After Ecuador.

Since Ecuador I've been lead by the Spirit to pray for what the Lord has for my life after PA school. I always assumed I would return to Columbia, get a job, perhaps a dog or a roommate, and faithfully serve the Lord through the local church, but Ecuador opened my eyes to the needs of those in other countries--spiritually, as well as medically.

In my prayerful consideration of what the Lord wants for my life, I have come to see the blessing of being single--I have the opportunity to do radical, time-consuming things with my time while it's not pledged in Covenant to someone else. I find it a challenge to be, as Paul says in 1 Cor. 7: 32, "free from anxieties" but I'm coming to understand the blessing of being "anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord." It's a joy to take my mind off my anxieties and turn it to what the Lord desires for His kingdom and how I can contribute now, even without a partner by my side.

This article on Desiring God was really good for me to read.