I am taking a time out from my blog.....don't know for how long.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Did good on my test! Yay!
O.K. I got 97.4 % or 74 out of 76
(2 mistakes, it had to be the stress....right? yeh, right!
Another one next week!
A test every two weeks on 100 new 'elements' like
gastr- meaning stomach, and, ost- means bone.....you get the idea.
Then there are the combining elements like ECG is Electo/cardio/gram.
electric/heart/record.
Plus I must learn to spell these many strange words correctly.
My other class on Computer Upgrading is easier, no tests , just assignments.
Praise the Lord!
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
It has been an interesting though tiring few days.
Last weekend I worked a lot of shifts, filling in for some as well as doing my own.
By Monday morning I was toast!
I was moaning to God how 'I can't do this any more'.....
My clients are lovely. One suffers from Alzheimer's Disease, and the other has Dementia. I was with them many many hours. It really is living in a different world. Not only meeting their needs physically and naturally, but existing in their 'world' or 'environment.'
Their main activity during most of my shifts is watching television after their day, and before bed time. The problem is they are both hearing impared , and at this stage of their diseases, they cannot comprehend a lot of what t.v. land has to offer.
Therefore, the t.v. volume is up to the max. and they keep changing the channel every few minutes looking for the news.
I do try to help them find the nine and ten o'clock news before bed time, and anything that will keep their interest like funniest home video's. I just discovered they like baseball as well.
While all this is happening I sit nearby at the dining room table close at hand . Sometimes I read.
This weekend I was attempting to study. I was reminded of the scene in the old Robin Hood movie , when he was trying to find the target with his arrow, and Maid Marion whispers in his ear, 'can you do it amidst distraction?
'Ack!! No whispering happening here ! Distraction ?....definitely !
All this to say, I was 'done' by the end of my shifts. I had been mentioning to the Lord that I would like a 'real job', so I could sleep regularly, and have a constant income.
On Monday morning, My Lady is telling a story at the breakfast table.
( I actually think she had dreamed this)
"I went for a walk, and met this neighbor who we used to live beside in Oakville. He was very rich, then, (here they try to remember how he got rich in the first place, but they could not remember, though they did know his name.)
He was buying a paper, and didn't have enough money on him, so he asked me if I could help him with a little change to buy a paper. So I gave it to him.
IT FELT SO WONDERFUL! I JUST HELPED THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD!"
My Lady's face was bright with a huge smile as she recalled this feeling, and I was pierced through by the Word of the Lord.
Yes, He IS the richest man in the world, and chose to remind me that he needed me here for a season, though it is just small change to me, He is in need... and I would rather be at His feet somewhere else. Hmmmm.....
Anyway, a good lesson for me, and I felt much better once I got some sleep.
I now have my official student card I.D. and have begun my Computer Upgrading classes, which I am enjoying a lot. Tonight I had my first test on Medical Abbreviations. Yes, I did memorize them and will know my mark next week.
Thursday, Sam and I are heading to Trenton to see our friend Lillian. I have been reading her 'The Old Curiosity Shop' by Charles Dickens. Lillian has macular degeneration and is legally blind, so she enjoys these times when our imagination can see into another time . I don't think Dickens knew or cared much for a lot of punctuation, I seem to be finding, at least in this book.
Small Change eh ? Hmmmmmm........
Last weekend I worked a lot of shifts, filling in for some as well as doing my own.
I was moaning to God how 'I can't do this any more'.....
My clients are lovely. One suffers from Alzheimer's Disease, and the other has Dementia. I was with them many many hours. It really is living in a different world. Not only meeting their needs physically and naturally, but existing in their 'world' or 'environment.'
Their main activity during most of my shifts is watching television after their day, and before bed time. The problem is they are both hearing impared , and at this stage of their diseases, they cannot comprehend a lot of what t.v. land has to offer.
Therefore, the t.v. volume is up to the max. and they keep changing the channel every few minutes looking for the news.
I do try to help them find the nine and ten o'clock news before bed time, and anything that will keep their interest like funniest home video's. I just discovered they like baseball as well.
While all this is happening I sit nearby at the dining room table close at hand . Sometimes I read.
This weekend I was attempting to study. I was reminded of the scene in the old Robin Hood movie , when he was trying to find the target with his arrow, and Maid Marion whispers in his ear, 'can you do it amidst distraction?
'Ack!! No whispering happening here ! Distraction ?....definitely !
All this to say, I was 'done' by the end of my shifts. I had been mentioning to the Lord that I would like a 'real job', so I could sleep regularly, and have a constant income.
On Monday morning, My Lady is telling a story at the breakfast table.
( I actually think she had dreamed this)
"I went for a walk, and met this neighbor who we used to live beside in Oakville. He was very rich, then, (here they try to remember how he got rich in the first place, but they could not remember, though they did know his name.)
He was buying a paper, and didn't have enough money on him, so he asked me if I could help him with a little change to buy a paper. So I gave it to him.
IT FELT SO WONDERFUL! I JUST HELPED THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD!"
My Lady's face was bright with a huge smile as she recalled this feeling, and I was pierced through by the Word of the Lord.
Yes, He IS the richest man in the world, and chose to remind me that he needed me here for a season, though it is just small change to me, He is in need... and I would rather be at His feet somewhere else. Hmmmm.....
Anyway, a good lesson for me, and I felt much better once I got some sleep.
I now have my official student card I.D. and have begun my Computer Upgrading classes, which I am enjoying a lot. Tonight I had my first test on Medical Abbreviations. Yes, I did memorize them and will know my mark next week.
Thursday, Sam and I are heading to Trenton to see our friend Lillian. I have been reading her 'The Old Curiosity Shop' by Charles Dickens. Lillian has macular degeneration and is legally blind, so she enjoys these times when our imagination can see into another time . I don't think Dickens knew or cared much for a lot of punctuation, I seem to be finding, at least in this book.
Small Change eh ? Hmmmmmm........
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Wake Me Up
A whisper that must become a shout from my heart. Wake me up Lord!
While listening to a set from the house of prayer today, I was gripped by the cry of the Spirit.
Wake me up ! Wake me up! I don't want a' name' that I'm alive, when I'm dead on the inside. Wake me up!
I have accused You of being silent, I have accused You of being distant, when my heart is dull. Wake me up!
Times of testing, reveal the heart. Most times, it is not a pretty sight when we are faced with Truth Himself. Thank God for His Lovingkindness.
The thing that seems to keep getting tested in me, is ,WHO IS GOD ? REALLY ?
I want to walk in the True Knowledge of God. So many times, I seem to shrink wrap Him down to a package I can handle with familiarity.
In the pursuit of intimacy with Him, I can easily fall into the trap of loosing the wonder of the fact that the CREATOR of all things WANTS to reveal Himself, and have a Real Live, relationship with me. So he tolerates my dullness for a merciful moment, all the while wooing me toward REALITY Himself.
Lord Jesus, forgive me, for I have made You too small in my own eyes. I do not want a god made after my own imagination . I want to know You , The Living God.
In as much as there is none like You O Lord, You are Great and Your Name is Great in Might
Who would not fear You , O King of the nations? For this is Your rightful due. Jer. 10:6
Wash me with the water of Your Word Jesus. The entrance of Your Word brings Light , Wonderful Light.
Let Your Kingdom break in once again , into the deep places in me that are still dull and lifeless. Wake me up!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
First Evening
Tonight was my first class on Medical Terminology. There were 27 other women in the room. We are taking a Hospital Secretary Course, and the first test is next week.
We must memorize 4 pages of abreviations.
As we were going through each one, I could feel something around me.
It didn't take me long to realize it was the collective tension of mostly mature women faced with the first test.
Mostly silent screams.....including my own.
Some things never change, so I had better get busy studying......and praying .
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Saturday, September 09, 2006
LIFE
I am captivated by the web sight of Heidi and Rolland Baker.
Children praying for Heidi before the message.
This child was healed . She was a deaf mute.
My heart is moved and deeply stirred when I read the accounts of God on the move. I miss You Lord! What will it take to see Jesus come freely among us I wonder ?
This is a bit from the latest newsletter that touched me deeply.
“Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory” (1 Pet. 1:9).
Faith and joy are rare commodities among us, but valuable and precious beyond words. How extraordinary that we chase after other things in our meetings, at the expense of these. Our salvation is complete in Him, and we honor our God by not detracting from the all-sufficiency of the Gospel.
We trust Jesus to save us from ourselves. We trust Him to take initiative in and through us. All bright ideas come from Him, and He has no lack of them! We are set completely free from all pressure. There is no compulsion in His Kingdom.
In Jesus we are the crowning achievement of all His creative power. We find our greatest liberty at the point of His most complete control, where we are set free by His Spirit to do what is most spectacularly, ravishingly perfect.
We and our lives are the field of the activity of His mind, which we must never underestimate. We are the outcome and substance of His joy.
By His Spirit we partake of His pleasure, tasting the perfection of relationship that could rise only from His infinite imagination.
He delights in His own handiwork, which is our delight in Him.
How perfect is our God!
So in Africa we miraculously maintain a positive outlook in the face of the worst Satan can do. We lower ourselves in broken humility, only to rise in the joy of the Lord, more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
By taking pleasure in our God, we rout the
enemy.
In Bulgaria
Gypsies at the altar with Heidi in a freezing cold hall
Affectionate abandoned gypsy worship
You are welcome here Lord. Please come near us once again.
This child was healed . She was a deaf mute.
My heart is moved and deeply stirred when I read the accounts of God on the move. I miss You Lord! What will it take to see Jesus come freely among us I wonder ?
This is a bit from the latest newsletter that touched me deeply.
“Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory” (1 Pet. 1:9).
Faith and joy are rare commodities among us, but valuable and precious beyond words. How extraordinary that we chase after other things in our meetings, at the expense of these. Our salvation is complete in Him, and we honor our God by not detracting from the all-sufficiency of the Gospel.
We trust Jesus to save us from ourselves. We trust Him to take initiative in and through us. All bright ideas come from Him, and He has no lack of them! We are set completely free from all pressure. There is no compulsion in His Kingdom.
In Jesus we are the crowning achievement of all His creative power. We find our greatest liberty at the point of His most complete control, where we are set free by His Spirit to do what is most spectacularly, ravishingly perfect.
We and our lives are the field of the activity of His mind, which we must never underestimate. We are the outcome and substance of His joy.
By His Spirit we partake of His pleasure, tasting the perfection of relationship that could rise only from His infinite imagination.
He delights in His own handiwork, which is our delight in Him.
How perfect is our God!
So in Africa we miraculously maintain a positive outlook in the face of the worst Satan can do. We lower ourselves in broken humility, only to rise in the joy of the Lord, more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
enemy.
You are welcome here Lord. Please come near us once again.
Monday, September 04, 2006
School Days
September.....2006.
Time for School. Anneka, Jared, Ryan, Joey, Grandma.
Yep!
Grandma's going back to school too. Not tomorrow, but next week.
I have decided that I need to take some positive steps towards an eventual improvement in my work situation / wages.
I have been trying to learn to type at home with Mavis Beacon, as well as an on line typing tudor. All this in preparation for classes at Fleming College . Computer Upgrading, and a Hospital Ward Secretary Course, all beginning next week.
I am praying for a clear mind, peace and supernatural enabling , for this old brain to get into a new gear.
We will see what God will do. I am looking forward to this new challenge, except for the pressure I have already put on myself to do well.
I need to give myself a break !
The courses are part time studies, so I will be able to continue to work.
Ack ! Help me Jesus! I'd rather be at IHOP.
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