What just happened?

So now that I have returned home after our first missions with medical clinics, I am thinking, what in the world have I gotten myself into!

I am thinking, I thought I knew everything about being a nurse. I mean, I am an ICU nurse for petes sake! I save lives. I hold the hand of someone dying. I pray with families over their loved one. But being on this first trip humbled me. Not only with me reflecting on what I didn’t know and what I learned but also what I take for granted. I mean, I had to rely on my brain and do a little of McGyver stuff in the clinics. In the ICU, I am used to having monitors and machines to help me think and do all the calculations.  I am used to having all the supplies I need right at my fingertips. But guess what I learned- I still know math! Haha! Yes, I had to add, subtract, multiply to ensure I was giving the correct medications and dosages. All me.

This trip also took me to my uncomfortable zone. I had to push myself to not freak out and break down, at least in public.  I’m not telling you what happens when I was alone before bed!

 

I’m not gonna lie, it was hard work. Harder than what I was doing in the hospital in the ICU. Physically, mentally draining. But God knew how to push. I said when I left that I wasn’t going to do this anymore, but I think it was because of my self-doubt in my abilities. Because I found myself looking forward to our 2017 trip and already planning ahead for it. Dad planted the seed in my heart and God watered it and it grew. It has grown into something that I have no idea where it is going. But God is pruning it every year, and I learn something new every year.

 

Now, onto 2017 Honduras mission experiences!

Bendiciones,