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FNP school

Posted on December 25, 2012 by cindy

Well, I had fully intended to keep this blog up about where God is leading Oaks and me in this next few years. However, FNP school is hard.
This first semester was 3 classes, Advanced Physical Assessment, Advanced Patho-physiology and Advanced Pharmocotherapeutics for Nurse Practitioners. That may not sound hard to you but believe me, it was a lot of work and a lot of prayer as many of you know who have been called on for prayer.
Only by God’s grace and His provision and a lot of hard work was I able to finish this first semester. The work and the material is awesome, it is so interesting and so important in what is to come in my life going forward that I loved it every minute of it. Trying to work, plan mission trips, study, do Bible studies, order medications, inventory etc( you get the picture) along with the studying is the hard part.
The next semester is Care of the Adult Patient and this semester starts clinical hours with an MD and a NP. I will be doing about 16 hours weekly in their offices working with them and learning from them. Praise God for his provision of 2 practitioners to work with and in the fact that I know He placed me where he wants me to be and what he wants me to learn, who I will be in contact with and working with.
Pray for this next semester of school. Money has been provided for books and tuition this next semester, WHAT A BLESSING!
Pray for the team going to Haiti in February and in June of 2013. Pray for Oaks as we move forward in what God has asked us to do. Pray for clear direction, good ability to recall and learn what I need to learn and to follow HIM the way he wants me to; not running ahead or lagging behind but just placing my feet in his foot prints daily.

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November trip update

Posted on December 25, 2012 by cindy

The team went to Haiti November 1-8., 2012. It was the first time that I have not been able to go but thanks to Becky Dunlap for her great leadership under the Lord. The team did very well, got along, went to new places and did a great work for the Lord.
They saw over 700 people and best of all 22 people came to know Jesus. That is amazing and helps us to know that God is going ahead of us as we pray to soften the hearts of the people and to bring those to himself.
They had a tough time going up to Coupe Pleasir, just tough in the physical sense of carrying the totes up a mountain. But God blessed and people were saved and I guess from reports physically as well.
The God stories are for me just the best. Here are some excepts from some of them:
“Ray said the medical teams have the biggest 1 one 1 impact.”
“I loved how everyone worked together as a team.”
“I began speaking with her and sharing the Word of the Lord and she decided to accept Jesus into her life. I am going to be honest, I was still nervous at this point, I wasn’t sure if she was serious about accepting the Lord into her life but I was quickly reassured, Sunday morning I was sitting in the pew when the pastor came to the podium and asked for any one that had accepted the Lord to please come forward, and the the lady went, with the biggest smile on her face”.
“To me, it made me very aware of God definitely working in areas of Haiti. Even with all the evil and in a place where parents choose to see a medical professional instead of letting their very sick child see one, God is working in people’s lives to mild them into His image. So awesome!”
When God is at work in our lives and in the lives of those we touch, that is confirmation of us “following” Him where He leads. That is the place as Christians that we all want to be, walking in steps just behind our Savior as he quietly leads us where He wants us to go.
Haiti in November was that way. The team was in unity, led by Jesus, quietly and steadily doing His will and in this; many came to know Him as their Savior. That is what and where He would like to see us daily, in Haiti, in the States, in our work, in our schools, in our families, quietly and steadily following Him as He leads us. In the following He will show us where to step, He will give us words to say and He will get all the praise and all the glory!!!

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Time to go again

Posted on July 16, 2012 by cindy

Hello everyone, just a quick note to say if you want to join us on a trip to Haiti now is the time to sign up for November 1-8. I will need your deposit and application by August 1. The time is now….sign up and let’s go!

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A New Alma Mater what do you mean?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by cindy

I got accepted in May to go to Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama to pursue my master’s degree in Family Practice as a ARNP (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner). Most of this is on-line so I am not moving to Alabama but will be there about every quarter for 18-24 months. The reason for this pursuit is to be able to legally prescribe medications here in the US and to be able to move forward in the area of a free or low cost clinic here as we do in Haiti. So please pray with me as I got back to school as well as work and take teams to Haiti and to follow God’s leading, wherever He takes me and wherever He takes Oaks!