Hi friends!
It’s been a while since I have written a life update for you all.
Well I am home here in Michigan, living with my parents and working a job I did once upon a time before I pursued a degree and career in Education.
So for starters, I came home to the USA when the lockdown was beginning. During my two weeks of quarantine the stay at home orders were put in place for Michigan and Ohio. After just sitting with the Lord a lot and processing the fact that I was in-fact home in the states and that the World Race was not just a dream, I began feeling ready to find a way to move forward towards the goals I set for myself while in Asia.
God pressed the importance of taking charge of my finances as a way of preparing for my next time abroad while I was in Malaysia. I had goals that weren’t set in stone but the main one was to get my savings account up to more than $4 and have all of the money I would need also saved to pay my student loans during the next time I am away.
My plan was also to be leaving in July so I felt an urgency. As time has gone on and things have been pressed back that is not going to be the case anymore but it is important in how things went. I have some new things in the works also that will extend my time here in the states as well but I will share those once they are more set in stone.
So anyway, I began the virtual job hunt in early April. Searching on all of the sites I could think of and applying to many jobs. I found myself seeing a lot of temporary nurse aide positions and in the midst of a global pandemic that seemed like the best way to get working and be able to help people at the same time. So I applied and at my interview was hired on the spot! I had to take an online course to become a nurse aide in training and then train on the job for ten days of work before working on my own. The irony was that I knew this job was temporary and just while the other staff who had gotten covid became better, but I slowly fell in love with the work. I saw how in my actions and attitude each day the patients could see Christ. And when it came time to decide if I wanted to keep working and take a class to become a State Tested Nurse Aide I jumped at the opportunity!
You see, when I was teaching and I knew I would be leaving it was very hard for me to give it my all. My mom asked me if I were to be guaranteed a full-time teaching position at a higher salary than before if I would take it and I said no. Knowing I am going to leave them put a wall up for me before. But, in this job that is not the case! I find myself always giving my all to my patients. I couldn’t quite put my finger on why at first but then as my patients started to be discharged because they were rehabilitated it clicked. I don’t know when my last day will be with these patients, it could be decided they will be discharged the next day for all I know. The reality also exists that a turn for the worse could happen and they will pass away before I see them again. That is why I give my best to my patients. That is why I don’t always take a lunch break because a patent specifically asked for a bed bath and the best time in the day to do it is right when I am supposed to step off the floor. Some days are hard and exhausting, well most days are exhausting, but the contentment I see on my patients faces when they see that I am with them for the day makes everything worth it.
So there you have it.
That is why I am not teaching right now.
God has me placed where I can love the hurting and serve the literally broken and it’s beyond what I had ever dreamed for this season in my life.
