Prayer Request

Hello all!! Just need you all to pray for my nephew Easton. Everyone from church may remember Easton, I brought him to church and had him prayed for because he was sick when he was born. He was premature by a month. He has had lung problems ever since. Easton is an amazing baby and my Godson so it is my responsibility to pray for him everyday and be there in his walk with God. Therefore since everyone who reads this is a part of helping me with my walk with God I ask that you would help me by praying that Easton's lungs would be healed and he would not have any more problems in relation to his lungs. He is only a year and has had pneumonia I believe 6 times or more. Please pray for him and his mom and dad. Pray that God would touch his lungs and help him breath easy from this day forward. Thank you. Love you all.

I have a new sister!!!

Chris and I went to Miami for the weekend to my brother's wedding. One of my older brothers Matt got married to a beautiful woman named Wendy. They were married on a Carnival cruise ship going to the Grand Cayman and Jamaica. Our family had the cruise ship all to ourselves for the first three hours, it was so fun. I am so happy for my brother and Wendy, I wish them luck in their marriage. Chris and I discovered while we were in Miami we never want to live there. It is way too big and busy. Congratulations Matt and Wendy, make Chris and I some beautiful nieces and nephews!!!

Thankfullness

I know I have posted about being healed before but in my eyes I could never blog enough or speak enough about what God has done. Today I was driving to pick Chris up from work and it hit me. Sometimes I will be doing some simple activity or what some people consider a simple activity. What I am trying to say is, to some people it is not a big deal to be able to drive, but to me it is. To most it is no big thing to walk a mile with a person they love on a beautiful night, to me it is. To most it is not a big deal to swim in a pool without being afraid of getting to tired to me it is. To most people walking down three flights of stairs instead of taking the elevator is not a big deal but to me it is. To most people it is not a big deal to walk their dog, to me it is. To most they wake up and take a simple shower and don't even think about it, to me I am able to shower and not have to rest afterwards. I could go on all day long telling you these types of things but what I am trying to say is simple every day things are miracles to me. They may seem like small things to some and things that people do without even thinking but for me I smile each time I do little things like this because my God healed me and I can once again do such simple things. I just wake each day still thanking God for what he has done, and every single day at a moment when I least expect it I just look at Chris and say do you remember when I could not do such and such, he will say yes and then we both just thank God. I want to encourage anyone who needs God to move in their life that God works in his own time and be thankful whenever he does touch you and never forget to say thank you. I really never thought I would be healed but now that I am I feel awful for doubting my God. So I will spend every day thanking him and speaking my testimony to show him my gratefulness. Thank you Father for my healing, thank you for letting me see what living life really means.

We met a friend????

Chris and I were taking our nightly walk around our neighborhood. We were startled when a police officer pulled up next to us, I thought what did we do? He started asking about Vegas and was very interested in getting a dog like him. He has a narcotic dog but his dog is retiring soon because of age. The simple subject of dogs brought us to talk with this man for a couple of hours. He pulled into a nearby parking lot and spoke with Chris and I about many subjects. Some of the topics scared us because he was telling us all the bad places in Orlando and where to stay away from. He took our names to call us about some housing information in his apartment complex. The conversation seemed to never end and he was talking with me about personal stuff when he found out I was an oncology nurse. I found out he had even had a prostate exam, which I did not want to know. So after that subject Chris and I decided we would try to politely excuse ourselves and continue our walk, but every time we tried to excuse ourselves some new subject would pop up and he would talk for another 10 minutes. We wanted to just walk away at some points in the conversation but he was a cop and I would like to stay in good with our neighborhood police officers. By the end of the conversation we came to the conclusion this guy was just really bored. It was an interesting nightly walk.

We Made It !!!

Chris and I arrived in Orlando FL two days ago. We are getting our apartment all arranged and it is going to be cute, well at least I think so. Yesterday it was so nice out it was 92 and sunny until about four and then all of the sudden down pour. It rained the rest of the night, non-stop, which was OK because I love the rain. Living in Orlando I get the best of both worlds my beautiful sunny days and my rainy nights. Today we have just been running around, and swimming at the pool. The weather channel is saying we are going to be getting another tropical storm. It has not turned into a hurricane yet but could. I am a little excited to go through our first storm, but a little scared. If you could all just keep Chris and I in your prayers, we are trying to find a church and we really hope to find one fast. Please just be praying that God will open up the doors wide at the church we are suppose to call home, we really want our new church to have similar beliefs and practices as CFC so please pray that a church would be brought to us. Have a great Labor Day.

YES!!!!

Thanks for your prayers for my dad he had surgery and it went great. He feels so much better he stayed a few days in the hospital and is now home. My trip to Florida for the day was so tiring. I had to fly out at 5:50 in the morning and then I had a lay over in Atlanta for two hours but my plane got delayed even longer so I spent three hours by myself in the airport at Atlanta, which was not very fun. Then I had my interview and my hospital was amazing. It is only three years old and it is so neat. After the interview I caught a cab back to the airport. I was just ready to get home to Chris but then, when I got to Atlanta my plane was delayed several hours due to the terriorst stuff happening. The alarms went off in the airport and everyone in the airport had to stand still because they said we all had to be cleared due to security reasons. So my flight did not get in to Indiana until the early morning. I was so tired, but all that was worth it because today I recieved a call from my hospital and they offered me the job, plus they offered me more money because my interview went so well. I start September 5!!!!!!

Please Pray

My dad has heart issues and he has for a long time. He had his first open heart surgery when he was 36 and he has had 10 or more heart caths. He has not been feeling well lately and went for his routine yearly stress test and the doctor did not like the results therefore he is going in tomorrow morning for another heart cath. His heart is not that strong and they already know he needs surgery but they have tried to put it off for as long as possible because of the risk and because his heart has already been through one major surgery. So tomorrow they will find out when they are going to perform surgery or they will see if they can just fix his heart enough during the cath and maybe that will hold for another year. My dad is a strong man and he is a believer and says he is ok but I can tell he is scared of the unknown. Please just pray for his heart cath and that God would work in him to repair the damage in his heart. I know God gave me a new heart and I would love to see that happen for my dad. My dad means the world to me, I love him so much please just keep him in your prayers. Thanks for your prayers.

I found an exciting job!!!

Ok so sorry everyone that I have not been writing but I have been kind of busy. So anyway, I thought I was going to work at Arnold Palmer childrens hosptial in Florida and I was excited but then I recieved a call the next day about another job I had applied for. It is at M.D. Anderson Center, it is an Oncology hospital. They treat all ages for cancers and that is the field of nursing I am interested in. I eventually want to work in children's oncology but this just opened up and I truly believe for right now this is where I am supposed to be. I had two phone interviews and the lady really liked me, so I am flying down on Wednesday just for a few hours to interview in person and to see the hospital. They are getting ready to open a brand new chemothearpy and radiation wing and want me to help get it started. I was also able to express my future goal of becoming an alternative medicine oncology nurse and they loved the idea and have a team in place that they want me to work with, HOW GREAT!!!! The only bad part of my job is I was informed I will also be working with families that are in hospice and need end of life care, this is sad for me but I believe I can do it because God has called me into this type of nursing for a reason. I am scared about being all alone in Orlando for the day without my strong man by my side but I am not scared about the interview I can nail that and the flight is the fun part. So anyway, just pray that I will be ok without Chris and pray that God will reveal if this is the right path for me. Have a great day everyone. I promise I will work on posting more.

Another Weekend At the Roberts !!!!

So I know I have not been blogging lately but it is because I have been very busy and really do not like the computer. So anyway Chris and I have been very busy this month because we are preparing for the move to Florida. I am so excited I can't wait. Because of our upcoming move we have been trying to spend some quality time with people. For the past couple of weekends Joni and Johnathan have been so nice to Chris and I by opening up their house for us to come stay with them to spend time with them. Our weekends with Johnathan and Joni have been so great and it makes me realize how much I am going to truly miss them. They are like a brother and sister to Chris and I and it makes me sad to think about leaving them. Joni is so great to me and I can't imagine not having her in my life, she is the meaning of a true friend. Johnathan is just like another one of my brothers he like Joni is a true friend. This weekend Chris and I watched the kids while Joni and Jonathan went to King's Island, it was a great weekend. I love Chase and Brenna, they are very well behaved kids and are very fun. We all went swimming and then went to Indianapolis. Spending the day with them made me realize how much I love them and I don't want to leave them. We have so many memories with Johnathan and Joni and I hope that even though we are moving far away we will still make more memories. It is a privilege to be friends with the Roberts. I hope the future only brings more weekends at the Roberts or even occasional a weekend at the Jordans down in Florida.

I'M BACK!!!

Hey everyone I know I have not been typing but the reason is I am still not sure how to work this blog thing and Amy is guiding me through this right now. I also have been busy graduating and moving to my parents house. I really don't have much to say right now, but I can tell you all that I have now been off all my heart meds for one month and a few days. God is good isn't he?! I just want people to know how great he is now, I can't stop thinking about it. Just to help you all understand how big God has touched my life by healing me I will share a few things with you. A day in my life before the healing would go something like this: I would wake up and Chris would also get up and help me sit up in bed then he would help me shower and literally dress me and I would then take five heart pills, next he would walk me to where I needed to be for the day and two hours later I would take two more heart pills and take a nap, then I would make it another three hours take more medication and then lay down for a nap which would last unitl 8 pm when I woke up I would not be able to move for an hour or two because my heart rate would be too low sometimes around 30, so once again my wonderful Chris would have to hold me up and feed me more heart medication and then carry me to bed. See it was not much of a life and it was not great for Chris either. NOW because of God's great gift to me by healing my heart, my days are not filled with medication and naps it is filled with laughing and running around everywhere I can. I can't make you guys understand how big this healing is but for the few who were around me you understand and I thank you for all your prayers and help throughout my illness. I can't wait to see what God is going to do each day and I now believe GOD CAN DO ANYTHING!!!!!! Have a great night and please pray for Chris and I we are moving soon aaaahhhhhhh.

Hello, This is Me

Wow I am actually blogging, I can't even believe it. Ok, for you who don't know me that well I am not a computer person at all. Computers and I dont get along to well, but Chris says I can do this so I guess I will give it a try. Another reason I did not want to start a blog is I hate doing something everyone else is doing, I hate to be a follower. I also don't like telling people all my bussiness therefore another reason not to blog but Miriam tells me this will be easy and a good thing, so I guess I will give it a try. For those of you who don't know me that well, here are some things about me:
1) I love God
2)I love the man in my life (Christopher Parker Jordan)
3) I like being surrounded with friends.
4) I am graduating on Saturday with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
5) I want to be a pediatric oncology hospice nurse.
6) I love my family, I have great parents, and three brothers.
7) My favorite colors are pink and lime green.
8) I love riding horses and I used to jump them competitively.
9) I love to live life without plans.
10) I hate chocolate and basically anything sweet.
11) I love the beach, and would live on the beach if I could
12) I love thunderstorms, I even prayed for rain on my wedding day (and yes it was outside I did not care if it rained on us)
13) My husband is my best friend and I hate being away from him.
14) I love laughing, and making people laugh.
15) My hair is naturally blond, I have only dyed it once and that was a dark reddish brown. I don't like my natural blond color, especially in the summer when it is really light i hate that, but I don't want to be a fake color either.
16) I try to live everyday like it is my last.
17) I got a job at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, in the surgery department. I am acutally assisting in oncology, cardiac, plastic, and trauma surgeries (I am so excited) I start July 10.
18) I love animals, especially my pup Vegas
19) I was a vegetarian for seven years
20) I was on the Montel Williams Show, but Chris says I should not tell you all what the show was for, I must listen to my husband sorry can't tell you what I was on there for.
Ok so that is enough, I really can't believe I am doing this. Have a great night everyone!!