influence people based on your comfort zones. Courage will take you anywhere you believe God is leading you. Without courage, you will go where you are comfortable." --Wayne Schmidt