Ultrasound Training

Hope Imagining trainers & the GRC staff trainees

The first week my parents were in Cebu, my mom was busy with an ultrasound training at Glory Reborn. In fact that was what solidified their plans in coming to Cebu. It seemed to be a divinely-appointed connection when I first moved to Cebu and became involved in the clinic and Hilary told me that she had just bought an ultrasound machine. She really wanted to train her staff but didn't yet have anyone to train them. Naturally, I spoke up and said, "Well that's exactly what my mom does!"

About a year and a half ago my mom started working for a great organization called Sonography Now. She travels all around the US and trains nurses to do limited ultrasounds in pregnancy crisis centers that reach out to abortion-minded women. My mom says she has found her calling. To say that she loves her work is an understatement. And I can say from seeing her work that she is excellent at it.

Sonography Now has an international arm called Hope Imaging which does similar work in developing countries. They set up trainings that are individually catered to the needs of the particular clinic they are serving. That's exactly what they did for Glory Reborn.

Hope Imagining sent 3 trainers (including my mom) and together they trained 6 midwives and 2 nurses at GRC during a week-long training. The GRC staff loved learning ultrasound and my mom and the other trainers loved teaching. In the process, lots of GRC moms got free ultrasounds and had the privilege of seeing their babies in the womb.

Here's what mom says about the training, "It was a wonderful opportunity to share our love of ultrasound to the staff at Glory Reborn. I'm looking forward to hearing the stories of how God continues to bless the moms who deliver at Glory Reborn. I can't wait to come back!"

While mom was busy training, dad and I painted the midwives room at the clinic and dad built a set of shelves for our delivery room. Now that we've kept them both busy working the past week and a half, we are all looking forward to an up-coming beach trip to Bohol tomorrow. We'll be there for 5 nights. Yeah! Vacation!