There's Mitzi Sherron, an L and D nurse from our department who I've known from church since before she was a nurse-- much less an L and D nurse working with me! She's got such a heart for people and is a very hard worker. Please pray for her and her husband Jake, one of our Church Deacons, who have never been apart from each other for a week since they met as freshmen in college!
Tia Robertson is a fourth year resident in our OB/GYN program who is in progress of accepting a job in Lincolnton, NC, for after graduation. She, too, has been going to Integrity Church with us since I strong-armed her in to it as an intern four years ago (she tells the story differently, of course…), and is a joy to be around. She is the fifth of six children in her family from Georgia and also a very hard worker. I know she is going to fall in love with our patients on site (She has been known to form strong bonds with patients that some of her colleagues would rather not have dealt with at all right here at home even), and it will be a fun process to watch. She'll also be a nice help in the OR, of course!
Elliott Overman is a fourth year medical student with us at ECU, who has chosen to go in to OB/GYN! We are so excited that he brought his wife Beth, who nannies for another physician family in town while she watches their own two-year old Eli who they also brought along! They have a huge heart for missions and really have a vision for their family and an ongoing involvement with missions as a family. I know from experience the kind of dedication it takes to travel with a two-year old, so I applaud their enthusiasm and cannot wait to see Beth and Eli interact with all of the waiting kids and women at the hospital. Elliott should have a pretty good experience in the OR, also, assuming that God sends us some surgical patients this week!
Sarah Kim is meeting us down in Guatemala today (although we met up with her in Raleigh this morning to organize some luggage before flying briefly)-- she is a fourth year student at Carolina that we met through Kim Newton (think back to February a year ago, the other fourth year student from Carolina and Ed Newton's daughter…) She has chosen to pursue General Surgery as a career and also has a heart and plan for lifelong involvement in missions, so it will be a joy to see this play out in her week. Don't think for a minute that it's not always in the back of my mind that people like Elliott and Sarah may come and replace us someday (sooner than we want to think about!) when we are old and decrepit-- or even when we just get lazy…
We'll try to get some better group shots to post soon (we left home this morning before 2 a.m., so it's a looooooooooonnnng travel day and we're not all looking or feeling our photogenic best, but here's a sneak peek for now…
You'll have to trust us that Mitzi's is, too… She's catching a quick nap behind the scarf that she's supposed to be knitting!
My attempts at the Elliott family are fairly incompatible with my slow Droid camera; sorry! Two-year old: 3, Camera: 0, yet again! What a beautiful family, though.
Somehow at four a.m. it slipped my mind to go ahead and get a picture of Sarah, so I'll work on that later! We'll try to do better tomorrow, dear readers. For now, take care and thanks for the prayers!
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