Last week I renewed my nursing license. We drove across the
city to the office of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council. On the way I reminisced
through my childhood dream, my dream of being a nurse one day. I wanted to
help people.
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| Oregon License |
June of 1981 my dream became a reality. I graduated from nursing school. November of the same year I received my official registration
(RN) from the Oregon State Board of Nursing. Hooray! I worked as a hospital
nurse for nine years in Oregon, learning much and helping many people. Through
nursing I connected people to Jesus. I loved my work.
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| Kenyan License |
Little did I know
that ten years later I would become a KRN; a registered nurse in Kenya. My
dream multiplied. I was Christine Stanfield, RN, KRN. My avenue for helping
people multiplied as well. Oh, how I loved teaching nursing students, in Tenwek
School of Nursing, how to help people. My students helped more people than I
ever could as just one nurse. They connected many people to Jesus. I loved my
work.
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| Ugandan License |
Imagine my surprise when 21 years later God invited Jeff and
me to join Him in what He is doing in Uganda. We moved to Kampala, the capital
city, in 2012. For the first year I observed and I listened. I learned much.
Then my dream multiplied again. I went through the process to be registered as
a nurse in Uganda. Now I am Christine Stanfield, RN, KRN, URN (Uganda
Registered Nurse). I don’t work in a hospital and I don’t teach in a nursing
school. I still help the people God brings my way.
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| At a Sports Tournament |
Sometimes they come to my door. Sometimes I go to where they
are playing sports. Once in a while I give advice on medication dosages or
clarify medical reports for people unpracticed in reading the medical language.
I teach community health lessons, helping people know how to help themselves
and others. I take blood pressures and pray with pregnant women as I hand out a
maternity delivery kit, called a Mama Kit. I have many opportunities to give
spiritual care, connecting people to Jesus. I help people. I love my work.
I had a dream and God multiplied it. I am a nurse. I help
people, connecting them to Jesus. I love my work.
What is your dream? Are you willing to let God multiply it?
Christine
Christine
1 comments:
I remember the time at Sabbath by the Sea when you shared some of your experiences in nursing with me. I experienced the same joy in the vocation God called me to as a professor. I used to share that I ran and skipped to work. :) I'm always blessed to follow how God is using you and Jeff wherever you are~ but especially now as you have returned to Uganda.
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