Update....it is summer time!

Hello All!

Once again it has been a while, and I am going to give an update on the last couple of months.

Three weeks ago, my church had a youth conference. It was a neat experience. The youth from my church decided 15 years ago that they wanted to have an event every summer for the other Sala Evangelicas (my church) for the youth. So this was my first time experiencing it. The event included games and food of course. But the topic of the messages were healthy relationships and sexuality out of Romans 12, 1. I really thought it was a good theme, because as we all know, this tends to be a theme little talked about in church, and for youth, particularly highschool age, it is an important thing to talk about. Even moreso here in this culture, that tends to have sexuality bleeding out of every song, TV program, and on the streets. I hope they youth got as much out of it as I did.

A big event that happened at work was the same weekend as the conference. One of my coworkers took a lethal pill to end her life. She left behind a 4 month old daughter. It was a big deal for all of us. Of course they brought her to the hospital, so of course we treated her. But this pill is a chemical that bean farmers use to cure their beans. They put it in a bag of beans after they have been harvested to kill all of the bugs in them. So it is lethal, and the chances of living after ingesting one of these is very little. It was a pretty incredible experience. Just the way that the community of the hospital responded with trying to convince her to repent for her soul in her last moments of life. when i felt it would have been more appropriate to comfort her, and let her know she was cared for. To say the least, I will never forget the experience. Definitely a learning experience. For sure, the next time I see someone struggling financially and emotionally, I will try to do something to help before it arrives to suicide.

My living situation is the same. Still thankful for living in a nice apartment very close to my workplace, I am grateful for that. I have not gotten to do much traveling lately. But I did get to go the last 2 Wednesday to some nursing conferences in the capital Tegucigalpa with some of my colleagues. They were nice trips that gave me some professional input again, and I learned some good stuff. The first time I got to stay with some friends for a day and relax, and that was quite lovely. It also coincided with the time my cousins Mark and Melanie flew back into the country, so I got to welcome them back for a little bit. That was a nice surprise.

Other than that, I continue with supervision in the hospital. Feeling more comfortable with my coworkers, and that is a nice blessing. I am missing my family, and really missing out on the growth of my little neice, only seeing by pictures. She is a real cutie. I mean, I guess I would say that as a proud aunt, right??

Anyways, as always, thanks for reading, and for your support! Post your comments, I love to read them! Much love from Honduras,
Malerie