T[her]sday: Her day, her way.. Jenna Math 101

 "Every number has a name, every name has a story and every story matters to God."
 I try to make sure I get those stories in print in my Meditations&Musings4Mondays, "[what]S'up, Wednesday?" and FrienDay FriDay; but I've realized, I don't have a "numbers crunching post" for those who want the bottom line. Thus, I introduce "T[her]sday: Her day, her way.. Jenna Math". As a caveat though (and really a disclaimer to being terrible at math), these will be more entertaining than they are 100% accurate. "Jenna Math" as my family calls my adding ability often ends up a few numbers off.. So, with that in mind, enjoy these mostly accurate calculations of mine :)

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Today will be my 91st  post.
And my 3rd year of maintaining this blog.

Today is the 12th day of Wildwood Summer Project 2014. It's weird not being there, but also feels good to be home!

I am 33 weeks along with Baby BúPerry. 
Anywhere from 3 to 7 weeks till we meet BABY Bú! 

We have considered roughly 349 names.. however, no, we have not settled on 1 boy or 1 girl name yet.. ;)

Tomorrow, I will go take my 4/5 level certification test (required to continue interpreting in the state of Oklahoma.) I am currently a 4/4.. but it expires in August.. if I get a 5/5 score, I don't have to take it again (as it's good for life given I keep up the yearly required Continuing Education Units) :) 


Soli Deo Gloira
:D

[what]S'up, Wednesday?

[what]S'up, Wednesday?" is a place where I give weekly updates about how day to day life is going here in Wildwood, New Jersey. It will typically include something that has just happened, a "forecast of a schedule (always subject to change), and an update on my financial situation.. :)
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Happenings: It's definitely weird not being in New Jersey this summer. Azael and I keep finding ourselves commenting "it's June 1st.. Project starts today.. we're not there.." .. "Today is the 3rd day of Project.. typically we'd be watching the sun-rise over the ocean.." .. "Oklahoma is pretty far from an ocean and beach.."

We are preparing for Baby's arrival mid-July, though. I am finally "nesting" - rearranging our house, and getting the supplies necessary for our planned home birth :) It's good to be home for now! :)

I have also met and talked with my new "MPD Coach". MPD stands for Ministry Partner Development and is the Cru term for "Support team". I have my goal for my monthly support, and am in the process of changing over to a new email address with Cru. I'll be emailing ya'll from that email address shortly to try to keep everything organized :)

Schedule: My current "assignment" is to find a team of supporters to partner with me for prayer and financial support for my foreseeable future with Cru.. However, given the circumstances of baby's impending arrival, I don't have a set timeline to complete my goal. I'm hoping to finish the support raising process sooner rather than later, but I don't have a hard and fast deadline. 

Finances: My account number has now changed, and the site is ready! If you have giving set up directly to the old account (#2870830) and desire to continue partnering with me monthly, I can get you the information to switch over to my personal account (#0865449.) Like I said, I'll be following up soon with my current supporters to see if they want to switch their giving from the General Interpreter Fund to my Personal Account - however if you are chomping at the bit to change over, reply to this email and I'll get that info to you promptly :)
I appreciate your generosity. 

Soli Deo Gloria
:D

[what]S'up, Wednesday?

[what]S'up, Wednesday?" is a place where I give weekly updates about how day to day life is going here in Wildwood, New Jersey. It will typically include something that has just happened, a "forecast of a schedule (always subject to change), and an update on my financial situation.. :)
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Happenings: I'm still getting use to the "official-ness" of the part time position with Cru. After being autonomous for the most part of the last 4 years, I'm trying to get in the swing of keeping my new supervisors in the loop. We currently don't have internet at home - as a way to limit time spent-er, uh, wasted on-line while we're prepping for Baby! ;) We go to the library right around the corner for inter-webs, but that makes responding to emails, keeping track of the Cru requirements, and beginning the support process a lil more limited. :)

I also want to restate - in case you missed it in the last post - I will not be going to Wildwood to interpret this summer. By God's providence, no Deaf students were interested/able to attend this summer. I see this "pause-year" as a beneficial time to regroup and make plans toward something more sustainable for the coming years. << Baby coming in July also is a good reason to "pause" and stay home ;) >>

Schedule: I experienced my very first tear-filled departure from the airport on Monday evening (I'm blaming the prego-hormones). Now, I'm in Orlando attending a "New Staff training" that Cru provides to all their new hires. I'm learning how to use their financial system as well as some best practices to connect donors to my ministry and the interpreter ministry. For those of you who have indicated a desire to join my monthly support team, I'll be following up with you soon :) The training ends on Saturday, and then I will visit with my grandparents (mom's mom) for a day, and head back to T-town on Sunday :) You might think that after being away from my husband for 5 weeks back in January, that 5 days wouldn't be so bad - but Sunday can't come soon enough!

Finances: My account number has now changed, and the site is ready! If you have giving set up directly to the old account (#2870830) it will automatically be redirected to the new account as I'll be responsible for my personal support as well as the interpreter accounts. However, my account number will now be #0865449. 
I appreciate your generosity. 

Soli Deo Gloria

[what]S'up, Wednesday?

"[what]S'up, Wednesday?" is a place where I give weekly updates about how day to day life is going here in Wildwood, New Jersey. It will typically include something that has just happened, a "forecast of a schedule (always subject to change), and an update on my financial situation.. :)
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Happenings: Lots of paperwork type things on my end have been my main focus as of late. Now that I'm officially in a part-time capacity with Cru, I have to maintain a more official paperwork trail as well! hahahah :)

Also, I should note, that this summer, I will not be going to Wildwood to interpret. By God's providence, there were no Deaf students interested/able to attend this summer. From all my recruiting back in January, it seems good contacts were made, but - for whatever reason - no one was able to commit to project. I see it as both a good and sad thing. After spending my summers in Wildwood, New Jersey for the past 4 years, it is weird not to be packing things up and heading out there again this year. However, I see this "pause-year" as a beneficial time to regroup and make plans toward something more sustainable for the coming years. 
<< Baby coming in July also is a good reason to "pause" and stay home ;) >>
 In future posts I'll outline some of the things that I'll be working on this summer while I'm not coordinating/interpreting at Summer Project :)

Schedule: May 13th thru May 18th I'll be in Orlando, Florida to attend a "New Staff training" that Cru provides to all their new hires. I'll be learning how to use their financial system as well as the best way to connect donors to my ministry and the interpreter ministry. By the Grace of God, I've actually had a pretty good week when it comes to "pregnant me". I'm hoping that this trend continues as I make my way down to Florida and back :)

Finances: The account for my personal support will be up and running soon. I'll send out an update once the site is live :)
We are also in the process of switching over the previous account that I used for the past years. So if you want to make a donation now, you can make it to the Wildwood ASL Interpreter Fund. This fund will be under my name soon, as I'll be responsible for those transactions: https://give.cru.org/2870830
I appreciate your generosity. 

Soli Deo Gloria
:D