I realize that my "Tuesday's Tidbit's" have fallen by the wayside.. I've just been stuck as to what to post under that category.. my brains been uncreative as of recent, I guess..
Thus I've decided to start "[what]Sup, Wednesday?" as a place where I can give weekly updates abt how day to day life is going here in Wildwood, New Jersey.
To start out, here are some things happening in the near future..
Schedule:
- Peter leaves on Friday
- Cory and I out of town next weekend
- Auzy comes in August
Peter has been here for the past 6 weeks, working as an "Intern Interpreter" under Cory (who has been a part of the last 2 Summer Projects, and is serving as a Lead Interpreter with me the whole summer.) It's been a blessing to have "Peets" (as we've been calling him) here to help out with the interpreting needs. Cara (the other Intern) has been here for the last 3 weeks - so having 4 interpreters to share the responsibility with has been a little slice of heaven! We (Cory, Cara and I) will be sad when he leaves.
Speaking of Cory and I being the "Lead Terp's", some friends of ours (a couple from last summer's Project) are getting married next Friday about 5 hours from here. We'll be driving up to Boston on Friday for the wedding - meaning I'm in the process of trying to figure out if I need to bring in some other Interpreters to help Cara cover the needs of the weekend, or if things will be "chill" enough that she can manage the few things on the calendar by herself.. Prayers for *wisdom* and *provision* would be appreciated :)
Lastly, Auzy - my boyfriend who lives in Honduras currently - is coming to visit the first week of August.. which, consequently, is the last week of Project. He'll be my road-trip buddy home, and then stay a while and meet my family :) I'm trying to get details and plans established now, so that when he's here, we can just enjoy the last few days of Project. I've not seen him in person since April 29th.. so needless to say - I'm pretty stoked that he's coming! *Please be praying for him, his travels and his work load - as he'll be in the states for a month total, so he's trying to leave things for his students/a sub to do while he's gone* :)
Finances:
Yesterday, I spent 7 hours devoting time to "office hours". Being that I wear many hats here on Project - annnnd that I am not the most skilled at (nor do I enjoy) money and math things, I tend to avoid them at all cost! (pun intended) That being said, here's where I am sitting currently..
Project (and Cru in general) likes to use terms like "low on support" and "fully funded" to describe where they are financially. While I am *Super Grateful* that I am not low on support -{thanks to you who have donated monetarily!}- I am also not fully funded. It is a little hard for me to say that concretely, as I don't have a good sense of numbers, and so the money I do have seems to be covering the interpreter needs that I've had thus far. And I trust that God knows the need (what the final balance will be) and He will prompt you to give in order to make that happen. However, when my Dad (who is very skilled with numbers and budgeting) and I sat down back in May and came up with a working budget the number was right around $18,000. So when I say "fully funded" - that's where I am aiming.. I am currently sitting at $13,736 that has been raised so far. If you would like to contribute to helping me get to a fully funded status, please visit my donor page on Cru's website, and follow the prompts.. THANK YOU in advance for helping to further the cause of Christ by financially supporting this ministry!
I think that wraps up "[what]Sup, Wednesday?" for now. I'll be back with more fun "deet's" (as these college students say - it's an abbreviated form of details) ;) next week! Thanks for tuning in and reading through "[what]Sup."
Appreciate your prayers!
Soli Deo Gloria
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For I have "tasted" the sweet Words of our God, and "seen" the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.. (Psalm 119:102-104, Psalm 27:11-14, Psalm 34:8) Once you've "Tasted and Seen" the goodness of the living God, it's hard to not tell of the things you know to be true. I work with CRU (a Christian Ministry on College Campuses) integrating and encouraging Deaf students as they encounter God in their native language - ASL. :)
Awesome news about Auzy!!!!!!! Super stoked fit you!!!!
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