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Name: Jennifer
Interests: God...people...hmmm. I like books, lots of them...having one on one conversations...art, biology, guitar, singing with people, windy days, the ocean, big windows, big toothy grins.
Expertise: awkward moments...laughing when I shouldn't...not getting jokes...being confused and confusing people...blank stares...blinking.
Occupation: Customer service/support
Industry: Nonprofit
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Member Since:
12/30/2004
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| Noah and Missions...
another thought about Noah is trying to imagine what may have gone through his mind after coming out of the ark. I mean, the flood had destroyed everything they had known of life before. their houses, fields, neighbors....all gone. Just a new and EMPTY expanse of land with small shrubs around if that. I imagine lots of mud.
and God blessed Noah...and said "be fruitful and multiply" and fill this EMPTY world. and God would bless them and provide every living thing for them for food. He would bless them abundantly as they moved forward...
I think of those places in the world that have no knowledge of the love of God or the Savior who has ransomed them. God says, go and make disciples of ALL nations...GO to those places and make disciples. and I know God provides the means for every call He gives. It is his work to bear the fruit and multiply the harvest. Where there is emptiness, He will fill it with LIFE. This is what God does.
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| I just got back from an amazing conference on medical missions in Kentucky over the last 3 days. I'm overwhelmed by the testimonies I heard and the passion for the Gospel among these faithful people who understand suffering so well. The unplanned theme through the different speakers was UNCONDITIONAL surrender to God, despite death, suffering, persecution....what does it mean to "take up your cross and daily follow me" but that you must be willing to face death every day" if you want to follow.
Most of the speakers there had invested their lives in places of despair, poverty, and darkness. One speaker who had influeced thousands of lives gave a talk on "Empowering the Least" and states, "Serving the least to full restoration is Jesus' mirror of love- it is the full Gospel bearing fruit today- allowing our hearts to be broken...It begins with discomfort..we are supposed to be uncomfortable with it." Another godly man in Africa spoke of his influence to the Muslim scholars and states on any given night, some among 50 muslim scholars will call him between 11pm-5am to hear about the Gospel of salvation. he states that when a Muslim converts, he knows his life is at risk, that he has no material benefit, only suffering in the face of death, and that the one who shared the goodnews also faces a greater risk of death, YET "silent timid Christians" is not a problem they face in that ministry.
How amazing it was also to worship in a room with 2000 other medical missionaries and people who are passionate for it, passionate for the glory of God and his great worth. students coming together with those already working in the 10/40 window- lifting up hands and voices together in surrender to a Savior worth more than life itself because they know that there is no life apart from Him.
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Today I went to an evening prayer conference for remembering the persecuted church. We heard from a Chinese woman who had been imprisoned 3xand tortured for her faith in China, imploring us to remember our brothers and sisters being tortured there. We heard from a Lebanese pastor who spoke of persecution and restrictions put on the very carefully monitored churches in that Muslim state and implored us to send out workers who will strengthen the very fearful and timid body there. The final speaker noted that the gathering for this prayer meeting was quite small compared to a concert held there recently. He reminded us that we are members of one another...one with the persecuted churches around the world,...and when one member suffers, we all suffer with it...We are bound to one another.
It's tragic how I have recently been preoccupied and upset about so many less important matters.
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| I'm so blessed to have the afternoon off. and for getting to go to another Shane and Shane concert FOR FREE yesterday. and for good friends. and for God working out my schedule SO WELL this week. and for a good 2 weeks learning about back pain and pain management. and for kind interviewers at Long Beach Memorial yesterday. and for an opportunity to rest now.
At the interview yesterday, I learned a lot about the Family Medicine residency in Long Beach. They have excellent training, and the residents come out with such great inpatient experience, 60+ vaginal deliveries, and a lot of community outreach experience. It really is a program with a passion for social justice. But for 9 months of the year, you are on overnight call every 4th night...no night float...that means, only one weekend off a month for 9 months of the year and not sleeping every 4th night. In the end...is it worth it? What good is it to be an excellent, well trained experienced doctor, yet forfeit your soul?
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| If I ever have a son, I hope to name him Noah.
think about it...
God told him to build an Ark, and he simply said: "ok."
He said "ok."
... he built an ark.
the world must have thought he was crazy.
...for 150 years.
But it was worth it all.
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