PRAISE THE LORD!!!

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I finished my first year of medical school! All this week, I kept thinking of that night five years ago. A night when my big Indian (high motivated) family was all gathered half asleep in my aunt's living room for my grandmother's funeral. With all kinds of funny looking blankets spread out on the living room floor and pillows thrown here and there and few of  the younger cousins fast asleep, the rest of my family (uncles and aunties and cousins) remained awake discussing future plans and ambitions. And they came to the question that I had been avoiding.. of what I would be doing with my life...  My graduation was in two days and I had no idea where God was leading, where I would be headed, what I would be doing with my life. And I remember turning my face from everyone and crying out to God to somehow direct my messy life.

Have I told you that God is faithful? He is. And it's not a thing that church taught me to say, it's a thing that I've learned walking through these last couple of years. And another thing, God is good. He is. Not just on the pretty days, but on the sucky days when all you want is a reverse button to go back to yesterday. God is still good.

So there you have it folks. Somehow I ended up here.  Praise the Lord!

So, school is done for a total of 12 weeks..now, 11 weeks. I completely, utterly failed in doing anything but bumming out this past week. I'll be going out of town next week, and then onto research for the rest of my 10 weeks of summer. What else? Oh I'm going on a three-day-fast this weekend. If anybody actually reads this, and has a special prayer request, please let me know.. I would be truly honored to pray with you.

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