From Wendy E. Nelles:
I was so moved and inspired after finding out what Yvonne Martin's family had written about her, that I sent an email message to dozens of my friends and colleagues, including publication editors, journalists, musicians and church pastors, and I posted the words on my social networking site, urging readers to pass it on. I have received many positive responses, thanking me for informing them about the poignant and inspiring words. Here is what I sent:
Yvonne Martin, a retired nurse from Elmira, Ont. was the first Canadian reported killed in Haiti by the earthquake last week. She had landed 90 minutes earlier for her fourth medical mission to Haiti. There has been a lot of newspaper and TV coverage about her, including a great editorial in the Kitchener Waterloo Record newspaper which I also encourage you to read at http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/659623.
Sara, a member of The Word Guild, was at the funeral visitation last night. These are the words the family is sharing in a card for all who come. The words are very inspiring. I thought you would appreciate seeing this. Pass it on to your friends and family.
"Remember this. She was naturally a good woman and on her own she did great things. But that's not where it ended for her. She was a woman of faith and she measured herself by God's standards. She served not out of her own goodness but because she was empowered by Christ. Her faith sustained her daily. Her faith was alive, tangible, active. And she reached out to others with the hope that they too would experience the transformational Christ… Remember her. Be inspired. Pick up your hammer or your stethoscope, kneel, and make yourself useful."
As Sara added so well, "May this be said of all of us at the end of our lives, and in the meantime, may we all pick up the tools at our disposal, kneel, and make ourselves useful."
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