The afternoon at Northside - on my own!

This week I've been doing home visits on my own - yikes! I kick myself because I wish I would have suspected something with Papa Lee when I went to see him on Wednesday. I just found out that he had to fly to the hospital in La Ceiba to see the urologist. It's still a critical situation for him.

Home visits are mostly basic nursing - checking sugars, pressures, prepping/giving meds, changing wound dressings, etc. I love it! It's nice to be able to go at a relaxed pace and really spend time talking with people, and praying with people. Nila's sugar is back down (yay!), Liolyn's and Ms. Betty's sugars are also well-controlled right now. Lowell's BP was 160/100, but that's better than it was last week. We had Bible study (Galatians 1) today...what a holy moment of talking about the Word, praying and worshipping together. The main gem from the study is, "Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ" (Galations 1, verse 1). I am guilty of not wanting to disappoint people and wanting to be a "people pleaser," yet recognize that it is more important to serve Christ above all, regardless of what others may think of me. I really enjoy the time I get to spend with those women - and God. I've been dripping sweat all day long (it's so unprofessional to be with patients, with glasses sliding off of my face...then again, nothing is professional here). Whew it's been hot and humid lately.

A few words...

"My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." -John 5:17

"God does not give us overcoming life - He gives us life as we overcome. The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength...Overcome your own timidity and take the first step. Then God will give you nourishment, "To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life..." (Rev 2:7). If you completely give of yourself physically, you become exhausted. But when you give of yourself spiritually, you get more strength. God never gives us strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the moment." -Oswald Chambers