Orientation in Oregon

"..watching and waiting, looking above.
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.."

It's been a mere four days since I was introduced to my new friends/roommates/co-workers and we're already super tight! 'Orientation' turned out to be getting treated like rOYalty as we travelled Portland, hiked a mountainside [Nehahkani in Manzinita, OR] that looked over the Pacific [pic above, my classmates], and got just to know one another. I already completely respect and trust my teachers and the midwives I will be working under. I fly across the pond in about 8 hours from now and can not wait to be immersed into the filipino culture [more on thAt later!] I've been told that after a week of orientation in the Phils, my busy life as a midwife/student will commense. I will be assigned to a full day of pre-natal clinics, where the girls come around 7AM for a time of worship, then a devotional, then health class, followed by the one-on-one pre-natals! [cool huh!] I will also have 3 eight hour shifts working in the clinic, assisting whatever deliveries might be happening at that time PLUS be on-call for whenever the patients i see weekly for those pre-natals. I guess the Phils is the land of texting [Brianna, you'd fit right in!] so I will need a cell if I want to stay in the loop! Other than the clinical stuff, I am also expected to read one textbook per month, and do a report about it and also stay on top of my assignments due at different times throughout the semester (all self study). EEk! A whole new life, in a whole new place...this is crazy!