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2 most excellent songs

Chris Rice- Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus)

Casting Crowns- Voice of Truth

Oh,what I would do to have
the kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown
Where Jesus is,
And he's holding out his hand

But the waves are calling out my name
and they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
time and time again
"Boy, you'll never win,
You you'll never win

But the Voice of truth tells me a different story
the Voice of truth says "do not be afraid!"
and the Voice of truth says "this is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of truth

Oh, what I would do
to have the kind of strength it takes
To stand before a giant
with just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound
of a thousand warriors
shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand

But the giant's calling out
my name and he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
time and time again
"Boy you'll never win,
you'll never win."

But the stone was just the right size
to put the giant on the ground
and the waves they don't seem so high
from on top of them looking down
I will soar with the wings of eagles
when I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus
singing over me

well...

So it's been awhile. I'm about to finish my pediatrics rotations which I'm super bummed about but I'm going knowing I'll be back again soon... I have absolutely loved it and am 100% sold on peds. The residents are great, the attendings are great, I've learned a ton, and let's face it, kids are just WAY cooler than adults. I've become attached to one patient in particular, a 4 year old with ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She got diagnosed last summer and is in the hospital now with a fever. The other night she got transferred to the PICU which meant she wasn't on our service anymore (and the patient I got to take her place was a 17yo incarcerated female who was hallucinating... but that's a different story), so I went to see her and when I left she said, "bye elizabeth! I love you!" ahhhhh. she has my heart. So first, the kids are obviously ballin. Also, the residents are great. A lot of them (ok, basically all) are foreign so it's been cool to get to know people from different countries. Today was the birthday of the resident I am on call with. So since it was his birthday, he bought us all dinner. What? That's apparently the way they celebrate in Nepal haha. Another one of the residents brought britni and I cake for our birthday! And then everyone sang us happy birthday!! All of them are so nice and helpful, and so thankful for us helping them. I usually feel as a student that I'm more of a nuisance than anything, but they've made me feel like I'm an intricate part of the team. And the attendings... Some not so good, but most are awesome. Yesterday I got to do a bone marrow aspiration with my fav, which was amazing... I totally rocked it. I'm holding out for the chance to do a lumbar puncture too! So yeah, to sum it up, peds is the best. The kids make me smile. I don't wanna leave them, but I guess I gotta help out the crazies, the neurologically impaired, and the ones that need cutting on.