Discipleship with Sam

Sidenote: 6 new posts tonight! Also soon to come, open-heart surgery! :)

But back to discipleship:

My friend Sam and I are doing a discipleship program together, as a way to grow closer to God together and to each other. God drew us together through the fact that we both have similar stories of how God has called us from research to medicine, and our common love of medicine and possibly the medical mission field, God willing. We are studying an awesome book, Dr. Jesus, by Dr. David Stevens. It takes a look at Jesus's life as the Great Physician, and how a doctor's life, in part, can model what the Christian life should be. I've recommended this book to anyone and everyone I can! I'm really excited about what God's been doing in each of our lives individually, but also how we are learning from each other. Sam is just a little bit farther along the path than I am, and will be going off to med school in the fall, yay!!! And it has been awesome to share this passion of mine with a friend, and to talk about it and analyze it from a Christian perspective. It has been so encouraging, and although we are not yet doctors, we can apply a lot of his insights to our life now, and also look forward to the time when we, God willing, will be doctors :)