two years. . . that's how long it's been since i've been to my doctor's office. that's what the receptionist told me last week when i broke down and called make an appointment. it's not a good thing when your doctor's office can't find you in their system. but after giving my DOB i was found. and much to my surprise, my local family doctor is not really local any more - instead of being downtown beaver falls - which is just a hop, skip, and a jump away -- it's now in the booming area of chippewa - which really isn't too much further away but not as close either.
what would cause me to break this trend i had started. . . being sick for a week. what i thought was just a cold seemed to be a bit more -- so i did it - went to the doctor and yes, it was more -- a sinus infection - fun for me!
but before i found out i had a sinus infection, my doctor - who was a new PA in the practice - was listening to my chest and the most puzzled look came over his face -- he stopped, stared at me, listened again and then preceeded with. . . "um, do you know. . ." it was at that time that i rememeber my heart condition and decided to let him in on the news. being relieved, he said he had never heard a heart mummer as loud as mine -- of course not! that's been my trademark for years -- God has given me this wonderful thing called a VSD - Ventricular Septedal Defect -- i have a hole in the left ventrical of my heart -- but to be a bit simplified - -a heart mummer - but mine is a bit more complicated than a heart mummer -- i've lived with this for 30 years and never had a trouble. it's rather unusual though - -most heart mummers, i'm told, get less and less noticable and not as loud as you get older or with medical correction. neither has happened in my case -- no medical corrections and no lessing of the loundness - but it is getting smaller!
all my life i've been the odd ball at doctor's offices -- i've been the one that has the parade of student doctor's coming in and listening to my heart - i always hated it -- i felt like a lab rat -- but it's become so much a part of me that i never think of it - until time like that when someone new is examining me - but over all after a week of meds. i'm feeling almost better. i've not slept so much in all my life.
on another note. . . my sickness caused more than my desire to sleep. . . it caused stupidity! i took my final on monday - after having it post-poned due to being sick -- i had to call dr. payne's office and find out how to get the final - it was labled inactive on ecampus -- so his assistant emailed it to me -- i finished it - took my 10 page paper, my reading reports, my evangelism reports, and my final to the post-office and mailed them, what i thought was priority mail to southern - thinking they would get it in a day or two. oh was i wrong!
tuesday - i walk out of my house at 2:30pm to go to my doctor's appointment - now mind you, i hadn't been out all day - i pick up my mail on my way to my car -- sit in my car to look it at - and notice i have a priority mail envolope -- i wonder who this could be from . . . i looka t the address and realize. . . I MAILED MY FINAL AND STUFF TO MY SELF! so, on my way to my doctor's office - i call dr. payne leave him a message and explain what happened. i come out of my doctor's appointment to have a message -- dr. payne's assistant is laughing - telling me that it was okay - he understands i've been sick to mail it tomorrow. can i say not a good thing - but second time was it -- i labeled everything okay and to my knoweldge my final and all my assignments are being graded as i type.
okay - i need to go and make an appoinment to get a windshield for my car -- $155 in boardman, oh - the cheapest ever!
Monday, December 11, 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
cars, colds, and crap
so it's friday -- where did my week go?. . . what started out as a a calm week of christmas decorating and finals has ended with my car being worked on twice, me in bed with a bad cold, and a pushed back final - thank you dr. payne!
but. . . through it all. . . it's been a good God week! -- i was able to connect with a good prospect for a volunteer in the men's depart. not to mention had my brain challenged with appling the things i've learned in my class to my church and my context here in Pa. if i had to pin-point one thing i will take away from this class. . . it is what my defination and thoughts are in regard to church - what it is and how it grows. -- i've always considered myself to be an out of the box thinker. . . however, the issues and topics we've discussed in the class has really caused me to admit that underneath all of my fluff -- i'm really a traditional modeled person at heart.
yes, i've always seen the church not just the building but the people -- however, to think of church planting and church growth in terms of the laity leading over having a trained pastorate -- that's been hard to grasp - i understand it but it's been hard to wrap myself around. and in terms of church growth. . . to see that real growth occurs in conjunction with sunday school -- that too has been hard for me to admit. . . due to my own church's experience with traditional sunday school, i've sort of writen it off -- i didn't see how it could work or for that matter how revelant it was to today's context of church -- but after reading and studying some of thom rainer's stuff. . . sunday school is the best assimilation method to get church growth.
so my question is. . . why doesn't it work for some churches and why does it for others?
yesterday has joe was taking me home to sleep, since my car was in the shop, we talked about the mission, our roles in ministry, and many other things - but the thing hit me that i verbalized finally was how uncertain things are for me right now -- i thought i had my road mapped out - but that's all changed -- yet. . . i know God will and wants to use me -- not sure in what specific way yet. . . but that's what this season is for. . . to be trained - to press more into Him - to study to show myself approved! the 45 minute phone conversation i had with a girl i met at an event i spoke at recently affirmed my call to counseling -- here it is. . . she called from eastliverpool, oh to just seek my advice.
through it all. . . praise God -
He's still work'n on me to make me what I ought to me. it took just a week to make the moon and stars, the sun and earth and jupiter and mars. how loving and patient he must be, cause he's still work'n on me!
but. . . through it all. . . it's been a good God week! -- i was able to connect with a good prospect for a volunteer in the men's depart. not to mention had my brain challenged with appling the things i've learned in my class to my church and my context here in Pa. if i had to pin-point one thing i will take away from this class. . . it is what my defination and thoughts are in regard to church - what it is and how it grows. -- i've always considered myself to be an out of the box thinker. . . however, the issues and topics we've discussed in the class has really caused me to admit that underneath all of my fluff -- i'm really a traditional modeled person at heart.
yes, i've always seen the church not just the building but the people -- however, to think of church planting and church growth in terms of the laity leading over having a trained pastorate -- that's been hard to grasp - i understand it but it's been hard to wrap myself around. and in terms of church growth. . . to see that real growth occurs in conjunction with sunday school -- that too has been hard for me to admit. . . due to my own church's experience with traditional sunday school, i've sort of writen it off -- i didn't see how it could work or for that matter how revelant it was to today's context of church -- but after reading and studying some of thom rainer's stuff. . . sunday school is the best assimilation method to get church growth.
so my question is. . . why doesn't it work for some churches and why does it for others?
yesterday has joe was taking me home to sleep, since my car was in the shop, we talked about the mission, our roles in ministry, and many other things - but the thing hit me that i verbalized finally was how uncertain things are for me right now -- i thought i had my road mapped out - but that's all changed -- yet. . . i know God will and wants to use me -- not sure in what specific way yet. . . but that's what this season is for. . . to be trained - to press more into Him - to study to show myself approved! the 45 minute phone conversation i had with a girl i met at an event i spoke at recently affirmed my call to counseling -- here it is. . . she called from eastliverpool, oh to just seek my advice.
through it all. . . praise God -
He's still work'n on me to make me what I ought to me. it took just a week to make the moon and stars, the sun and earth and jupiter and mars. how loving and patient he must be, cause he's still work'n on me!
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