As I've been gearing up to head back towards the North East coast, I will be the first to admit, I've not been good at keeping people updated or in the loop. Having just sent out my inaugural "I have a blog" e-mail, it seems necessary to have a post waiting for you (my lovely reader) to expand on what I'm doing this summer..
For those of you who have not yet heard, I am going back to New Jersey this summer with Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru or C3) to interpret for Summer Project. This year 2 Deaf students are attending, and I am excited to see what things the Lord has in store for us!
Auzy, (The Deaf student from last summer) is coming back this summer as a "Student/Staff Intern". This means that he will have 3 to 4 students under him, that he will meet with for the first half of the summer, and that he will be at project from May 23rd to July 2nd. On July 2nd, the staff leaves, and his part of the summer will be over. We tried to get Deaf Male Students to join this summer, but sadly there were not any guys who were able to fit it into their summer schedule. This means that Auzy's bible study/small group that he leads will be made up of Hearing students. To my knowledge this is the FIRST time a Deaf student has been in the "Student/Staff Intern" leadership role. I am STOKED to be a part of this summer!
The second student is a girl from Gallaudet (The only Liberal Arts college for Deaf students, located in Washington D.C.). She has been a part of C3 for 2 years on their campus, and is excited to participate as a student for 10 weeks this summer! I hope to introduce you to her soon!
That being said, I am looking/planning to have a TEAM of interpreters this year. I already have the first 3 weeks of June set up to have a partner interpreter (YAY!!! Praise the LORD for HIS Provision!) and am hoping to flesh out the rest of the summer with a team..
In a preliminary e-mail I sent out for support raising purposes, I said I would be needing about $5,000 this year to make it all happen - or so I thought.. (we all know how poorly I interact with numbers tho - right?.. my affinity for numbers is on the -10 scale..) After I sat down with my dad.. and talked over the details, the more accurate budget reflects a number closer to $9,800.. (yeah- did we say I'm bad with numbers? I-know-I-know)
Currently I am sitting at $2,240.. which is enough to start out the summer, but I am definitely going to need more people to come along side and partner with me so that I can provide these 2 Deaf students with an accessible summer!
I head out Friday May 20th (yeah - that's in 5 days!) and start "waving my hands" on May 23rd in New Jersey.
If you would join me in prayer for safe travels, and to "make good time" as we (my WONDERFUL High School friend Courtney who has graciously agreed to co-pilot with me) have TWO 12 hour days ahead of us, I would appreciate it.
I think that's all for now.. please PLEASE pLeAsE let me know if you have any questions, or would like more details on how to partner in supporting me this summer (as I don't feel comfortable leaving that information here on the blog) :)
Soli Deo Gloria
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"Es por ti, Jesus.. Solo por ti"
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