Last Tuesday, August 17, I got to have steak with my pastor. He treated me because he made a deal on Christmas Eve in 2009 that he would buy me a steak dinner if I did not get accepted into Iowa Medical School. Sure enough, I did not, but got accepted into Rush Medical College, and therefore he promised to still buy me the steak! He took me and we both had a New York strip at an awesome local steak house called Mamies. While there, over our conversation he told me that I will get discouraged in medical school. His daughter went to a medical school in Chicago, and went through what I will be going through. The most memorable thing pastor told me was that how he daughter told him that when she was in medical school, other classmates would get so worked up before exams that they would puke right before the exam due to the high stress level of studying.
He said I am was selected because they know I can do it, and therefore not to worry, but to study one day at a time and to focus and look at the larger picture. He is a very encouraging person. It means a great deal to me that my pastor of my church would take the time to buy me dinner and provide me with such awesome encouragement. I love the people I have around me. I will be depending on them as this awesome, yet difficult, yet a fullfilling journey to becoming a doctor! I can't believe I get to do this! I am so blessed. I thank God every day that he has provided me with the ability, the family support, and great people that surround me, from friends to family to entail on this adventure into the Windy City! Chicago here I come! You better be ready! In 6 days there will be a Russian at Rush ready to rock the city and the school!
-MD in 14
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