I'm not sure how many of you check out my posts on the blog, as they can easily be viewed in your email inbox - but if you DO look at the website, you might have noticed I did some updating to the title and overall look. If you are very attentive to detail, you might have even noticed that the email that was sent yesterday was Posted by 'Tasted and Seen', not 'The New Jersey Journals'.. But it's at the footnote of the email, so I don't expect you to have seen it. ;)
In thinking about the current part-time position that I find myself in with Cru, I felt like "The New Jersey Journals" no longer fit the purpose of my correspondence. Up until this point, the goal has been to get Deaf students to attend the Wildwood Summer Project, as that was the only option for accessibility for the Deaf students at the time. Now that I am officially with Cru, though, the goal is to eventually broaden those horizons to open up more 'Deaf friendly Summer Projects' as well as allow Deaf students to attend any other events Cru provides - be it Fall or Spring break trips, Winter Conferences, or weekly meetings on their campuses.
Thus, "New Jersey" in the title of the blog might become confusing over time. As I was thinking about what to rename the blog, I chose "Tasted and Seen" for a few reasons. Mainly, at the root of this endeavor, was the first of many times along this journey that I would be in need of [x-y-z] and my Abba-Father would provide specifically for that need. I go into more details on the "A Journey of a Thousand Miles" tab at the top, but suffice it to say that for a good while the password to my computer had a mixture of "tasted and seen" in it as a reminder to me that even when a situation seems beyond my grasp of making it happen, God is in the business of working out the "impossible". Once I tasted of His networking of resources (which you, if you have supported me financially or prayerfully in the past were part of that pprocess - so thanks!) and had seen His goodness at providing for my needs, my trust in Him increased. As my trust in Him increased, He allowed me to taste and see more of Him as the needs continued to grow for subsequent Summer Projects.
So, without further ado, welcome to my refurbished blog. I'll maintain the same themed posts, "Monday's", "Wednesday's", "Thursday's" and "Friday's". But -hopefully in the near future- I'll include updates, not only about Wildwood, but also about other summer projects and Cru sponsored events.
I'll leave you with this quote:
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
May the same be true of us - that as we have 'tasted heaven's goodness', that we would continue to look to God as our provider, knowing that in His presence is 'where we have been and where we should always long to return'.
Continuing to search for more to TASTE and SEE! ..join me?
Soli Deo Gloria
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