A group of nurses at one Nashville, TN medical center decided to ask God’s help over their patients in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic from one unlikely place – the helipad located on the roof of the hospital.
Angela Gleaves, a nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center posted photos to her Facebook page on Monday showing herself and four colleagues praying while standing on the hospital’s helipad located on the roof of the building.
“When you have a few extra minutes at work you take the time to go to the Helipad and pray,” Gleaves wrote. “We prayed over the staff in our unit as well as all of the hospital employees. We also prayed over the patients and their families during this trying time.”
“We also prayed for all of our colleagues around the world taking care of patients. It felt good to do this with some of my amazing co-workers. We could feel God’s presence in the wind. Know that you are all covered in prayer,” she concluded.
Gleaves was joined by her fellow nurses Sarah Kremer, Beth Tiesler, Tanya Dixon and McKenzie Gibson in lifting up their arms and also kneeling during prayer.
“We just wanted to share (the pictures) to let everyone know that we were praying not only for our hospital but all the patients and the families,” Gleaves told NBC’s TODAY. “It’s just a really hard time for families as well as patients right now because a lot of hospitals aren’t allowing visitors.
“It was a great moment. There was a little bit of wind, and I felt like it was God pushing us to care for these patients and do what we’re trained to do,” she said.