{"id":881,"date":"2021-12-15T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/?p=881"},"modified":"2021-12-11T04:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T09:30:33","slug":"s5e23-rachel-hartley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/2021\/s5e23-rachel-hartley\/","title":{"rendered":"S5:E23 | Rachel Hartley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Desiring to Bring Christ Glory\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the beginning of 2020, Taylor and Rachel Hartley were living out their callings as a photographer (Taylor) and a nurse (Rachel). When COVID-19 hit in March 2020, Rachel, a 2015 B.S.N. and 2020 Master of Science in Nursing alumna, was serving as a preoperative surgical nurse in Lynchburg, Virginia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Taylor and Rachel saw the increasing need in pandemic-ravaged New York City and sensed the Lord\u2019s nudging for Rachel to use her post-Cedarville training as a critical care nurse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They made the 260-mile journey by boat from Virginia to Brooklyn, where Rachel served at Langone Hospital, which was being overwhelmed by COVID cases. The semi-tractor trailers doubling as temporary morgues near the hospital entrance was a heavy daily reminder of the pandemic\u2019s toll.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While they were both realistic about the risks to themselves, the Hartleys saw their mission as more than healthcare. There was an eternal mission at stake, among the sick and dying, and among the frontline workers with whom Rachel would serve.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy prayer and my hope is that in everything, His name would be made known,\u201d Rachel shares during the podcast. \u201cIn that is my greatest hope.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n