The Seattle Missions trip was a success! I absolutely LOVED all of the individuals at the retirement home. I would have to say that they loved all of us college kids as well. This home was the most beautiful retirement home I had ever been in! It was gorgeous! I have worked in quite a few of them and this one was by far the most interesting! When we first got there, there were several of the residents sitting in the lobby, anxiously waiting for one of us to go talk to them. I went to talk to the first lady that I layed eyes on. I am convinced that this woman is an angel...here is why...
Not even 5 minutes into our conversation, I learned that this woman was a retired nurse. We will call her Ms. M. Ms. M told me that she had been a nurse for 50 years and married for about 45 years. I was immediately drawn to her and knew that I was going to have to ask her soo many questions! After all, she had done what I am working so hard to accomplish: become a nurse! I asked her a lot of questions, but I did not do all the talking, don't worry. She in turn, gave me so much advice and words of encouragement. She said all of the right things; everything that I had been going through right now, she spoke into my life about, without even knowing my situation and place in life. She opened my eyes to the career or nursing. Why? Because as she talked about it, she did not simply talk about schooling and how stressful it was and how she dreaded it. She talked about all of the good that had happened during her career and how it was so rewarding for her as an individual. This lady was absolutely amazing! My husband, Eric was there as well and she even had advice to give him as a future youth pastor. We enjoyed her soo much and were so blessed by her words. We even got a chance to pray with her after finding out that she was a Christian as well....
Seriously...an angel, right? I am convinced that she was not a resident, but a gift straight from God just for me on that day. And after two hours of conversation with Ms. M, she gave us some breath mints that a group of students had given to her the week prior. We took those breath mints and were so thankful for her gift. I thought it was because she just didn't like them. Haha but it was because she wanted to give us something that had value to her.
It was a wonderful time. Then afterwards, we went to go watch BSU kick some butt in football. =) A good day!
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Rheayn! What a special treat this must have been for you. How refreshing! God knows when we feel discouraged and has a funny way of bringing individuals or circumstances into our life at just the right time to breathe life into us and to encourage us. The person may not know it, but the things that they say really are from the Lord and speak life into us. I am happy for you that the Lord used this woman in your life this day. She probably didn't even realize how much her words meant to you. Cherish what she said to both you and Eric. Love you!
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