As I begin to settle in a bit more here I've had the opportunity to meet with the clinic staff. Lots of things in this ministry have changed since I started my journey to Cusco(including clinic staff). It was great to meet with the new doctors that are now staffing the clinic and it was nice to see the three nurses that I already know.
I had a good meeting with the M.D. and got to hear about his vision for the ministry in the next couple of years. It appears that my job description might have changed a bit. Since I last spoke with anyone at the clinic, there's been an explosion of nurses coming. There had been 3 Peruvian nurses and there will very soon be a total of 6 nurses(me included) at the clinic. It's wonderful for this ministry, but all six aren't needed in the actual clinic. This means that there are more possibilities for serving and meeting other medical needs within the community.
There is still a great need for home visits for clinic patients, but since we have more nurses we're looking at the possibility of work farther out into the country where there are so many needs and many people who need to hear the gospel. It's an exciting time for this ministry to have more missionaries making it possible to consider expanding the ministry to other communities.
My challenge is that I'm not really a think outside the box kind of person and I have now been give the opportunity to be a dreamer. I'm about to start the process of figuring out where I fit best in the ministry as a whole. Within the next couple of months I'll be jumping into whatever is going on inside and outside of the actual clinic to try to get a feel for different projects and hopefully figure out what I like, where there are needs, and just in general where I fit. It's potentially very exciting, will require lots of patience on my part(not a strong point of mine). But it will be a good lesson in patience and trusting God.
With all that said, I'm excited to discover what God has planned for me in His Kingdom work in Cusco. The adventure continues....
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