Repair and Restore

Ok, so I have a lot of dreams for the future, but I'm not sure how many of them will actually become reality. I know God's given me a heart for mission work for some reason or another. Sometimes, my dreams of missions in Africa consist of these beautiful pictures of stirring a pot over an open fire with a black baby tied to my back and fuzzy-headed toddlers wrestling with their "Daddy" in the yard. Then, I'm reminded of the three d's - dirt, disease, and death - and I pretty much say, "Omgosh - God, I don't think I can do that." Whether or not full-time mission work is in my future, I know that the medical field is calling my name. I also know that wherever God sends me, He will provide. All I have to do is obey, and God even helps with that. In Isaiah 58:10-12 He says, "If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness . . . The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail . . . You will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings." Whether it be a broken bone or a broken heart in America or Africa, my dream in a nutshell is to repair and restore.