OT School

This semester has been really hectic with all of my assignments, papers, tests, etc. I can't believe I've lived in Dallas for 6 months now! The time has just flown right on by. I'm finally feeling like a local! I have really enjoyed the trees here in North Texas! Much prettier than West Texas!

I am learning different arts and crafts I may someday implement into therapy. One of them is knitting. I knit a hat this semester. Here is a picture of the process and the final product.

Here is my class at a local nursing home. This lady was telling me all about her life story. Her husband was a preacher for 29 years and helped establish a couple churches. She was so proud of him and told us that God gave her a mission in the nursing home to tell others about Jesus! Precious! She even prayed with us for 15 minutes! She was 92 years old! What a testimony!

Here are some pics of my track. We are split into 3 tracks for more one-on-one learning.

Here's a picture of us about to take the DART train to downtown Dallas to do an occupational profile on a couple of monks from Tibet! Pretty neat experience.

This is a sand mandala that the monks work on for a week and then destroy as a way to represent that things of this world are fleeting.

Here's the sand mandala itself

Here is me at a health care fair for neighborhood kids. Most of them are living at the poverty level. I was in charge of the fruits and vegetable education booth. The kids enjoyed picking out a healthy plate! I have never seen so many people lined up for a health event! It is a great need! There were people walking from blocks away!

Here is most of my entire class.

Here is us on Halloween week in Tools class. We had to determine the skills and movements needed to try on different outfits.

Courtney flew in from Florida for Homecoming! It was a great weekend!

Melinda is coaching volleyball in Omaha, TX!!! Population 999!