Giving blood, saving lives, God's grace

Today, I gave blood. Hahaha... it was a rather long wait, and a rather hilarious situation.

The wait, though long, was made more bearable with Rashidah and her friend Amy. We just chatted the long wait away.. then it was giving blood time. The HSA staff that attended to us were really nice and helpful.. but after seeing people feeling faint and all that, I kinda felt scared. So what did I do?

I prayed.

I asked God to watch over me. To let my blood be useful, that it can be used to save lives. And that I'd be able to not grow faint, but to be strong because my God is within me.

And the Lord answers prayers.

The nurses were nice, accommodating and helpful.
The blood donation went well with minimal pain.
And I started singing worship songs. In came "Still". In came "Thank You for the Cross". And surprisingly, my blood transfusion slowed down towards the end... It was getting slower and slower, and where other people were done, and even my friend who felt faint was able to walk.. I was still sitting there with a needle in my arm! Haha.. I didn't think too much about it then. So, they kinda cut short my transfusion with a little bit to go. And then I was sitting there with a yellow bandage on my arm where the needle was... with bumblebees! Went to the reception counter, immediately brough laughter to the volunteers there, helped distribute biscuits, and made friends with this Vietnamese girl I think called Summer.

So as I left and came home, I slept for close to 3 hours cause it is rather draining. And well, I managed to complete my revision for Stats by doing 3 tutorials! Normally I do one tutorial in the time that I took to complete 3... the Lord is awesome!

And when I think about the transfusion. I realise that "Hey! The Lord could have reduced my blood flow so that I wouldn't get dizzy!"

God is great. =)