Prayer

Upon moving to Florida I took a second job at a minature golf place. I was unsure why God placed me at that job. I met a friend immediately and thought maybe that she was the reason. As the days went on I began getting closer and closer with this new friend, and all I cared about was trying to show her who God is. She has no clue and told me she did not want to discuss it. So every day I would pray and pray just waiting to see what the next step was. I wanted so badly to get her into a church. So I just was myself around her and showed her what a Christian was. Well eventually we became very close and she started opening up to me about her life and some things that she is going through. She has a very hard life, and I wish I could just move her in with me away from some bad things that are happening in her home. So anyway I just kept praying and finally two days ago after four months of prayer, she came to me and asked for my help in finding a church. She did not even no what denomentaion, or any other "church" terms meant. Which was strange to me but I said to her ok, well I will take care of it. Well I got scared and started to think, "well maybe she just said she wanted to go but I don't want to push her into anything." As soon as those words came out of my mouth she called, literally the next second and asked if I had found a church for us to go to on Wednesday nights together. And everyday this week she has been calling me, asking if I found the church for us yet. I can't believe what God is doing in her. I just would like every one to pray for me that I will be open to God working through me. I also would like your prayers in helping me find a church. I am scared that if take her to her first church service ever and she does not like it she may regret it and stop going only after one try. I know I just need to have faith, but your prayers would be of help also.

My Calling

I have always wanted to work in the medical feild, probably because my mom is an RN also. I grew up wanting to be a plastic surgeon. I got into my first year of school and was directed on another path. I felt a strong pulling to be a nurse, I never wanted to be a nurse I wanted to be the Doctor. But after a semester of feeling I was going in the wrong direction I signed up for nursing instead. Throughout my schooling I have always had a heart for missions and going to Africa to one day work in the medical tents. I really still have that dream but along the path of my schooling found another passion. I really became interested in the field of oncology and after taking care of a few of my family members with cancer, I decided this is what I was supposed to do. I have always felt comfortable around really sick people and have never worried what to say to someone who is dying or who is in pain, it kind of just comes. Well since moving to Florida I started my career in oncology. I knew God's hand was in it because new nurses usually do not get hired into oncology departments because of the training and experiance needed. I was lucky and interviewed with just the right person. I really found out how lucky I was while going through my hospital orientation with 50 other nurses, I was the only one being placed at MD Anderson Cancer Center. The hospital is located along with five other hospitals downtown Orlando. MDA is a leading hospital in research and treatment for cancer. I work on the 7th floor which is a chemotherapy and blood product floor. I have about 4-6 patients a day and go in at 6:30am -7:30pm. It is a long tiring day but I would do it everyday if I could. I care for patients with all types of cancers, all types of prognosis, and all types of treatments. I also take care of any age range because we are one of the best hospitals for cancer all ages are cared for. My youngest patients can be toddlers and my oldest can be 100 years old. I care for my patients in every way you can think. From giving them their medicinces, making sure they are eating enough, making sure they are not in too much pain, and emotionaly supporting them, and being a link between them and their doctor. If something is going wrong I am the first that is supposed to notice it and report it to the doctor. The hardest part of my job is giving people chemotherapy and blood transfusions because I have to make sure my calulations are correct so there is not a fatal mistake. All my daily duties are so exciting to me, I just love learning and being a part of someones life. Sometimes being a part of someones life means being there for them in the time of their death. I wish cancer was not even around but it will always be here and some people are going to die. I had to come to terms with that which was hard. I feel honored that I get to be with someone in their last hours of life. Some people hate that part of their job but I choose to accept it and be supportive to the person dying. I have held a couple of peoples hands as they take their last breath and I just think it is amazing that this person in their last moment of life wants "me" to hold their hand, wow what an honor. It will never be easy for me to sit with someone as they are dying but I do know that God has called me into the field of oncology, and I am so proud of what I do and honored to be working at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday bro. I can't believe you are 30, you are getting so old. I wish I was there to celebrate our birthdays together like we usually do. Happy 30th Birthday Chris !!!!

Again I would ask that you keep my mom in your prayers. She had a fall today and is really not doing well. The disease is really starting to take over her muscles. She is seeing another specialist tomorrow. I really just want to be with her but I can't come home right now because of my job. I am trying to trust everything will be ok, it is just so hard when I can't be there to hold her hand and pray with her. Thanks for your prayers.

My Love

I love you baby. Just wanted you to know you are my world. Thank you for being the man you are.

My Mom

My mom means the world to me. She and I are very close and I hate not being around her. About two years ago my mom started getting really sick and had some trouble walking. After tests and going to the Mayo Clinic they still could not provide her a definite answer what was happening. Just a year ago she was seen by a doctor that specializes in Muscular Dystrophy. My mom at that time was told she had MS and it was very devastating to our very active family. Then her symptoms kept progressing after more testing they changed her diagnosis to a rare muscle disorder called Dystonia. Dystonia is an awful disease and it has taken my moms life over, along with my dads. For the past 8 months my mom has basically been unable to function like she use to. Most of her days are spent in a chair or bed in unbelievable pain. It is hard to witness not being able to do anything about it. She is on multiple medications but it has not really helped. The doctors tell her they do not know what to do for her, she is one of the only five patients they have with this disorder, and they specialize in it. It seems like they have hit a dead end on what to do for her. This week has been really hard on her, she has been in awful pain all week. My mom is even more compromised because she has asthma which sometimes during her spells her asthma takes over and she can not breath. It is all very stressful to watch happen, especially for my dad. My dad prayed and prayed for my healing, and kept telling me God told him I would be healed, even when I doubted my healing my dad would just call me and repeat that God would heal me. The night before I was healed he called and said God is doing it soon. Well after I was healed I said now it is moms turn and it shocked me he had lost hope that God was going to heal her. He had all this hope for me but when it came to mom he said, he knew she would not be healed in the way I was. I just would really like if everyone who believes would pray for my mom and dad. It is really hard on them because I am not there to help physically take care of my mom. My dad has no help because my brothers are scared to help and nobody can really do the nursing care that I do for her. Please just pray that my dad would feel comforted and have hope for her. And pray that my mom be comforted and the pain would go away. She said she is not scared of dying and sometimes wants to just go, but I along with everyone else do not want that for her, I believe she can be healed. Please believe with me and pray with me. Thank you.

New address.

Just letting you all know we are moving this week. I am so excited, our new house is so cute. We even have a palm tree in the front yard, and a lake in our back yard. If anyone would like our new address please just email me and I can give it to you. I don't really want to put my address on here, don't want any strangers showing up at my door. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Chris and I miss all of you so much. Every weekend Chris grabs his stuff and says get in the car we are going home for the weekend and I have to stop him and remind him it is a 16 hour drive. Chris is counting down the days to moving to France and then back to Indiana. I love Florida, wherever Chris is will be my home but I still miss you all very much. Keep us in your prayers. My email address is JordanRN@gmail.com