New Opportunities!

Isaiah 26:3
"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you."

Hi All, for those of you still following, I have some exciting news!

There have been some major changes at the hospital I currently work at. Please pray for the administrators and our floor managers, as well as the staff and patients affected, as they work to respond to what might happen with the unit I work on. Some of the nurses on our day shift are moving on to the the Operating room, so that means I might have the opportunity to go to a day shift-if the changes allow them to replace these nurses. This would be such a great opportunity to learn and challenge myself again. I will miss the people I work with, but I won't miss the weird schedule and how physically/emotionally weary I have been lately. God has given me grace upon grace and strength to learn and grow so much, but I am ready for a change if He keeps this door open and moves me forward.

Another opportunity has opened for me in India. It is overwhelming and frightening all at once, but so exciting at the same time. I would be going to work with some of the same people in the same area I went nearly 2 years ago. This is a huge answer to prayer as I've been really asking God when He would have me return, and in what circumstances. I thought it would be for a short-term few weeks-months, but this is a year-long commitment! God is full of surprises! I don't know when exactly this would start... still a lot of researching and obstacles to make it there, and nothing is for sure yet. I would hope to be able to utilize my nursing skills to help educate some of the families and work on some preventive medicine with the children there. This is something I am very passionate about, not to mention the love I have for India. The best part is that I would be working alongside the team leader I worked with previously, providing her assistance in any way I could, and learning from her-and working with some of the same children! I am leaning more and more toward waiting and studying the next several months, and either heading out late this fall or mid-winter; ultimately I am trying to take the steps now to be ready when He says go! The need is now, but there are several details to work out as far as getting there safely and securely, and being sure I am best prepared to use my skills for His purpose there.

Please pray with me that all this would come together for His glory, and I would honor Him every step of the way. Pray that He would go before me in every step and slow me down when I get ahead of Him. Pray that His timing and way in all that the year might hold would be made clearer as I do the research and make the decisions along the way. He is proving Himself faithful every day and I believe He is calling me to go to India soon, whether in this way or another. Pray for me to have faith and peace that as long as I continue to seek Him and His heart, I will not be found outside His will nor anywhere that He is not. Pray that He would equip me every day to be willing and able to do the work He calls me to, and that I would commit myself to learning and studying as I pursue these opportunities.

Thank you for reading and praying with me, and sharing in the life we have in Christ!

Psalm 1:1-2
"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night."