Sharon's Action Project

Survival Manual

CG. ​Ministry. ​(2019)

Mission: ​To Help Kids Medically

By: CG

Explanation: My mission is to become a Pediatrician and with that, to become a missionary so that I may help children in North America and Latin America. Throughout history, before completing a mission, there is a lot of planning that goes in. Good plans, allow those missions to be completed more efficiently. This Survival Manual is going to be a plan for my mission, so that I may complete it efficiently, with a clear understanding of what I need to do, and with no mishaps. To become a physician, you need a lot of schooling, which takes many years and even after finishing your schooling, you still need a lot of training before getting a license to practice medicine. My mission is worth pursuing because one, I have always enjoyed science, I love learning, I love serving, and I love moving, so becoming a Pediatrician would just make me very happy and allow me to be very happy with myself and my job. Second, I love children and it would mean the world to me to be able to do something I love while also helping children especially in countries that don’t have ‘helping children medically’ as their priority.

Lay of the Land: According to American Academy of Pediatrics in 2011, there were 91,915 physicians in the US who identified themselves as a pediatrician, pediatric medical subspecialist, pediatric surgical specialist, or other pediatric-focused physician. Fortunately, in the United States there are many options for pediatric physicians. That is not the case in Mexico or in Latin America. As a latina, it breaks my heart that many of my people do not have access to a pediatric physician, which is why I want to take my gifts to a place that I care for and that needs medical help. In order to reach this goal, I need to first graduate high school. I then need to enter college and then take the MCAT and pass to enter a Medicine School. My bachelor's has to be something of the STEM field. Once I graduate from Med School, I would do a three year residency as a general pediatrician. After passing exams, I would then become a licensed Pediatrician.

I plan on working with the Evangelical Covenant Church, which is a non-profit denomination. It was at an event from the Evangelical Covenant Church where I fell in love with mission work and the first time I heard testimonies from missionaries. In the Evangelical Covenant Church, there is a portion of our denomination that does a lot of mission work and it’s called “Serve Globally”. In Serve Globally, there are physicians, pastors, and teachers that they send to different countries to do mission work. There are two people who have always stood out to me the most from the Serve Globally team. It’s an old couple, Eugenio and Pia Restrepo. They are the Regional Coordinators for Latin America and the Caribbean.

They provide oversight and pastoral care for all global personnel in this region and are the direct liaisons for national church partners. They’ve been very good friends with my parents for many years and often bring me something from their trips. Both Eugenio and Pia Restrepo have served as an inspiration to my mission and have always encouraged me to continue on working towards that mission.

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Resources/Materials: In order to complete my mission, I need to have certain resources and materials. Down below is a list of schools, people I need, and support I need in order to complete my mission.

Schools: GCE Lab School (High School) North Park University (College) Rush Medical School (Med School) $480,000 for all schooling cost People: My Parents (They will support me and my studies these years during my mission) Tutors (I will need to have tutors for my test, for my regular school, and professional reasons) Friends (I will need friends to keep me up my feet and to be a escape from all the schooling I’ll have to do) Support: Most importantly, I will need my faith to keep me up in moments of pain, struggle, and doubt. Going to church will be a huge portion in completing my mission.

Non-negotiables and a Back-up plan My non-negotiable would be going to do mission work. I love and want to serve. I know it’s important to serve in the local community, but it has always been my dream to serve globally. I want to travel to Latin America and North America, to countries that don’t have the resources the United States has. I want to immerse myself in different cultures, try different food, meet different people, and help people who really need my help.

Becoming a doctor is not easy, it takes a lot of time, money, and endurance. Like most people, there is this fear in me that I don’t have what it takes to become a doctor. I will need to work really hard and when becoming a doctor, you can’t change your mind last minute because you already spent all this time and money. If things don’t go to plan, I would like to become a Pediatric nurse which is still a lot of work but it is less schooling and less money. I would still be able to do what I love which is helping children and I would be helping them medically like it was planned but just at a smaller scale with less privileges.

Inspiration Board

Works Cited

Study.com,​ Study.com, study.com/academy/popular/typical-medical-school-curriculum.html.

“103 Encouraging Bible Verses & Inspirational Quotes to Boost Your Faith.” ​Tithe.ly,​ get.tithe.ly/blog/encouraging-bible-verses.

“Frequently Asked Questions.” ​AAP.org​, www.aap.org/en-us/professional-resources/Pediatrics-as-a-Profession/Pages/Frequentl y-Asked-Questions.aspx.

“Rush Medical College.” ​Rush Medical College | Education & Training | Rush University,​ www.rushu.rush.edu/rush-medical-college.