Exciting Work for Jen

I had no idea I would find the most amazing opportunity so soon! Through a series of strange & unexpected connections (clearly God is at work!) I have begun volunteering at a maternity center here in Cebu that provides prenatal care, labor & delivery services, and postpartum care for free to the poor. The clinic was started and is run by a young American couple. She's a midwife and he helps with the admin and IT just about anything else that needs doing. They are fully supported by donations.
Initially I was excited just to be in a place where I could use my existing skills and experience in nutrition & breastfeeding education and limited experience in the hands-on work of lactation consulting. Then I realized I could finally get some experience as a labor support doula (I took a training years ago in Seattle but have no experience). Apparently they have quite a lot of women delivering in the clinic so it is really easy to get in there and help at any time because surely a baby is being born if not now, soon.
And then I learned that I also have the opportunity to train to be a midwife. It's a distance learning program that would enable me to practice in the US and maybe Canada someday. Midwifery is something I looked into training for while in Seattle but for several reasons I decided not to. Now I find myself in a position to do so and I'm really excited! I'm still trying to work out a few things and just make sure it's what I want to do and that it's the way the Lord is leading me before saying for sure right now.
So I've spent a few days at the clinic so far. On my first day I took part in prenatal exams, learning to palpate the mother's belly and determine the position of the baby, finding and recording the fetal heart rate, and measuring fundal height. On my second day (yesterday), well I was actually there to take part in the midwifery training class but as it turned out two women showed up at the clinic in the late stage of labor and so I watched both babies be born. One of which I got to help facilitate the first breastfeed.
I am blown away by God's goodness! Just in the last week and a half this opportunity has surfaced in addition to meeting several new friends. It's looking like I'm not going to be as bored as I thought I might be here for the first few months.