{"id":2161,"date":"2013-01-21T04:03:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:52:24","slug":"starting-a-new-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2161","title":{"rendered":"Starting a New Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I (Kim) recently started working in mid-January as a hospitalist at a local hospital in Goshen, IN.\u00a0 A hospitalist is just a fancy word for someone who admits patient&#8217;s to the hospital.\u00a0 I am working in a group of 3 physicians and 2 other Nurse Practitioners.\u00a0 We keep very busy, but it is going to be great experience for when we go back to Ecuador and for the clinic when it gets started, especially since the large percentage of the patients I&#8217;ll be seeing will be Spanish speakers.<\/p>\n<p>However, I have gotten quite spoiled with always having Joel and Simeon around when I go to work.\u00a0 In Ecuador, even when we were working and very busy, we were all together-whether traveling, being in meetings, etc.\u00a0 Things are different here as I have been working a lot of night shifts and am away a lot (basically 12 hour shifts followed by 8 hours of sleeping and then only a couple of hours to see the boys).\u00a0 This is new for all of us and although it is a good thing, it is not easy to see Simeon crying when I leave the house and wanting to stay in my lap so I don&#8217;t get up.\u00a0 We have definitely been blessed with being able to always work together.\u00a0 Please pray for us during this new chapter in our lives.\u00a0 I am thankful it will not be forever, but for only a short time during our home assignment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2161&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I (Kim) recently started working in mid-January as a hospitalist at a local hospital in Goshen, IN.\u00a0 A hospitalist is just a fancy word for someone who admits patient&#8217;s to the hospital.\u00a0 I am working in a group of 3 physicians and 2 other Nurse Practitioners.\u00a0 We keep very busy, but it is going to &hellip; 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