Words can not express the emotions that have gone on these last few weeks or month in our home! We literally have had an abundance of support and blessings, "the heavens have poured out her blessings" on us! Brothers and Sisters, Friends, Family, perfect Strangers...the Lord hears and answers our prayers! If you didn't know this, KNOW it, if you KNEW it, don't forget it, if you want to know, ASK Him, go to Him with a broken heart and a contrite spirit!!!
First of all....I have been waiting, some days not so patiently, waiting to post this:
JOSE GOT INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL, he has been invited to Indiana University's School of Medicine's class of 2016, that is right, he did it and as I stated above...the Lord answers prayers! I know Jose will do wonderfully in medical school, I know that he can compete with the best of them. I also know that the Lord's hand was in his getting accepted! Jose worked hard after very difficult back to back semesters, when we found out about Eva's diagnosis and when Eva was born. He spent the next almost two years trying to recover. On paper and by grades and scores, he did not seem so competitive(in the MD arena anyway)...shame on you schools who did not take your opportunity to interview him and really get to know who he was, shame on you not seeing this diamond in the rough!!
Hooray Indiana...for your insight in choosing first of all to interview Jose and then for inviting him into your class!
Jose got into Indiana (top ranking medical school by the way) after only 2 rounds of interviewee considerations (2 rounds from his interview date). His interview trip to Indiana was full of blessings from the moment he got his interview day (on his birthday), to finding a great person to stay with (transplant surgeon), to getting a great interviewer, a physician (who first hand had experienced having a very sick child)...coincidence or the Lord's hand at work? My husband is a hard worker, honest and true! But we ultimately thank our Father in Heaven for His constant watch over our family and Jose!
Heavenly Father, clearly, asks us to do the work, Jose did just that, he also encourages us to not only remember Him in thanksgiving but to ask for what we want (righteously of course)! What have you done for Him lately or for your neighbor? I ask myself this question all of the time. In our case I feel that Heavenly Father's blessings are this constant reminder for us NEVER to forget to serve His children. I may not have grandiose means to serve His children, but I am reminded that I can serve Him without grand gestures, just pure intentions!
I can't really begin to explain the wonderful wonderful inspired people that we find in our lives. Amazing, thoughtful, generous and kind people who have taught us the meaning of being a servant of Christ. Where I have seen the dark in people I have seen 10 more with love, generosity and kindness! That has been a blessing.
I hope I never forget this moment in our lives....
I have been waiting to blog about these feelings, waiting to get that oh so big news, but as I sit her typing I realize, there are no words powerful enough to express the way I feel! Its BIG and I'm with a full heart!
I hope friends and family that you can help hold me accountable for these words I share with you today, for these feelings that are so big and that you help me remember!!
Jose and I are fully aware that any journey we take in life big or small does not have to be alone, we have never been alone. Even in the furthest place from people we knew, from our family....we were never alone. Loneliness is a feeling we chose to have or not to have. I had to tell myself that many times, we really are never alone. Jose and I welcome this new journey and chapter in our lives, we maybe moving 2,000 miles away from our family but we know we are never alone.
The world is smaller than we know and time goes faster than we care to acknowledge. Let's make the most of this wonderful chance at life we have been given, that's how it should be from the get go, right?
Anyway, its been an overwhelming month, weeks and few days!
I can't wait to see whats around that corner!
1 comment:
Wow!! Congratulations!! I am so thrilled, and I have no doubt that Jose will make an amazing physician! He has the right measure of work ethic, compassion, humility, and thoughtfulness. . . all the ingredients needed for a great doctor.
And your faith is amazing. You have sacrificed so much as a mother and a wife, given up so many nights as a family so he could study and succeed.
As a couple, you guys are a true testament to team work.
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