Class of 2010!!!

So I am finally a senior and I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel!!! Oh the thought of the day where I walk across the stage brings joy to my oh so eager little heart!!! As some of you may know I have been at ORU for four years going on five!! That's way too long! At least longer than I expected. You know a lot of the times you have a plan in your head, you see that it will work out perfectly...then it doesn't! At first it sucked. I mean it turned my world upside down when I found out I did not pass my nursing classes (2 out of 3). But I see the beauty in all of it now.

If I HAD passed I would have graduated with a very competitive class and I would have been working right now. At my maturity level, i'm not quite sure how I would have handled that. Plus I looked like I was 18 and still do!!! Not sure how my patients would have handled that. And honestly I would have not been ready to be the nurse that I was suppose to be.

Now I see that I am becoming His nurse. I feel so much more confident. I went to China twice because of my setback. And most of all I have some of the most AMAZING friends!!

So for me, my senior year in college means so much to me. I am not taking any moment for granted. I am taking advantage of everything ORU has to offer. I am having a blast with my girls. And so last Saturday we were blessed by Caitlin who took us on a photoshoot for our senior portraits. Here are some pics! Enjoy!!!

My tattoo has a lot of meaning. It symbolizes all that God did in my time here and my summers in China and I hope to never forget it. (It translates into "beloved" in mandarin and has a red thread wrapped around the characters. Beloved was a song I sang to the children at the foster home and the red thread is from an old Chinese belief that An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break. Parents who abandon their child will often times tie a red thread around their wrist or ankle.

We love sitting here at night!! One of our favorite spots! (the steps to our dorm rooms)

Look closely at our coffee sleeves!! (well if u can't see it has boxes checked that say our name, RN, BSN)

Love, Jovy

I Will Waste My LIfe...

I will waste my life,

I'll be tested and tried.
With no regrets inside of me,
Just to find I'm at your feet,
Let me find I'm at your feet.

I leave my father's house, and
I leave my Mother.
I leave all I have known, and
I'll have no other.

For I am in love with you,
and there is no cost.
I am in love with you,
and there is no loss.
I am in love with you,
I want to take your name.
I am in love with you,
I want to cling to you, Jesus,

I say goodbye to my father, my mother,
I turn my back on every other lover, and I
Press on, yes I press on.

-Misty Edwards

And I press on!!!! For them, for the hurting, the dirty, and the dying. Because my life is not my own anymore. I will stop wasting it, stop fighting it, stop giving in, stop questioning it. I will only give it. To Him, to them, to my friends, my family. And one day to the man who feels the same way!

Oh and we will go to such great heights! And they will see us waving, "come down now," they'll say, but everything looks perfect from far away, "come down now," but we'll say!

Love, Jovy