Taking the time to grow in Christ

Hey Friends and Family,

You know the feeling of getting all your plans in order and getting all excited about something and then everything suddenly changes. No know worries, I did not have a motorcycle accident and I am still well intact. I am just saying this week turned out way different than I imagined but it was a stretching experience.
I had my bag all packed to go to Bible Conference from Wed to Sat, but due to the illness of one of the social workers and vacation time for the other, I quickly found myself as the only social worker at the hospital. It did not seem wise for me to leave with such a huge gapping hole, so I was the relieve duty.
As I was booked to be in surgery on Tues, I decided to still go and they could call me out if their were any social cases. Surgery was impressive as I watched an Orthopedist explain to his wife each procedure after 40 years of surgery this was her first opportunity to be in the operating room with him. So precious! I was amazed as I watched different part of the body come out that I had just seen in pictures or know about but now I was actually seeing. I was able to see a tourist from Holland get his leg pieced back together, hysterectomy, ruptured intestine, eye surgery and so much more. I was called out for some social cases that proved to be in French and so hadto get creative. It was week of big pressures on my shoulders, but my supervisor came on Wed., so that help a huge amount.
Chris' package also arrived on Thursday and what an encouragement. I got to explain how to pop popcorn in a jiffytin popper and was impressed that what I saw as trash turned into a tennis racket for kids to play. God works in ways that are a mysterious to us. How can people not stop and praise him. No matter what the loss or cost, there is a reason to hope. God continues to prove this over and over to me through the people I encounter here! Please pray for the stamina for my last two weeks and following where God wants me to place my energy and honor him! God's speed! (Pictures of me on an Mbingo Hill hike and my day in surgery)