New Patron Saint...nueva santa patrona

So a few days ago I was overwhelmed with the size of the task in front of me, doubting my ability to be a wife, mother, AND doctor (not that I'm any of the three right now)...and Sally Sargent told me about a saint who was all three...but couldn't remember her name. THat SAME NIGHT my friend Jiza texted me and told me she was praying for me to St. Gianna . wife, mother, physician, and saint. God answered my prayers...so faithfully. I very much feel called to adopt this saint as my new patron of study and life. Here's a little more about her...


St. Gianna Molla

October 4, 1922 – April 28, 1962

“If you must choose between me and the baby, no hesitation; Choose—and I demand it—the baby,
Save him!”

Gianna Beretta Molla was an Italian doctor, wife, and mother who refused to have either an abortion or hysterectomy when she was pregnant with her fourth child. Doctors had discovered in the second month of her pregnancy a fibroma tumor in her uterus. As a doctor, Gianna knew the consequences of not fully treating the fibroma. She chose the life of her child over her own.

On the morning of April 21, 1962, a healthy baby girl was born, Gianna Emanuela. Her mother died of septic peritonitis a week after the birth. Gianna was beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 24, 1994, during the international year of the family and was canonized on May 16, 2004.


voy a traducir esto mas tarde...no hay tiempo ahortia...en breve...tengo una santa patrona nueva...santa, doctora, madre, y esposa!! Santa Gianna!

MEME: 8 Random Facts about Me

well Michelle tagged me in her blog...familiahinckley.blogspot.com
so I decided since I finished my lab early and have a few hours to wait before lab lecture (yes Fridays are fun) I'd actually answer it. First the rules:

For this meme, each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog

Fact #1: I'm completely NEUROTIC!! I know this doesn't come as a surprise to most of you but I thought it was important. I worry about the stupidest things...and I spend WAY too much time on it. My therapist calls it ruminating...so yeah...i'm a ruminator. like the terminator but not.

Fact #2: I'm going to be a doctor...well someday. I'm in the post bac pre med program at UVA right now...meaning I'm completely insane. Taking Chemistry, Physics, Organic Chemistry, and Biology plus all their labs in one year...yeah...absolutely NUTS!! Between chemistry, chemistry lab, and chemistry lecture I have no life.

Fact #3: Science is not my forte. Sad to say...especially considering fact number 2. But it's a great opportunity for me to grow in humility and hopefully holiness. God created science...He can teach it to me right?

Fact #4: I'm really starting to like living alone and living in silence. When I first moved into my apartment I got a CD player b/c the silence freaked me out. I never turn it on now. Weird, but true. I don't actually spend a lot of time in my apartment but the time I Do spend there is done in silence.

Fact #5: I REALLY like HUGS!!! One of my favorite things...that and holding babies. All is right with the world when you see that person you really care about and get a nice big hug. I don't think we hug enough in the world...I'm not getting any hugs these days...so maybe I'm turning into an UN hugger. Which would be sad.

Fact #6: I first started doing mission work when I was 14. My first mission trip was to Jamaica my sophomore year of high school with my church. My parents went too...our whole team went to visit the Bob Marley Museum...and I had to ask what that funny smell in the air was (oh how naive). My first cold showers were there..and I was hooked.

Fact #7: I am in love with Honduras. My heart is there...and I wouldn't be the person that I am (albeit strange one that I am) without Honduras. It feels like Honduras was a lifetime ago...not just two months. But so much has happened...about a semester of chemistry actually.

Fact #8: I don't like wearing shoes. I have some cute shoes but my feet just feel so constricted in them now. I only wear flip-flops. Sad but true...I've pretty much changed my wardrobe since Honduras...jeans, tshirts, and flip-flops. I don't know what I'm going to do when winter comes...but I still have a few months.

Sorry if none of those were very deep. My brain is pretty fried from have a 2 hour summary of quantum chemistry physics stuff this morning...nothing better for humility than quantum physics...oh and I'm not tagging anyone because everyone I know who has a blog (all four people) has already done this. Sorry!

Pure Craziness- Pura locura!

well...where do i start? I just started classes last tuesday...not even a week ago...and it feels like it was a month ago. I have had my moments...seriously doubting if I can do this. Covering a chapter of Chemistry a day, a quiz every day, plus 4-6 hrs. of homework a night...and my first exam is Wed. this week. My next exam is next week. What am I doing? It's good for humility to feel so incredibly stupid all the time. The people from my class are great...we've really bonded under the pressure...but they're still not my family yet...perhaps they will be by the end of the year.
So i was in mass last week...crying..praying for the strength to continue in this...doubting my abilities...and then I hear this passage in my heart "I am the LORD, the GOD of ALL creation. Is there anything too difficult for me?" (I don't remember where it's from off the top of my head but it's one of the ones my mom gave me when i went to Honduras). So I realized...God created chemistry...if anyone can teach it to me HE can. So I continue to plod along...struggling but growing daily in discipline and humility. I miss daily mass but there just isn't enough time in the day. I'm in the chemistry building from 7am to about 11pm. But I'm still praying...still trying to live my life how God has asked...and He is faithful. let me repeat...HE IS FAITHFUL!!!!
I still keep pictures of Honduras, people I respect and the reasons I want to be a physician in my books...dr. Carlos and Daysi have kept me going for many days now. I am constantly trying to keep in mind and in focus who i am and why I'm doing this.
Went to virginia beach again this past weekend...saw Graffiti gray with Jamie, Dani, Dan, Josh, and Gretchen. It was wonderful... The Sargents here in C.Ville have been INCREDIBLE...and God continues to open up doors and provide for me here. I know I'm in His will and HE IS FAITHFUL!!! So even in the craziness...I continue on. Please pray for me...as I do for all of you!!


Bueno...un resumen de nuevo. Yo empeze clases este martes pasado...incredible para creer fue hace menos una semana...siento como fue hace meses. Yo he tenido mis momentos...en serio dudando mi abilidad de hacer esto. Cubriendo una capitulo de quimica diaria, una prueba diaria, 4-6 horas de tarea cada noche, y mi primer examen Miercoles de este semana. La proxima en una semana...que estoy haciendo??? Viviendo quimica...y volviendo un poco loca. Es bueno para la humildad de sentir tan tonta (si saulito...abrelo tonta) todo el tiempo...GRACIAS A DIOS!! Pero la gente de mi programa son buenos...sentimos como hemos conocido los demas siempre...es extrano pero un donne de Dios. No son como mis amigos de Honduras...pero son mi salva vida ahorita.
Bueno...estaba en la misa la semana pasado. Llorando...dudando mi abilidad...y claro...rezando. Y escuche en mi corazon este escritura "Yo SOY el Senor. El Dios de TODO creacion. Hay algo que es demasiado dificle para mi?" (no se de donde es en este momento...tal vez de testamento viejo..pero no importa) Y en este momento yo recorde...Dios es el creador de Todo. El me ha puesto aqui...y si alguien puede ensanarme quimica es el persona que lo hizo. Entonces...sigo trabajando...intentando...luchando. Extrano misa diaria pero no hay tiempo. Vivo en la edificio de quimica desde 7am hasta 11pm. Pero estoy rezando...tal vez mas que antes. El es Fiel! puedo repitir DIOS ES FIEL!!! Se estoy donde El quiere...y el va a proveer para me. Estoy guardando fotos de los queridos y los para quien tengo respeto, mis inspiraciones para ser doctora. Tengo fotos en mis libros. Dr. Carlos y Daysi, y otros de las brigadas me han ayudado mucho en estos dias pasado. Estoy intentando siempre de recordar quien soy y porque estoy haciendo esto. Gracias a ellos por sus inspiraciones!!!
Fue a virginia Beach de nuevo este fin de semana...para ver un concierto con Jaime, Dani, Dan, Josh, y Gretchen. Fue bueno. La comunidad alla y aqui es un donne de Dios...estoy tan agradecida a El para darmelos. El esta proveendo para me una comunidad que puede levantarme cuando me caye. lo siento mi espanol es peor...pero estoy intentando de seguir usandolo. voy a empezar en el hospital pronto y ojala voy a tener un oportunidad de usarlo alla.
Entonces..."aun en la tormenta...aun en mi soledad...te alabo...te alabo en verdad.
Aun lejos de los mios...aun ....te alabo...te alabo en verdad!!!"

Les extrano MUCHISIMO todavia...estaba rezando para el pan de vida...ruegan para mi...como estoy rezando para uds. con todo mi ser!! Les quiero mas que puedo decir...

Mi cumple!!!

bueno...GRACIAS A TODOS POR SUS MENSAJES POR MI CUMPLEANOS!! Fue bueno...pase el dia con marylee y meghan...almuerzo un pastel (y meghan puso pastel en mi cara) y cena en la noche con mi hermana...

Estoy en mi apartamento y todo esta cheque...me gusta y parece como un centro de Honduras...todos mis fotos son el la pared. Quiero guardarles en mi mente y corazon. Disculpame por no escribirles mucho...no tengo un compu ni internet todavia entonces es dificile de escribirles. Pero ojala pronto! mi cena de cumpleanos con mi gallo de cumpleanos Javier!

Tenia mi orientacion ayer y anteayer. La gente son buena gente. Pero va a ser un ano durisimo! Los del ano pasado nos dijeron que fue el ano mas duro de todo sus vidas. Tengo un poco de miedo pero estoy donde Dios me ha puesto. Entonces CONFIAR EN TI!!

EStaba rezando para uds. y el pan de vida...voy a escribir mas cuando puedo. Voy a empezar mis clases martes y mi primer examen en una semana. Por favor rezan para mi!!!

THANKS FOR MY BIRTHDAY WISHES! My birthday was good...lunch with friends and cake, and dinner with my sister. Long story short...I'm in my apartment now...adjusting to c.ville. I'll start classes Tuesday and my first test is in a week...I'm extremely nervous about my ability to do this but it's where God has called me so I must trust that He will give me the grace to do it. Please pray. AS for communication. I still don't have a comptuer or internet so please have patience with my communication. I LOVE YOU ALL!!