Laughter: The Best Medicine!!!

KIM THIS ONE IS FOR YOU!!!

2009-02-13T01:44:00.001-08:00

Shea, my adorable niece! She is younger here....I will have to upload new pics when I get a chance..count on that being in like 2016, which this pic says I took it in 2026 so, I am ahead of the times obviously!!!! hahaha

Ok, so I have zilch time to post so I am up at 1:44 am posting and catching up on everybody's lives! haha Kim has been telling me to post something new and interesting. I really am not very interesting so I will give it my best shot! I thought that I would have time to post and vent the things that are happening to me this semester, well that is not so! I have no time. I feel as if every minute of everyday is filled with some kind of task!

So, I will talk about school since that is basically what my life evolves around right now! I only have 13 weeks left and then I will be a RN...well until I take my Nursing boards! Yikes!!!! I am so excited and scared at the same time to think that I will be graduated from college in a few weeks! I feel so old! By the way I am an ancient 21 year old now! haha This semester being my last, I must say, is going really well. My instructors are awesome! I feel like I am learning so much. I feel like there is soooo much to know and sooo little time! If you think about me please say a prayer! I do not think people often realize the amount of pressure that is placed on a Nursing student! Things are going great though and I am very happy to be where I am in life!

I must talk about the revival that our church is in! Wow! God is so awesome! He is moving in His own special way in every service we have!

I will move right along to the next topic...My adorable niece! She is my ray of sunshine! I can be having a bad day and she totally says my name or gives me a hug and kiss, or comes over to the house for a little bit and just brightens my day. She is 21 mo. and sooo stinkin smart! Man they make kids smarter than they used to ! She is so brilliant! She catches on so fast! She is hilarious...Tonight we went to eat and we would name an animal and she would make the sound that it would say. haha I know that you are probably thinking ..ya my kid did the same thing..blah blah blah...but I just happen to think my niece is the cutest thing out there so blah your self! haha ok, I am rambling on because I am tired and I feel as if I have nothing really important to say, so ya ....that is pretty much it..I am sure there is a lil more ,but you would probably fall into a much deeper sleep than you probably already are in, so I will end this with a sleepy Good Night!

Hope everyone's week is awesome!

PS: Kim, I know that it's not a recent picture, but it will have to do until I get on the ball and upload pictures to my computer!!! Anyways, have a great week Sis!

2008-12-17T12:25:00.000-08:00

Ordination Services
December 14, 2008

Bro. Bradford, Bro. Hodge, and Bro. Rangel

Bro. Odom

What an awesome time we have been having at Greater Bakersfield First Pentecostal Church! We recently had Bro. Odom come and teach, preach, and ordinate starting Thursday evening ending Sunday evening. We have been fed and prepared for something great that is about to happen in our midst! It is hard to describe the deep moves of God that we experienced, but it was awesome! One thing that was particularly different about these services was the style of preaching that Bro. Odom brought to us. He really focused on the Bible being such an important part of us as Pentecostals. We should have the Word near and in us to the very core. There was no hype about these services, in fact Sunday night there was praying and travailing long before the music even started! It was a genuine move of God! I am excited about what is fixing to happen! Our church is ready, no longer on the brink, but ready to take on what needs to be done in the spiritual realm!

Sunday Morning was a special service. Bro. Odom ordinated a few of our pastors. Pictured above (thanks to Bro. Bradford's website ) is Bro. Rangel (Spanish branch pastor and his family ), Bro. Hodge ( Lake Isabella branch and his family), and Bro. Bradford ( GBFPC administrative assistant/right hand man to Pastor and his family). Bro. Odom focused his message on these three men as well as preaching to the congregation. He taught on the anointing and then went into teaching things that a pastor should be aware of in his ministry. I have never heard a message, that so greatly described the anointing of God. That message, even though it was for the pastors being ordinated, changed my life in so many ways! Bro. Odom came and allowed God to use him to the fullest!

There is a lot more that has been going on in our church, but I thought I would just share a little of what has been happening lately, since I have already written a book!

May your day be blessed!

Pismo Trip!

2008-12-15T01:12:00.000-08:00

Ok , so I had a whole long blog typed out, and I accidentally erased it. Since it is 1:12 a.m, I am going to give you a short update. I went to Pismo this Saturday with a group of my close friends. We had a blast! We left at around 8 am and just spent the whole day enjoying the coastal air. We walked the pier, watched Pris ride a 2 wheel bike thing, admire a bird that was like the size of North America, and then we watched a man look for Gold or something with one of those beeper machines! :) We then had to visit our special place on the beach. In order to get to this place you have to walk down like 1000 stairs, OK so I exaggerated, about 37 stairs. There is a cave that we always take a picture in, I would have put it on here but its being stubborn and only letting me put 5 pics on this post. We then went to the rocks of our special place and did a little rock climbing! haha The evidence above shows us thanking and worshiping God that we were still alive after that climb! hahahah For lunch, we drove to San Luis Obispo and ate at Firestone Grill. Oh, it was like manna from heaven! They have the best food! We then shopped a little and then went back to Pismo to shop at the outlets until it was time fot us to go to the melodrama. By the way, it was awesome! It was called " Holiday Extravaganza". It was very hilarious, this is coming from someone who had not slept in approximately 42 hrs. The energy I used to laugh hysterically must have come from left over energy fumes. haha That is all for now, I need some sleep! I'll post more later on other exciting events in my life. Until then, God Bless and have a Merry Christmas!!!

My God.....My thoughts...and other ramblings! :)

2008-11-22T14:14:00.000-08:00

Ever stop and take time to really think??? Well, I am very busy with church, school, family, friends, and work. The cool thing is that even though I am busy, I can still think about a lot of different thinks! Here is a few of the things lately that have been on my mind!
Thinking is a neat concept..thinking can mean happiness, sorrow, pain, joy, wonder, amusement. All of these feelings and emotions can be expressed in your mind and never actually escape from the larynx and out of the mouth! I am a person that loves to think and somehow in my busy life, I pull at every chance I can to stop and think about whatever is important to me at that moment! I find it amusing that sometimes I will be in class and it will be a pretty dry and dull lecture, serious faces, and I will have a hilarious thought cross my mind and I will not be able to control my facial expressions! I thought I was crazy for being like that, but I recently shared with a great friend about having these hilarious moments and she has them too! Thank God I'm not crazy! haha Anyways, I went off babbling...So I'm really posting this because I am in a stage in my life where things mean a lot to me and thinking is essential for my line of work, so I'm posting mostly my thought process lately with work/church!

I am in an environment, for most of the day, with sick people. Physically, mentally, and spiritually sick individuals. When I leave the hospital, I seem to think a lot and realize that I have a lot of things to be grateful for. The first being my best friend Jesus Christ, my family, friends, pastor, health, joy, happiness, love, peace, the holyghost,education, roof over my head, food to eat, right mind, soberness, clothes to wear, water to drink, etc.. I can have peace of mind in the hardest of times because I serve an awesome God! He is faithful and takes care of His people! I am seriously having a hard time sticking to the subject,but my mind is just wondering...The other night I was trying to fall asleep and for some reason the next thing I know tears were running down my face.. I was amazed thinking what in the world..why am I crying..I realized that after I prayed for the night I was done and ready to get beauty rest, but God had different plans.. He was placing a burden on my heart and His desire was for me to keep praying for someone or something and I had no clue what that was. I first thought, wow God you are so awesome that you would be that sensitive to have one of your children intercede on the behalf of someone else. God just gets greater everyday in my eyes. He was concerned enough to place someone / something on my heart so that their situation would be taken care of. I began to think in amazement of how many times he woke someone up to go pray for my situation without them knowing it! Well, I guess I should have named my blog... My thoughts! haha

Hopefully, I will have some pictures soon! I am in the process of downloading!

Be Blessed!!!!!

This gave me the Chills!!!!!

2008-10-21T13:56:00.001-07:00

Here is an e~mail I got and I wanted to share!

This will give you the chills.......GOOD chills.
A young man had been to Wednesday Night BibleStudy.
The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord'sVoice
The young man couldn't help but wonder, 'Does God still speak toPeople?'
After service, he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and theyDiscussed the message.<
Several different ones talked about how God had led them in differentWays.
It was about ten o'clock when the young man startedDriving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, 'God...If youStill speak t o people, speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best toObey.'
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thoughtTo stop and buy a gallon of milk.
He shook his head and said out loud, 'God is that you?' HeDidn't get a reply and started on toward home.
But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk.
The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize theVoice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.
'Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk.' ItDidn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use theMilk. He stopped andPurchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.
As he passed street.'
This is crazy he thought, and drove on past the intersection.

Ag ain, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street .
At the next inters ection, he turned back and headed down Seventh.
Half jokingly, he said out loud,
'Okay, God, I will.'
He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop HePulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in a semi- commercialArea ofTown. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either.The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like thePeople were already in bed.
Again, he sensed something, 'Go and give t he milk to the people inThe house across the street.' The young man looked at the hous e. It wasDark and itLooked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. HeStarted to open the door and then sat back in the car seat.
'Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up,They are going to be mad and I will look stupid.' Again, he felt like heShould goAnd give the milk.
Finally, he opened the door, 'Okay God, if this is you, I will go toThe door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like aCrazy person,Okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for some thing, butIf theyDon't answer right away, I am out of here.'
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noiseInside. A man's voice yelled out, 'Who is it? What do you want?' Then theDoor opened beforeThe young man could get away.
The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. H e looked like heJust got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem tooHappy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep. 'What is it?'
The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, 'Here, I brought this toYou.' The man took the milk and rushed Dow n a hallway.
Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen.The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man hadTearsStreaming down his face.
The man began speaking and half crying, 'We were just praying. We hadSome big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have anyMilk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to getSomeMilk.'
His wife in the kitchen yelled out, 'I ask him to send an Angel withSome. Are you an Angel?'
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he hadOn him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his carAndThe tears were streaming down his face. He knew that God still answersPrayers.

Praise Report!

2008-10-20T13:12:00.000-07:00

We serve such an awesome God! Last night we had a tremendous service! I was in the prayer room before church and I could tell right away that we were going to have a great move of God in the service. As I walked in to the sanctuary and sat down, I watched as many visitors and backsliders came walking through the doors! Then during song service I looked around again and saw so many new faces! I prayed, God speak to the hearts of these visitors and backsliders and minister to them! My pastor preached from the book of first Peter and he titled his message "Ancient Words In A Present Voice." At that moment, I knew we were going to have a good altar service! Towards the end of the message my pastor challenged the congregation and any backsliders and visitors to come to the front before they walked out the doors of the church! A whole family came to the altar and began to seek the face of God! They got a tremendous blessing! Also, another family of backsliders came to the altar and got a blessing! I pray that in these last days that we as a church can take what we have outside of the four walls of the church and minister to others! I pray that when people see me they see God through me! I want to share this great gift that I have with others!
Have a great work week and let your walk with God grow!

PS...another praise report..I passed my pediatrics test today!!! thank you Jesus! I serve a faithful God!

Stop and smell the ..Water Lillies???

2008-10-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

WoW! It has been forever since I last posted! I am still extremely busy with school, work, church, etc....so in other words things are going great! :) Well, I witnessed a great thing the other day and I thought I would share.
It was another normal busy day in the life of Heidi Condren and I stopped at ARCO to get gas before I went home. One thing about me is that I hate getting gas, and I wait until the last minute to get my car filled or half-way filled! I believe that it is a waste of my precious time! haha Anyways, I was rushing to leave and I turned to check behind me to see if it was clear and as I did, the most amazing thing caught my attention. I immediately stopped my car and watched what was happening behind me through my rear-view mirror....Well, to rewind the story a little bit, while I was pumping my gas a lady across from me also pumping gas caught my attention because she was in her gym wear and I was thinking to myself that I needed to get myself motivated and go workout because it has been like forever...well back to when I was pulling out.. this same lady took out a clear garbage bag filled with water bottles out of her trunk and gave them to a homeless man sitting by the side of the building. His face lit up so bright just by that small act of kindness. Well, as I finished watching this episode transpire I pulled out of the parking lot and began to cry. I began to realize that I seem to let my busy life become my main focus. I am now trying to stop and think about others, and becoming more aware of the small things in life that are actually really important! This act of kindness simply made me think of Jesus and how He would have done the same kind of thing to help some one in need. I pray, that in my busy filled days, I will take time to stop and smell the- I guess water lilies.... and help someone in need.

Ps.. I didn't have a picture of a rose so I uploaded a picture of water lilies.. note the title "stop and smell the water lilies".....haha a little humor and switching things up never hurt anyone!!!! Remember to think outside the box when you read my blog!!!! :)
~Have a great week~ Heidi

Busy Week

2008-10-06T21:14:00.000-07:00

What a week! There are so many things due and not enough time to turn them in! What I have found is that in the nursing program you have to be extremely organized! I am the type of person that had to learn ways to keep myself and tasks organized because if I do not I tend to stress out! Here is a layout of my week: a 40 page process, weekly 2 page papers, skills lab check off sheets, case scenario papers, tests, reading, papers needing signed, evaluations with instructors, getting gas, buying school essentials, feeding dogs, cleaning car, cleaning room and bathroom, eating, exercising, going to choir practice, church, making time for friends, study groups, Simulator manikin appointment (school related), visiting family, shower, and just basically daily activities that have to be done! Now, I realize that there are many people in this world with a much larger load than I am carrying, but right now I am feeling very loaded down with what is going on in my life! I am not complaining because God provided this path for my life and I am thankful! He never promised that the road would be easy! I am daily learning what it means to fully trust God! Sometimes, I wonder how in the world people survive without having a walk with God! With all that I am faced with and the stress that is taking place in my life right now, I try to remember there is a war going on, there are people that are so depressed that they want to commit suicide, there are lost and dying souls, there are people in jail, there are homeless people, there are people without the safety net that God puts around his children! I am thankful in the midst of my busy, stressful days to know that I have a God that is with me in all my ways! Also, God promised in His word that he would never give more than we can bare. A very important person in my life that recently passed away would always say, " God knows". That is so true and fitting when you are faced with a difficult situation. Tell yourself, "God Knows."

Ps...Our college and career group is starting a campus ministry, so when you pray please pray that God will shine through us so that people in need will be sensitive enough to want to know about God and want to know that truth and be saved! Thanks A Billion! *~ *~ Heidi

Upcoming Elections!!!

2008-09-30T23:11:00.000-07:00

I am officially moving up in the blogging world! With the help from my good friend Lindsy Weidner, I was able to create a MP3 player! I am very excited! haha
I have recently been thinking about our upcoming elections! There are many good things about living in America and one happens to be "freedom of speech." I have many opinions about both sides of our parties that are running for office this term. I am Republican when I vote, but I am an open-minded person at the same time. I have just as much interest in the democratic party as the republican party because there are some democratic qualities that I stand for. I am not 100% for or against anybody or any political party. I am a person that hates being in political situations, but I am interested in world politics.
I love discussing with others their views on what is going on between our candidates and the things that each stand for and do not stand for. I have to say that there are positives and negatives with both parties! Although, when it comes to moral, good judgement,patriotism,and our countries welfare, I will always lean to the side that upholds those values over a idea/opinion /side/party that is out of character and can not explain what patriotism is and what American freedom means to them. Also, I will not stand behind a man that does not back up our troops! Whether it was a good thing at first and now it is time for them to come home, they are still serving a duty to bring our country freedom and that does not need to be forgotten! God bless all of our troops! They deserve much more recognition than they get and I want a LEADER that will recognize that and stand behind our brave soldiers and let them know that their hard work, their emotions that have been scarred because they have seen friends,companions, loved ones brutally killed in the line of duty;has not been in vain and that they are held high in our countries eyes and that we respect them and appreciate their dedication!!!! Much more to think, write, and say about this broad issue but for now I'm literally fixing to fall asleep!
I did not intend to go into all of this, but when I get to typing my brain starts going crazy and so this is what I came up with! I hope that The best man wins office! Who that is..well only their words and actions and character can depict that outcome!
Checking out for today! ~~~~Heidi

Off to Work I go!

2008-09-27T15:45:00.000-07:00

Today, I went to work just like any other day and received very interesting news...I work at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital on the weekends doing newborn hearing tests. "How is this done?", one might ask. I place ear muffs over the babies ears, and three electrodes in specific places, then I have to make sure the baby does not move or cry because that will mess up the test and there is a possibility that the baby may (refer) or not pass! Well, I get a call from my supervisor and she said that I am now responsible to go to the pediatrics unit and test any babies that have been on antibiotics or have had jaundice and they have to be getting discharged from the hospital that day or near future. Well to say the least I was expecting her to tell me that we will only test like the 5 day old babies...nope 6 month old babies and under! I thought to myself, "If I have a six month old that is not sleeping how in the world am I going to get him/her not to move during the test! I have yet to figure out that question! I lucked out today, all of my babies were under 2 mo. old! I was rejoicing!! hahaha
I just thought I'd jot down a few of today's events! Kinda boring...maybe something interesting will happen to me in a few days that will be worth reading!
Bye for now!

PS. Flu season is coming..If you are at high risk of getting the flu I advise you to get vaccinated!
High risk people include:
1.All children 6mo-18yrs
2. 50 yrs. of age or older
3.Anyone with long term illness
4. Anyone with weakened immune system
5. Anyone with muscle or nerve disorders
6.Health care providers
7. Caregivers of children :birth up to 5 yrs of age
8.People living in dormitories

A day in my life and thoughts!!!!

2008-09-26T16:33:00.000-07:00

Today I had the opportunity to tour a hospital that I will be working at until December! It is San Joaquin Hospital! I will be working on a medical-surgical floor! A day in the life of a med-surg nurse is as follows: advocating for patients; communicating with staff, family, and peers; verifying orders;starting IV's, administering medication;wound dressing changes;bed baths;answering questions;blood draws;continually running after alarming IV pumps! There are many other tasks that a student nurse accomplishes during a med-surg shift. I will start Thursday which I am very excited about! I am used to getting 2 patients and we were informed today that we will be getting 4 patients! Also we are doing computer charting! I have never done that so it will be quite hectic at first learning their computer programs! That was the exciting part of my day!
In other news, I have had a lot on my mind spiritually. Last night in church my pastor preached about the grace of God and how when we are in in our lowest point and we fall into temptation and the little voice in our head is saying, "you shouldn't get involved in that" that that is the grace of God! I have been in that very place! When temptation comes my way God always has a way of letting me know that it is wrong and that there are consequences that will follow! I pray that I will continue to let God speak to me and increase my convictions because my ultimate goal in life is to be saved and make it to heaven! I am so thankful for the grace of God that reminds me from day to day that I have a chance to be saved and have a walk with God even in my lowest hour! I'm thankful for the grace of God!

A Day of Thanks!!!!

2008-09-25T17:36:00.000-07:00

Hey it's me.... What a day it had been! Like I have stated in other posts I am in the nursing program. Today was my last day doing my pediatrics rotation! You know I think that working with children is so rewarding! The children are extremely precious! The really neat thing is that you can have a 5 day old and you can have a 15 yr old on the same shift. I have had quite the experiences! Terrible Toddlers to precious innocent 5 day old babies! I really start to think when I am working in the hospital and walking down the halls and seeing patient's in their rooms. One thing that always stands out is that these patients that are sick are depending on you for comfort, information, on advocating for them....I realized that by being a christian this is the perfect way to let my light shine! I am not allowed to witness to my clients unless they ask me questions and want to know why I'm different! Well, I pray that people will see that I have something they need especially in a time when a doctor can't always provide the answers! It reminds me the healthy are in no need of a physician! I have to say that the hospital is a very spiritual place! Its hard to put a finger on it, but some of the people I see are medically fine they are spiritually ill. They are simply having physical symptoms from their spiritual illness! I am so thankful to know the One True and Living God that supplies our every need. He is our Physician! I am just very thankful today for a God that sticks closer than a brother and the fact that he chose me to be his friend, child, lover, brother, etc. I thought I would just blog about my feelings today!

New Blogger !!! YIKES!!!!

2008-09-22T22:31:00.000-07:00

Well I am very new at this blogging thing. I am so not the technological type person, "they" say that journaling about your day can relieve stress! Well, I am in the Nursing Program so I am trying out all kinds of ways to relieve my stress level! So here I go.......
I will try and figure this thing out a little more and even try and add a few pictures! This should be interesting. I probably should be taking classes for this because I have no clue what I am doing at the moment! HAAHA
If anyone would like to leave a comment and give me some tips on how this works I am open to what you have to offer! For instance: how do I get a music MP3 player on my blog? I created one but I did not know how to transfer it to my actual blog...haha ya I'm hopeless... I know!!!