Class of 2019
Nurse to Resuced Women and Children in Ecuador Track: Medical
Region: Latin America
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Passion Plus Compassion
The Many Versions of Love
Posted on February 15, 2021
Yesterday the United States celebrated Valentine’s Day and Ecuador celebrated día de amor y amistad (day of love and friendship), and it got me thinking about all the different forms of love there are in this world. There’s romantic love, familial love, platonic love…and then there’s all the things we call love but really aren’t, like lust. All the true types of love are beautiful and necessary for fullness of life, but none of them can compare to the perfect love that God has for us. This kind of love, called agape love, is (by one definition) the selfless, sacrificial, and unconditional... Read moreMinistry of Love
Posted on May 25, 2020
When I was deciding whether or not to accept this placement in Ecuador, there was one major fear holding me back. I couldn’t speak Spanish! And to me, in my earthly understanding, this felt like a hard stop. So much of nursing, not to mention so much of working with vulnerable populations, is about communication. I am so careful of the words I use and their connotations. I could not imagine working in a different language where I was unfamiliar with the implications of the words I was using. And yet, as God made it clear that he was still opening this door to me despite my utter lack of... Read moreThe Eternal Struggle
Posted on March 19, 2020
"I believe. Help me in my unbelief." Most of the time, I like to live in my make-believe world where I’m in control of my life and the situations I find myself in. But every once in a while, like this week, God pulls the wool from over my eyes and I am reminded of just how little I actually have control over. During those glimpses into reality, I can feel the anxiety building within me: the tightening in my chest, the whirring of my thoughts. And yet in those moments, God, who is so gracious, never fails to remind me that He is with me, that He is and has been in control this whole time... Read moreThe Highs and the Lows
Posted on March 2, 2020
A few weeks ago, a woman who has been in our program for four years accepted Christ. What rejoicing! What joy there was in our program and in heaven that one who was lost has been found! That she finally was able to refute the lies she’d been believing in favor of the glorious truth God offers us. This week, two women left our program suddenly and unexpectedly. What sorrow. What mourning that they heard and believed the lies of the enemy telling them that they are unworthy of love and healing. When “M” accepted Christ, I was struck by overwhelming awe and gratitude to be a part of... Read moreFor the Love of Comfort
Posted on November 9, 2019
For the last 20ish years of my life, I’ve been learning how to be a competent, productive member of society. And I feel like I’ve been pretty successful at that. So the question is, what do I do now that I’m in a place where 90% of my competency has been stripped away? I moved to Quito, Ecuador just over a month ago and this has been one of my most humbling, difficult experiences of my life. When I got here, my level of communication was roughly that of a semi-literate toddler (or at least it felt that way to me!). I couldn’t get around on my own, go to the grocery store, or hold a basic... Read more