Just a few days after my last post, we enjoyed a visit from Steve and Stephanie Kelley. Steve will be Jason's senior "partner" in Bangladesh and we were incredibly blessed by our time with them. Then this past week, I was able to meet Stephen and Monika Welch at the Christian Medical and Dental Assoc. conference. Stephen is finishing his internal medicine and pediatrics residency, and they will be heading to Bangladesh too (with little people close to the same ages as ours). Jason and I are so encouraged that God has provided wonderful friends for us already in this new journey. We are excited to be joining such a great team.
The first weekend in June was a flurry of "graduation" events (ironic, of course, because it hardly feels like graduation when you have 24 days to go). Friday night, we attended the residency graduation ceremony. A lovely dinner, special friends to visit with, and much ado for the graduating interns and chiefs. Jason was honored with several awards including the student teaching award (selected by the medical students), the outstanding resident award (selected by the other surgery residents) and the Donald Trunkey Award for ethics and professionalism (selected by the staff).
One of the senior surgeons told Jason the next day that he could not remember a resident so well-loved by both the staff and the other residents. All the while, our delight rests simply in seeing the name of Christ lifted up in a place like OHSU. The mere opportunity to share with many of these people about our plans to go to Bangladesh has stirred much interest and many questions. Our prayer is that these friends would consider Christ. (The first picture is with our friends Brandon and Danica, he's starting his final surgery year though he started before Jason and did two research years. The second is Jason and Brandon with the department chair, John Hunter.)
And finally, we are five days away from finishing residency. Summer is slowly emerging from a long, cold "spring" and the children have been making lots of plans about what comes next... Train rides, bus trips, visiting the airport, playing outside, going to the zoo. :-) And an ultrasound scheduled for July 1st, in the afternoon so Jason can enjoy sleeping in. We've got a lot to look forward to.
2 comments:
Congratulations Jason, somehow these awards do not surprise us a bit, we are so very proud of all of your excellent efforts and the rewards you have received for your dedication. Best of luck for the next huge step in your lives.
We love you all - Dale & Glenda Brunson
Hi guys,
We feel blessed that we got a spot on your Blog :) Thanks for including us. It was a fun evening....congrats for all your awards Jason.
Hope to get together soon!
The Tieus
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