Today we celebrated Valentines Day. We have learnt how to swing dance so we danced and danced the night away. The guys treated us very well. Some of them have let me cut their hair. Oh how I love hair cutting! I try very hard and it takes me a long time. So far they all think I know what I am doing.

I have been able to practice some of my nursing here which is great. I do sterile dressing changes for a girl who had a shoulder operation. I am not sure how they think I am qualified but I do it with confidence just like hair cutting since that seems to be working for me. There was a lady on campus wearing a shirt that looked like nursing scrubs so I asked her if she was the school nurse. She said “no.” I feel like she may never wear that shirt again and I will try to redeem myself. Hopefully it wasn’t her favourite.

I made a good friend named Naomi but I call her Na homie. She has had a very hard life and is someone I can learn so much from. We both cherish deep discussions but also value laughter a lot. Today we had lunch beside about a 100 cows. We watched them in silence and they watched us. You know your comfortable with someone when silence is not uncomfortable. There is an understanding between us that’s hard to describe.

Some food for thought…. I will be sharing for at morning tea for my devotion…. It’s a true story.

A chrisitan family from vancover raised a boy who we will call Tommy. Tommy decided to live an opposite lifestyle from his family when he moved onto the streets at 16. He became highly addicted to drugs and life was in a downward spiral. His family never ceased to stop praying for Tommy. In fact entire churches in the community were praying. Prayers were being sent up to heaven constantly for the recommitment of Christ into Tommy’s life. Tommy had no idea. Years later tommy was on the street and overdosed. As he lay in his own vomit he breathed his last words which were “Jesus Ok.”

“to truly know God is to spend time with him.”