Here’s the scoop! Coming down to the final lap of the home stretch of all these studies – have already scheduled my comprehensive exam for April 24th and that is only 22 days away!! Ten more days with these last two courses and then STUDY, STUDY, STUDY for the comprehensives on April 24th and I AM DONE!!
A treat that will be happening during this time as well is that Mike Webb is coming for a visit with his wife and his two youngest kids arriving this coming Tuesday until April 16th.
A special prayer request is for health (fighting a cold, or possible sinus infection, right now!), strength, perseverance discipline and brain cells. I praise Him that He has given me great health and strength up to this point.
Looking forward to seeing many of you when I am stateside from May 14th to July 23rd.
Happy Spring Season of Christ’s Resurrection! We have power to overcome because of His Resurrection Power!
Friday, April 03, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
To my Cheerleaders - THANKS!!
Two more courses were finished two weeks ago and now we are coming to the culmination, the final stretch of my doctoral studies – the final two courses were started this week. I have already gotten up twice this week at 3AM to attend my “virtual” classrooms online. I will surely NOT miss getting up in the middle of the night when finished! The task of doing these two challenging courses looks impossible and overwhelming at times but I know the Lord has called me to this and has given me the power and strength up to this point and He will do the same in this final stretch. I just have to stay at it and take it one baby step at a time. This session will be finished on April 12th and then I have to take a comprehensive exam before leaving to go home on May 14th for graduation on May 22nd in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and Audiology which is now called Salus University. So, appreciate your prayers that I accomplish everything well before leaving in May.
I plan to be in the States for two months until July 23rd. I hope to be able to procure some more hearing aid donations while home. I have not been able to dispense as many hearing aids as before but I believe the establishment of the non-profit is the correct way of doing things so I pray some blessings will ensue once that is established. Thankfully I can say the paperwork is finally going forward. I am working with a lawyer and I would say that we are about half-way to establishing it. Isn’t that a praise!?!? Then I will be official.
At the Petros Clinic, I saw a poor fellow yesterday who has a hearing loss similar to mine all of his adult life and has never worn hearing aids. I can certainly relate to his situation. It is only by God’s sweet grace that I have good hearing from great hearing aids. We’ll give him, and his family, a new lease on life next week with one hearing aid in the hopes that I can give him another soon. And, at the pediatric hospital, I am thrilled to announce that the equipment there is now calibrated!! You don’t know what that does to an audiologist’s heart!!
Thankful to you all. You have been my cheerleaders in accomplishing all these things.
I plan to be in the States for two months until July 23rd. I hope to be able to procure some more hearing aid donations while home. I have not been able to dispense as many hearing aids as before but I believe the establishment of the non-profit is the correct way of doing things so I pray some blessings will ensue once that is established. Thankfully I can say the paperwork is finally going forward. I am working with a lawyer and I would say that we are about half-way to establishing it. Isn’t that a praise!?!? Then I will be official.
At the Petros Clinic, I saw a poor fellow yesterday who has a hearing loss similar to mine all of his adult life and has never worn hearing aids. I can certainly relate to his situation. It is only by God’s sweet grace that I have good hearing from great hearing aids. We’ll give him, and his family, a new lease on life next week with one hearing aid in the hopes that I can give him another soon. And, at the pediatric hospital, I am thrilled to announce that the equipment there is now calibrated!! You don’t know what that does to an audiologist’s heart!!
Thankful to you all. You have been my cheerleaders in accomplishing all these things.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Progress & Christmas JOY!!
Here is my end-of-the-year Christmas update. Finished my last course for 2008 the week before Thanksgiving and then on Wednesday, Nov. 26th, I traveled to Bucharest to be with the Dr. Carmen Mocanu, the doctor at the pediatric hospital, who was there for the only audiology course at the only Ear Institute in Romania. The course is offered by Dr. Pascu, the head-honcho of all ENT’s here in Romania. I had heard so much about him and it was great to finally meet him. A wonderful benefit to Carmen’s visit was that Dr. Pascu designated our pediatric audiology center at the pediatric hospital instead of the main hospital of Cluj as the site for neonatal hearing testing after failed hearing screenings in the nursery. This was nothing short of a miracle. Progress continues!!
Progress continues as well with the non-profit slowly but surely. I finally had to admit that I could not do this by myself, so I am incorporating help wherever possible and hope to make big strides of progress in January 2009. I am hoping as well to translate and incorporate the concept of the JOY of hearing into the Romanian name of the non-profit.
This concept of the JOY of hearing was evident this month in a particular hearing aid patient I want to tell you about. I it gave me JOY to be able to use my skills to help her to hear again and to re-confirm once again why the Lord sent me here. She has what is known as otosclerosis which is usually an operable hearing condition. Her mother had the same condition and the whole family believed there was nothing to be done. Somehow (only the Lord knows), she found her way to me. Previously, no one had diagnosed her correctly and none of her hearing tests accurately revealed her condition. Her hearing loss was profound – at the bottom of the audiogram. A dear family friend in the US, Mary Healy, had the same condition and passed away in 2006 and Jim, her husband, gave me her special headband and hearing aid. I was able to jerry-rig a bit of equipment that I had with Mary’s special headband to help Mrs. Puscariu to hear once again.
Progress continues as well with the non-profit slowly but surely. I finally had to admit that I could not do this by myself, so I am incorporating help wherever possible and hope to make big strides of progress in January 2009. I am hoping as well to translate and incorporate the concept of the JOY of hearing into the Romanian name of the non-profit.
This concept of the JOY of hearing was evident this month in a particular hearing aid patient I want to tell you about. I it gave me JOY to be able to use my skills to help her to hear again and to re-confirm once again why the Lord sent me here. She has what is known as otosclerosis which is usually an operable hearing condition. Her mother had the same condition and the whole family believed there was nothing to be done. Somehow (only the Lord knows), she found her way to me. Previously, no one had diagnosed her correctly and none of her hearing tests accurately revealed her condition. Her hearing loss was profound – at the bottom of the audiogram. A dear family friend in the US, Mary Healy, had the same condition and passed away in 2006 and Jim, her husband, gave me her special headband and hearing aid. I was able to jerry-rig a bit of equipment that I had with Mary’s special headband to help Mrs. Puscariu to hear once again.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Dad's progress - Getting the doctorate done!
There has been a change of plans since I last wrote. My father is doing well, stabilized, does not need chemotherapy right now and is on a wait-and-see mode with his doctors for a recheck in 3-6 months. Since he is doing well, I have decided to stay on this side of the pond for Christmas and concentrate on my courses which start up again on January 6th. PLUS, since I have really only four (yes, 4!) more required courses to take for my doctorate, I have decided to double up on them in the next two sessions from January to April, take my comps and graduate in May 2009 instead of 2010. Previously I had thought of adding more courses.
I did not make this decision lightly. The Lord has impressed upon me a sense of urgency in getting this off my plate so that I can concentrate on other things. Two and half years of study will be long enough, I think. The Lord never gives us something to do unless He provides the power and there is power in prayer. Appreciate your prayer partnership with me in this for endurance and continued health to accomplish this.
Still moving forward slowly but surely with the non-profit paperwork. Hope to be able to concentrate on it fully when my current course is over in 2 weeks. Am seeing some patients at Petros tomorrow and the doctor I have been working with at the pediatric hospital has been making wonderful progress. I am very proud of her.
This month is my birthday month (the 25th) and I will be 55. Yup, it is true! Thanksgiving is a few days after that. This Thanksgiving 2008 may we remember to acknowledge all of the God-given things around us and be thankful for them all. He is still actively working in our midst.
I did not make this decision lightly. The Lord has impressed upon me a sense of urgency in getting this off my plate so that I can concentrate on other things. Two and half years of study will be long enough, I think. The Lord never gives us something to do unless He provides the power and there is power in prayer. Appreciate your prayer partnership with me in this for endurance and continued health to accomplish this.
Still moving forward slowly but surely with the non-profit paperwork. Hope to be able to concentrate on it fully when my current course is over in 2 weeks. Am seeing some patients at Petros tomorrow and the doctor I have been working with at the pediatric hospital has been making wonderful progress. I am very proud of her.
This month is my birthday month (the 25th) and I will be 55. Yup, it is true! Thanksgiving is a few days after that. This Thanksgiving 2008 may we remember to acknowledge all of the God-given things around us and be thankful for them all. He is still actively working in our midst.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Summer done - more courses and non-profit paperwork!
Praise the Lord, another course finished!! I have a two week break before starting up my final one for the year. Then only 5 more courses to go in 2009 and then I graduate in 2010!
Fall is already here – weather is already in the 60’s and 40’s at night. I was able to have a lovely, two week, summer vacation in England in August. The first week, my sister, Cynthia, and my mother met me for some touring in Southern England in a rented car (Yup, I did it and we all survived!!) to Worthing, Winchester, Stonehenge, Bath and Oxford. The second week I attended a single ladies’ missionary retreat. Heavenly!! It felt like two vacations in one and I felt like a queen.
Now my next priority will be concentrating on setting up this non-profit. One source says it takes 6 months and only 16 million pieces of paper and another source said for them it took only 2 weeks and only 16 million pieces of paper! I have learned that I have to dedicate myself 100% in doing things like this or it will never get done. Please pray that we get it done closer to the 2 week estimate! I will keep you informed. At least the other paperwork is done – I have my audiometer (Thanks again Missoula Rotary) and my visa in hand! Setting up this non-profit and studying will be my main concentrations for now.
I have a surprise visit coming from my church in Wayne, PA. Stephanie Korb will be visiting me for 5 days in October. What a treat! Then plans are for a trip home over Christmas for 6 weeks or so. I will be able to visit my dad and see how he is doing in Spokane, WA. Hope to see some of you when I am home over that time (which will be here before we know it!).
Fall is already here – weather is already in the 60’s and 40’s at night. I was able to have a lovely, two week, summer vacation in England in August. The first week, my sister, Cynthia, and my mother met me for some touring in Southern England in a rented car (Yup, I did it and we all survived!!) to Worthing, Winchester, Stonehenge, Bath and Oxford. The second week I attended a single ladies’ missionary retreat. Heavenly!! It felt like two vacations in one and I felt like a queen.
Now my next priority will be concentrating on setting up this non-profit. One source says it takes 6 months and only 16 million pieces of paper and another source said for them it took only 2 weeks and only 16 million pieces of paper! I have learned that I have to dedicate myself 100% in doing things like this or it will never get done. Please pray that we get it done closer to the 2 week estimate! I will keep you informed. At least the other paperwork is done – I have my audiometer (Thanks again Missoula Rotary) and my visa in hand! Setting up this non-profit and studying will be my main concentrations for now.
I have a surprise visit coming from my church in Wayne, PA. Stephanie Korb will be visiting me for 5 days in October. What a treat! Then plans are for a trip home over Christmas for 6 weeks or so. I will be able to visit my dad and see how he is doing in Spokane, WA. Hope to see some of you when I am home over that time (which will be here before we know it!).
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