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Strength_In_Weakness
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Name: Strength_In_Weakness
Gender: Female
Interests: serving God, Mercy Ministries, sexual abuse awareness, women & adolescent health, social work, law enforcement, midwifery
Occupation: Registered Nurse
Industry: Health care
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Member Since:
10/12/2004
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| Today I went to yet a new church. I have been trying to find a church for a few months now. But anyway, there was a guest speaker today who was a missionary in India. He spoke about sex trafficking. It was very moving. There were just some things he said that really stirred at my heart. I cried at some things he said that hit home for me.
The thing we must realize is, it is going on everywhere - not just overseas, but right here in the US. I hope to be a light in the darkness. I cannot help but want to help others who have been through similar things to what I have been through. Though it was not trafficking per se, I know what it is like to have your innocence taken away and be used by someone else for their own desires. | | |
| When I was at my second role play session at the rape crisis center, the program coordinator was going through my homework assignments with me. She wrote in some comments, too. As we were going through it together, she said a few times - and this is definitely paraphrased, but - that my responses were good, and that I seemed to have a knack for it. I got the feeling from her that she thought I was ready to do this. I got nervous in some of the role plays, but I found a way to continue to direct the conversation.
I have been "on call" a few times for the call-outs, but I have not been called yet. I need to put myself on the November schedule once I get my work schedule.
I hope I'm headed in the right direction.
I was watching a few videos of one of my heroes, Erin Merryn, and a few of them mentioned a children's advocacy center. There is one in my area that is linked to the organization that runs the rape crisis center. A children's advocacy center sounds like a program I would be interested in learning more about and maybe even get involved in. I'm going to keep that option open for the future. If there is an opportunity to get involved, I just might take it. | | |
| Today I went in to the rape crisis center. I am now officially finished with my 30 hour training to be a victim advocate! I did a few more role plays to finish up my training, this time with a different coordinator.
The neat thing is, both the volunteer coordinator and the program coordinator who facilitated the role plays said similar things about me - they both said I was very calm and had a calm tone of voice, and that it was a good quality. That was a very nice compliment.
So now I am on the schedule to shadow either of the coordinators or another volunteer when they are needed. I don't know what is in store, but I truly hope I can help somebody.
I am thankful I am taking action to live out one of my passions. | | |
| Well, I did remember to update.  But I didn't get to do the role play today - I got a call this morning from the center that the volunteer coordinator who has been working with me (since I started) was out sick.  I hope she gets better very soon.
So we had to re-schedule the role play for when both of us (meaning me and the person on the phone) were available. Thus, the role play has been re-scheduled for a different time next week.
Tomorrow I am back at it (i.e., work) again for another three 12s, but I have really enjoyed the days off from work. | | |
| I have really been enjoying my days off of work. I got to do some cooking, cleaning, and finished up my training for the rape crisis center. In case you did not get a chance to read a previous entry, I will be starting there as a volunteer (victim advocate). This is something that has been on my heart for a while......and I am excited that I have taken action for it.
I have a meeting tomorrow with the volunteer coordinator at the rape crisis center, and I will be doing my second set of role plays. Btw, I did my first set of role plays on September 24th. It went well. I was nervous about it! But the volunteer coordinator is very nice, and so was the other volunteer who participated in the role plays. I got stuck at some points, but I think once I got some pointers, I eased up a little.
I think after tomorrow's set of role plays, I will get to put myself on the schedule? I think I might be able to shadow some advocates in their roles as well, to see what goes on before I am on my own.
I will have to update after the meeting tomorrow if I can remember.
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