Attitude of Christ

Laura had a wonderful wedding feast with over 500 guests on April 12th. It was a beautiful wedding with a two cow reception. We are still eating some of the barbeque here at the base. Everyone looked so beautiful and I forgot to take pictures. After the wedding, half of the clinic went back to the states. The dimension of the clinic team has drastically changed. This first week of change has gone very smooth. Dr. Angelica and Dan are here leading the team while Laura is on her honeymoon and in the states. Dr. Eder and his wife are moving into the clinic this evening. We have had meetings to talk about job descriptions. I am officially in charge of the pharmacy.
Pharmacy is not my favorite job but I am learning to have a servant’s attitude, the attitude of Christ. Even so, I am going to be able to help in other areas of the clinic too. I am excited about maybe helping with spiritual care by praying for the women that come to the clinic with Elisabeth and her helping translate. Because of my lack of Spanish knowledge, my ability to do other jobs is limited. I truly love having contact with people and praying for them. But being in the pharmacy puts a limit on the amount of contact I have with the patients that come in to the clinic.
When you choose to serve, you don’t get to always pick the area you want to serve in. Or necessarily even have fun doing it all the time. I thought I had somewhat of a servant’s heart and I know I still do but God is deepening my understanding of what it truly means to have a servant’s heart and attitude. Having a servant’s heart is having the attitude of Christ. His attitude was one of humility. He was God almighty in the flesh here on earth. He was mistreated, beaten, and crucified. This is the attitude we are suppose to imitate. I am sure that Jesus did not have fun or enjoy those moments. He did His father’s will regardless of what the outcome was. Jesus saw the big picture, the picture of the Kingdom of heaven coming to earth. Wow, I want to be more like Christ. I am so thankful that the Holy Spirit is at work in my heart and in all of ours. He continues to conform us into His image and even uses us during the process.

Here is a picture of me taking stiches out of the browline of the head mechanic on the base

This past Saturday, a pastor was having a conference for the crippled and blind in the town of Jameltapec. The clinic team was able to go and do consultations. So this past week I was busy getting the mobile pharmacy and supplies together and purchasing needed medications. On the outreach we saw over a 100 patients. The day went by so fast. Every patient got prayed for and free medical care. It was a day full of hard work but we felt like a lot got accomplished.