that you have on people. I wondered whether I had showed Christ to her through my life and if I presented the gospel.” During this period, her long-standing, unstable relationship with God had started to take shape. “I was searching,” she says. Despite the fact that she was not completely devoted to God at the time, she recalls sincerely wanting to find truth and serve God. Brown was baptized into the Adventist faith in June 2009. Before long, Brown, who was overweight at the time, was invited to
attendees at the health workshops where Brown began volunteering were reporting drops in blood pressures that were once dangerously high; overweight individuals showed tremendous change, and, above all, souls were being won to Christ. “I felt called more and more to health ministry,” Brown recalls. “But I was still working in forensics. I was being called to testify against so many young men and I thought it was so unfair.” Brown felt an inner struggle as her work was helping to send people
“You don’t know the impact that you have.” health expos and other activities centered on presenting the Gospel through the tool of health evangelism. “I started applying the principles to my own life and lost 50 lbs,” she says. Physical and spiritual improvements were becoming evident in her life. Other
to prison who she knew needed Christ. She battled with the decision to either go fulltime into health ministry or remain in the lab. During this time, she was enrolled in a PhD program seeking higher education in the field of forensic science.
As the time drew closer for her to make a decision, Brown says, “I was sitting in class and I knew that I did not want to do this for the rest of my life. I did not want to spend all my time in the lab.” Health ministry overpowered her desires as she saw the impact on her life and the lives of others. She had been in the forensic science program for a year by now and fears began to swirl in her mind. “Then I heard this sermon and the preacher spoke about how God will provide and that we shouldn’t worry. I knew it would work out.” In September 2011, Brown drafted and delivered her resignation letter to the NYPD. She got on a plane to Arizona where she learned about growing her own food and participated in a health program that yielded many baptisms. Preaching, leading out in cooking classes, and colporteur work brought the joy that Brown had sought. After initially being accepted to Loma Linda University, she enrolled at Andrews University. “I wanted to work more closely with the patients, so I chose to do nursing,” she says without a hint of regret. From a forensic scientist working to solve crimes, to a nursing student serving God by teaching others about a healthy lifestyle, Brown looks forward to other work that God has for her. ◆
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