as most of you know I am up in goshen for the summer working with my uncle in his optometry office. so far I have stuck to the basics. pre-testing, pulling files, filing, and doing anything else that needs to be done. while working I have realized that there are so many opportunities to share Gods word with people. you encounter so many different people, religions, ethnicities, etc. it's the perfect place! but how many people really take this perfect place to their advantage? I know I don't! being bold and starting a conversation with someone you have never met before is really hard. how missionaries do it, I have no idea. a doctors office is the perfect atmosphere to talk to someone in. you have so much dead time in-between tests and writing. you could ask so many questions. but is it the right thing to do? shouldn't you get to know a person before you jump straight into a spiritual conversation with them? that's what my youth pastor taught us when we went on our missions trip to Jamaica. we were supposed to build a relationship with these people that we met and then slowly start adding more personal questions until you started talking about spiritual things in your life and theirs. but I've also hard and seen people just jump into a spiritual conversation with someone and have it come out just as planned in the end. what is needed is a fine line that determines which way each situation should go. which people should you build a relationship with first and which should you just jump into it with first? finding that line is what I need to do because I am constantly surrounded by people that need to hear what the Bible has to say. in school, at work, and just out in public. these people need help but in a way that fits them. I am learning while I am here to find how I can help people and show Gods love through it. one way that I am trying to help people is by going through all of the files in the office, and by the way there are sooooo many, and I am looking for all of the files that have been misfiled. these misfiled files throw off the people that are looking for them and it causes a lot of stress to them. it's such a small thing but it is saving people. lot of time and it is relieving them of stress.
today I started pretesting on my own. for those of you who do not know, pretesting is the part of the eye exam where you read the eye chart without any of the fancy machines, where they low the puff of air in your eyes and such. so far I am. really enjoying it. the people I work with are so kind and understanding. I tested two little boys today. (I'm only testing kids by myself to start off with :) they were both sweethearts. they understood that I was learning and they didn care if I didn't say the right thing and they weren't afraid to ask me what I meant by something. the last little boy of the day started talking to me casually after awhile. he told me about his baseball team and how they lost their first game of the season and then went on a 13 game winning streak but then they lost the championship game. I couldn't help but smile the whole time he was telling me this. he was so excited to be talking to me and I was so excited to listen and to ask him questions. mow, you may be thinking, so what, you talked to a little kid, why is that so important? well I have an answer. it is important to me for many reasons. first of all, as a pretester you don't really talk to the patient that much except to tell them what to do, so it was nice to have a conversation with someone because usually it is awkwardly silent in the room. secondly, kids are usually shy and they don't want to talk to people so him talking to me said that he was stepping out of his comfort zone. and thirdly, I don't usually like to make conversation with people that I don't know so this was a big step for me. I love that these little kids aren't intimidated by me just because I am older. it makes my day when a little kid, with no parent sitting there to tell them to do so says, have a great day! so far I am loving working here. I am learning so much, getting to know new people, and stepping out of my comfort zone mega big time! I am eager to learn more and to spend more time with family but I cannot wait to go home!
have a great day! :)
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