Encouragement

Last night was a busy one. Though there were only two births at the clinic, the place was hopping all night with women coming and going (one of the last names last night was Bergen, not a normal name for this part of the country, but a reminder of home). As a new student, I had the opportunity clean, do laundry, watch the older students in their work, and also help with some of the exams and check ups. It felt good to be doing something and to be useful, but by the end of the night I was exhausted despite the joy I had in what I was doing. When I got home and dropped into bed, I turned to the post-it my mom had left me, dated for the day I had worked. Looking back that the past 24 hours, I saw the truth of it, as it said: I give power to the exhausted and I strengthen the weak. ~Isaiah 40:29  It lifted my spirits to be reminded that God was the source of the strength it took to make it through the night.