August 26th, 2017 by jenniferolmstead

I have tried to capture my daily events in this blog so far. This [posting is more about the emotions. I started off excited to be here and to have this opportunity. Then I became frustrated feeling useless. Then excited again after my first meeting the head of the nurse’s education program, actually I’ve since learned she is head of one section and another nurse is head of the other. My first day on the floor I felt as if I was going to spend a whole month just sitting, then as the nurses became more comfortable with me I began to do more.
That sums up much of what I have said so far in my postings. The ways in which I have seen God move and work however are very different. I tend to get caught up in trying to be useful that I forget to stop and look for the hand of God. He opened the doors for me to come and He is responsible for my usefulness, not me. Watching to see how many people waiting to be seen, almost all Hindu or Muslim, that will sit down and listen to the morning devotional. Or seeing who sings along with the worship. God is using the people here to do something amazing among a largely forgotten people. The staff come from all over India. Some are new nurses looking for experience and some come as they feel they are called to do so by God. Those that come simply to work and gain experience are exposed to the gospel in many ways. India has a very large population, only 2% is Christian. That means that without places such as this many will never here about Jesus. They will never know forgiveness or peace.
Being a place where I can talk freely about God and Jesus without repercussion in this country is so amazing. We talk about what we miss at home and how much we are going to enjoy our first shower, yet in doing so we are missing what is here. Missing what God is doing and most importantly missing an opportunity to grow closer to God.
With this in mind I have made a decision to make an intentional effort that every time I feel hot, sticky or uncomfortable, which I must say is often, I will take each of those moments as reminders to look for God in the moment and see how many wonderful things he has to show me.