Lindsey, Me and Laurel at Fusion
Me, Lindsey, and Angie at ribs
Me and Greg, my dive instructor at Ribs

Hello Everyone! These are pictures are from last night at Angie's birthday party. Lindsey, Laurel, Greg, and me took Angie out to ribs and Fusion to celebrate her birthday....Dominica style. I hope you enjoy the pictures....Speaking of pictures. My family reunion was last weekend and I am waiting for my Aunt Kathy to email me pictures...hint hint. My mom and Bob are still on their European cruise....my dad is enjoying his boat after hard days of remodeling his new office....Gretchen is working and house sitting....AND JT is visiting in a week and two days!!!!! So things are good in my world right now. I have just been very busy and tired with rotations and my midterm exam. Next week we are in Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training....aka "the Paddles". After that I have my much anticipated surgical rotation. I will be home in the first week of August only to go back to Dallas for a USLME step 1 review course.

Well, I am using Laurel's computer because mine is still out of commission. We are hanging out so I am going to go! Love you guys and hope to hear from you soon....AUNT KATHY, I will be looking for those pictures.
~nat

Here are some more pictures from our hike on Saturday. Lisa and Tiffany took these pictures.... I am uploading them from my friend Lindsey's computer because mine is still not functional. My mom and Bob just left for their cruise and Rome....I am jealous I must say. I am still on my two week psychiatric rotation. It is quite exhausting but enjoyable nevertheless.

I hope things are going well at home. I hope to hear from you all soon.
~nat

Atlantic Ocean
Eunice going down
What we climbed down
Riviere Cyrique Falls
Emerald Pool
Walking down to the "ropes course"

Climbing down
What the ropes course actually was like...
Lindsey, Eunice, Tiffany on the side of the mountain
Me and Linds at the end of the day....
Plantain (like a banana) stop in Coulibistrie




Happy Fathers Day to all of the fathers in my life.....specifically my dad and to bob. I miss you guys so much. Also my Granpa Stewart and Jimmy, Jt's dad. Happy Father's day to JT because we do have a child....a very spoiled little dog.

The pictures are from our all day trip yesterday. We went to three sites and saw four water falls. The first and most difficult was Riviere Cyrique. You have to climb down the side of the mountain using ropes and vines and one very unsturdy ladder. Thank God none of us got hurt....And also thank God for the shear beauty of it. It was so amazingly beautiful with the waterfull dumping onto the black sand of the Atlantic Ocean. It was so much fun....the entire day was a blast. We swam at each waterfall, all of which were frigid but refreshing. Angie's, my roomie, family is here....her brother, sister in law and sis so they went with us as well. I just really loved it and had so much fun and finished the day with a great Bible study meeting.

I am sorry I have been bad at keeping up my blog. Now my computer is messed up so it is even more difficult. Hope to hear from you guys soon!! Love ya
~nat

Happy Fathers Day again..... Love you Dad, Bob and Jimmy

Eunice, Lindsey T, Me, Angie, Brian
Eunice, Lindsey, Me
Laurel and Me
Angie, Me and Linds crammed in the back of Brian's rental car


Hey Guys!!!! Here are some pictures of Ribs night on Friday. Angie, my new roomie, and Brian, our new friend from rotations, had never been exposed to ribs....what a shame. We had a great time. Yesterday we went on a hike to Syndicate Falls...Lisa has the pictures but we have not gotten them from her yet! It was a lot of fun. Friday was our last day on OBGYN rotation....and to celebrate it, we got to see a C-section. It was so amazing. I had never seen one. It is a true representation of the existence of God. for the next two weeks we have ER and Derm. Should be fun.
Well back to studying. Love you guys. Hope to hear from you!
~nat

Here are more pics from my break. Today was a good day!!! We saw several procedures and watched a delivery....It was really cool. Well I will post more later. I am very tired

~nat

Me and Denise at a wedding
Gaelle, my mom's exchange student
Asia, my baby

Jt and I at Morton', I think we look rich...hahaha
Daniel with a $5200 bottle of wine sold at the derby

me and Jt's mamaw

Jt and I at Mom's
Mom attacking me
Me eating cotton candy, YUM

Wiz and his best friend
Me and Kati
Sarah and I found this bus in the mall parking lot...could not resist

Lindsey Phibbs, Laurel, Eunice, Me, and Lindsey T at the end of last semester
Gretch and I at the baseball game
Me at Morton's

Me and Jason on his last night in Dominica
lisa cole, Laurel, Me and Kim at Blue Bay restaurant
Laurel, Kim , Me , Jennilee, Adam

Me and LIsa Espiritu diving
Me

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So at church today we talked about encouragement....giving and getting it. I realized that everyone at home has always been so encouraging. I have been such a slacker in keeping everyone up to date on what I am doing and you all still encourage. Thank you so much....So here is what is going on.....

I finished my four semesters here and decided to stay here for 5th semester to get more hands on experience and because it is cheaper. At the end of the semester, my friend Jason taught me to play tennis and I became scuba certified, as you can see from the pictures. It is so much fun. It is a whole another world under there. We saw a turtle and several eel. Jason and I saw a barcuda pass by us. My friends, Lisa Espiritu, Laurel, Eunice, and I, went on a dive this past Saturday but we did not take pictures....We don't have fancy cameras like the ones that took the pictures above....

I had a great two weeks at home. It started by JT and I running our Half marathon. We both finished....He said our time would have been fast had we not stopped for my pee breaks. It was very hard but a lot fun. I will post those pictures when JT sends them to me.....Hint hint wink wink. After that, we visited my dad and Terri before their trip to Europe. I then spent some time in Louisville before visiting my mom, bob, and gaelle in Tennessee. My mom beat me in tennis....Yes, I am admitting it. But it was a lot of fun!!!!! Back in Louisville, I hung out with Sarah and JT and his family. Gretchen came up to hang out and visit....We went to a baseball game that night. It was funny because it was Thirsty Thursday.... I had a lot fun with everyone. Jt and I went to Morton's with his brother Daniel and his wife Denise....always a highlight for me because I love the steak and creme brulee....speaking of that, I made creme brulee with my friend Kati.....not gourmet but still good.

I am now back in Dominica in 5th semester.....which is mostly clinical and I love it. I am on OBGYN rotation now. We have seen surgeries and are waiting to see a delivery. I am learning so much. I just miss my friends Lisa Foody, Jason and Lindsey a lot, though. They are in Miami. Not to mention missing my family and friends.

Well I need to finish my paper! Now that I have posted finally, you can comment!!!!! Love you guys~ I hope you enjoy the pictures!

~nat