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  • Healing Hands Ministry

    Hey!  I haven't been around for a while--but I just FINISHED my last final!!  The semester is finally over--and now I can take down my fall decorations !

    I will update on a few things later--but I just received this YouTube link that I wanted to share.

    I recently became involved with a medical ministry at church--"Healing Hands" where a doctor, Dr. Cheri Leblanc, from the church and her husband had a vision to reach poor communities.  At present, three area communities are being reached by offering free medical and dental care.  We even have a spanish campus in Gonzales.

     

    These patients have no medical care, no insurance, no medicaid--nothing. Also--they initiated a dental unit (which you will see on the video) with the help of Joyce Meyer.  What's amazing is that medicare will pay for dentures--but they won't pay for pulling teeth which could cost $100s of dollars.  I thought that was pretty amazing.

    Here are the links to Dr. Cheri's blog and the YouTube video.  Pretty awesome!

    http://drcheri.blogspot.com/   READ the last excert from November 12 about the lady from China.  Amazing!

Friday, 02 November 2007

  • Just a thought

    It's been a long day.  I worked from 11 am to 11 pm, the worst shift ever!  I had to run by the grocery store on the way home for a few things and was just thinking about my day.

    It started off with a gracious women who had an acute stroke and was having focal seizures in her arm (something I have  never seen before), a manic bipolar who was suicidal, obnoxious and demanding, and an elderly gentleman who was vomiting blood.  My day progressed with added stress--a 30 year old who was paranoid, scared of the phone lines in his house (he ripped them all out) and who had been sleeping with his parents for 2 weeks, a 25 year old who overdosed, and a 23 year old with severe suicidal thoughts.  We had to "take down" the paranoid schizophrenic (not fun), deal with the 25 year old who was fighting and screaming with family, and give out a lot of sandwiches to make everyone happy.

    After admitting the previous patients, I had a another 23 year old with an overdose who came in completely unresponsive, a 92 year old whose family dropped him off (and left) who was confused and demented, and I had a young girl who was a quadriplegic on a ventilator since birth due to a rare disorder.  This young lady had a wonderful family taking care of her--and she was greatful for everything done for her--as she communicated with the blinking of her eyes. 

    What an exhausting day.  With all that said--how rough do I really have it?  Yes, I have a long list of things that need to be done tomorrow, and Brett's truck is in the shop, my car has a flat, we have a rat in the attic, I don't have enough time to work out, and the house needs to be cleaned. But....at least when I want to talk, climb in my attic, mop my floor, walk, move--I have the ability.  I don't have to blink my eyes to say yes and no-- and hope that someone is there to scratch if I itch or to feed me when I'm hungry.  My mind is all there (yes, it is), we are not in need, and my family is healthy.

    There's definitely truth in the scripture -- 1 Thessalonias 5:18 a "in everything give thanks"

    It's a choice--I hope you choose to be thankful today!

    (I included a photo of a bee) BEE Happy! (Ok, It's 1:00 a.m.--I'm going to bed!)

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