While I was in the daily MDM, Joe Ward began to report on his patients, and he spoke about a particular patient who had received some bad news. Joe said he sat in his room to listen and speak to the patient. As he was speaking to this patient, Joe said he felt like he was led to ask him if he knew Jesus. Joe felt comfortable enough to ask the patient if he had asked Jesus to save him. The patient replied no he had not. Joe spoke to the patient at length about salvation and what it meant. The patient asked Joe to say the prayer of salvation with him.  Joe took that time and said that prayer, and the patient received Jesus as his Lord and Savior that morning. 

I get emotional when I think about the opportunity our staff has on a daily basis to share with patients and families, and pray for them, and in some cases, lead them to salvation. As a nurse, you are with patients at their most vulnerable time, a time when the patient really may not know what tomorrow holds. I think it was awesome that Joe took advantage of this time and changed someone’s life forever.