Well, just two days away! Can you believe it?! I am so excited to start this journey God has called me to at GLA and become part of the team/family! I'm sorry if I wasn't able to see any of you in NC or PA. Can not wait for y'all to follow my blog in Haiti! So... off to strategically pack my bags, so they are under or at the 50lb weight limit and say my "see ya later's" to my family. Yep, that's about it... Short and sweet. See you soon, Haiti!!
...to be continued...
-B
"For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago". Ephesians 2:1
Showing posts with label RN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RN. Show all posts
Friday, November 9, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
You don't want to miss this.
Shock. Awe. Amazement. Nervous. Excitement, Ready, Thankful... Those are just a few emotions I'm feeling right now...
When I was left Haiti, 6 months ago after just spending a week there I knew that God was calling me to a life in Haiti and I told my fellow team members that I would move there before the years end. I realized that was a God-sized goal, but guess what, it's happening! I am so excited to announce that I will be moving to Haiti mid November 2012 ( yes, in just about 2 months)! I just was offered and accepted a position as a Registered Nurse at God's Littlest Angels, Inc. (GLA) in Haiti... You can check them out at www.godslittlestangelsinhaiti.org & www.glahaiti.org. Here is a glimpse into GLA...
Here is a little idea of what my role will be at GLA- My duties will include but are not limited to (along with another RN), watching over the Main house nursery, NICU, and Toddler House children, CPAP supervision, vaccination schedules, keeping track of things needed in the pharmacy and medical depot, treating of common ailments of the children and working with our pediatrician and other nursing staff. I will also be traveling to outlying clinics at time to pick up sick children. All of the staff works multiple jobs. My position might require that at times too. Such as baking cupcakes for the children’s birthday parties or helping unload containers of supplies that are shipped in.
I will update you as more details and dates arise.
I am so very excited about this opportunity and I can not wait to see what the Lord has in store!
...to be continued...
-B
When I was left Haiti, 6 months ago after just spending a week there I knew that God was calling me to a life in Haiti and I told my fellow team members that I would move there before the years end. I realized that was a God-sized goal, but guess what, it's happening! I am so excited to announce that I will be moving to Haiti mid November 2012 ( yes, in just about 2 months)! I just was offered and accepted a position as a Registered Nurse at God's Littlest Angels, Inc. (GLA) in Haiti... You can check them out at www.godslittlestangelsinhaiti.org & www.glahaiti.org. Here is a glimpse into GLA...
Here is a little idea of what my role will be at GLA- My duties will include but are not limited to (along with another RN), watching over the Main house nursery, NICU, and Toddler House children, CPAP supervision, vaccination schedules, keeping track of things needed in the pharmacy and medical depot, treating of common ailments of the children and working with our pediatrician and other nursing staff. I will also be traveling to outlying clinics at time to pick up sick children. All of the staff works multiple jobs. My position might require that at times too. Such as baking cupcakes for the children’s birthday parties or helping unload containers of supplies that are shipped in.
I will update you as more details and dates arise.
I am so very excited about this opportunity and I can not wait to see what the Lord has in store!
...to be continued...
-B
Friday, August 17, 2012
Slingshots and Giants
So today is a big day... My big brother, Kevin is being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marines! Super excited for him but sad I am missing the ceremony and picnic to follow! So excited for him!
Anyways, after my last slightly sad and challenging blog, I was reading the story of David & Goliath and was looking though some of my sermon notes from the unlikely heroes series at newhope... (if you didn't catch them... make sure you do at newhopenc.org)! So yeah Pastor Scott spoke about David and being an unlikely hero. He was just a Shepard. Pastor Scott said few things that have brought me encouragement and have made me think during my journey to Haiti (whether it be in a couple months or in a couple years).
He said "The only two credentials God is looking for is Humble & Willing". I had to think about that, I am definitely willing but am I humble about my decision. I feel so strongly about my choice to move to Haiti that sometimes I don't think I am humble. Does that make sense? It may make sense to those I have spoken to about my decision. Needless to say... I really need to work on my humility and being humble not only in my decision, but in my life.
Pastor Scott also said that God is trains world changing heroes through their daily routines and asked how much we complain about routines... but David did the same thing day in and day out but his job was to protect those sheep from predators such as lions (Did you know David killed a lion before defeating Goliath? You should check out his story in 1 Samuel... it's a good one!). You know what weapon he had? Just a slingshot! So God gave David some amazing aim and trained him well on that slingshot... I bet David never thought his slingshot skills would lead him to be king over Israel... but guess what it did! My point is, at times our lives may seem mundane and somewhat pointless but one act can change your life forever. The routine that you have been in for the last however many days, weeks, years may just be God training you to be a world changing hero or how about we just start with one.... That routine could make you a hero to one person or even better, bring them to Jesus!
So, here's the blog questions of the day. Are you an unlikely hero? Maybe you are and just don't know it! What will be your slingshot? Who/what is your Goliath?
There is one thing I keep trying to remind myself during this application process... God can make opportunities arise at any second! Haiti is on my heart and on my mind. Don't worry, I'll keep you posted of any news or decisions! Please keep on praying!
...to be continued...
-B
Sunday, May 13, 2012
A little background...
It all began on March 17.... Just kidding! Ok so here is just a little background to get this blog started.
I'm going to fast forward past the rough teenage years (you'll probably get snippets of this throughout the blog as I continue writing) start around college. I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a nurse... an oncology (cancer) nurse to be more specific but I also at that time had a heart for Africa and thought God was leading me towards a life of medical missions overseas. I started going on short-term mission trips pretty young and continued to do them throughout college to the most recent one which was about 3 weeks ago.
My college & career path regarding becoming a registered nurse was clear until that moment where I got a C- freshman year second semester of nursing school and got held back a year. At first I just thought I'm never going to be a nurse but alas God knew what he was doing. Due to a new curriculum set into place the following school year, I essentially started fresh in the what was suppose to be a 2 year RN program. The next two years were a blur. With a little bit of low self esteem going in I was still determined to pass Gwynedd's program. During these two years I studied my butt off, worked 2-3 jobs during school, got involved with campus ministries/Alternative Spring Break/SGA, but most importantly, made life-long friendships with people I would have never met. I did a lot of these things the first year at Gwynedd too but years two & three were a lot different.
Back to the point... Although a lot had occurred and was going on, I graduated in May of 2008 from Gwynedd with my Associates of Science in Nursing! At that time the Dean of Nursing had to approve you to take the nclex... She did approve very reluctantly but told me straight up that due to my freshman year & a practice test she didn't think I would pass the boards. Well, you already know how this story ends. I passed the boards in 75 questions on the first time and made sure she knew.
God always has the right timing. I was able to get an oncology job right out of nursing school after working as a tech in the NICU for a little over a year during school (thanks again Mary for helping me get that job!). About two years later I found God calling me to NC where I've been working for the past two years at Duke in Oncology and graduated from Drexel University in December 2011 with my Bachelors of Science in Nursing!!! Yay, for signing RN, BSN behind my name! Again, these two years have been a blur but God placed me exactly where I needed to be, in the church I needed to be in, with a new group of friends that I needed to be with.
So with all that said it leads me up to getting to my main focus of this blog... Deepening my relationship with God, becoming debt free, & moving to Haiti.
...to be continued...
-B
I'm going to fast forward past the rough teenage years (you'll probably get snippets of this throughout the blog as I continue writing) start around college. I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a nurse... an oncology (cancer) nurse to be more specific but I also at that time had a heart for Africa and thought God was leading me towards a life of medical missions overseas. I started going on short-term mission trips pretty young and continued to do them throughout college to the most recent one which was about 3 weeks ago.
My college & career path regarding becoming a registered nurse was clear until that moment where I got a C- freshman year second semester of nursing school and got held back a year. At first I just thought I'm never going to be a nurse but alas God knew what he was doing. Due to a new curriculum set into place the following school year, I essentially started fresh in the what was suppose to be a 2 year RN program. The next two years were a blur. With a little bit of low self esteem going in I was still determined to pass Gwynedd's program. During these two years I studied my butt off, worked 2-3 jobs during school, got involved with campus ministries/Alternative Spring Break/SGA, but most importantly, made life-long friendships with people I would have never met. I did a lot of these things the first year at Gwynedd too but years two & three were a lot different.
Back to the point... Although a lot had occurred and was going on, I graduated in May of 2008 from Gwynedd with my Associates of Science in Nursing! At that time the Dean of Nursing had to approve you to take the nclex... She did approve very reluctantly but told me straight up that due to my freshman year & a practice test she didn't think I would pass the boards. Well, you already know how this story ends. I passed the boards in 75 questions on the first time and made sure she knew.
God always has the right timing. I was able to get an oncology job right out of nursing school after working as a tech in the NICU for a little over a year during school (thanks again Mary for helping me get that job!). About two years later I found God calling me to NC where I've been working for the past two years at Duke in Oncology and graduated from Drexel University in December 2011 with my Bachelors of Science in Nursing!!! Yay, for signing RN, BSN behind my name! Again, these two years have been a blur but God placed me exactly where I needed to be, in the church I needed to be in, with a new group of friends that I needed to be with.
So with all that said it leads me up to getting to my main focus of this blog... Deepening my relationship with God, becoming debt free, & moving to Haiti.
...to be continued...
-B
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