Changing Lives
// Rachel DeTellis
This October, four young women were thrilled to graduate from their four-year nursing program in Léogâne.
Vastie Meide, Micharlene Rome, Jhona Guy, and Jennica Delma are New Missions graduates representing four different villages where we work in Haiti. Together, they made up 10% of the graduating class, with two ranking in the top three. Micharlene was valedictorian, and Jennica placed third. In her graduation speech, Micharlene thanked those who helped her reach this milestone and encouraged the students following behind her.
Micharlene proudly posing with a graduation photo of herself and all of her classmates.
Each graduate expressed gratitude to New Missions, their mother and their sponsor for the investment that helped make this accomplishment possible. Even during their training, they blessed their communities by helping with wound care, monitoring blood pressure, and providing practical health education.
(l to r) Jhona Guy, Vastie Meide, Micharlene Rome, and Jennica Delma as they graduated from the nursing program.
Micharlene (center) giving a speech as the class valedictorian. To her left is Jennica, third in her class.
Each of them became interested in nursing as a teenager. After seeing positive nursing examples, they desired to help the sick. They believe nursing will give them another opportunity to practice and express their faith in Jesus. Vastie says, “It is a way of using what God has given me in His service.” Micharlene believes nursing will allow her to love people as we are commanded and lead others to the ultimate healer, Jesus. ~Rachel DeTellis
