So, one of my works have been published on Wycliffe's Youth page. It's just a short write-up to inform young people of the various ways to get involved with the work that Wycliffe is doing. It can be found here.

Currently I am working on a project that promotes Wycliffe's ministry at a church event. It's a themed activity, where people arrive at a training camp to be 'trained' to serve on the field. There are different stations with various assignments for them to complete. I am in charge of writing all the printed pieces for the event.

It's a pretty fun project and I am enjoying working on it. I have met with Dustin Moody, the person in charge of the project for a few times, and the pieces are all almost ready to go through the editing process.

Just a little update about what I'm doing at work.

Besides the little write-ups and edits, I've also written some bigger pieces, like the Solomon Islands Second Wave project report and the Table 71 article for the Last Languages Campaign newsletter. They have not been published yet, because the graphic designers are still working on the newsletter.

Over the last month, I was also helping to find and re-write the anecdotes that will be used in Wycliffe's calendar for next year. While those little stories that accompany every month of the year may seem very short, you will be surprised how much work actually goes into putting them together. Having worked on the calendar project, I will never take for granted of any piece of text, however small they may be.

One project that is almost finalised is the blog article about Katie Zartman's mission trip to Senegal. Katie is the senior designer in my department. She went to Senegal in may to conduct a design workshop for the Saafi people, so that they can publish their own literacy materials. The final version of the text has been internally approved, and now it's waiting on field approval.

It's surprising how tedious the editing process is. When I've written a piece of work, I submit it to my supervisor for edit. After getting her feedback, I submit it to the senior editor for his edits. Sometimes, the final product becomes so radically different from the original work.

It's amazing how much work goes into the publication of one article. Everyone in the department seems to have a hand in it.

That was the question that missionaries, Peter and Sue Westrum, gave us after they'd shared their story with us last Tuesday during Close Call.

They served with Wycliffe in Indonesia for 26 years, translating the New Testament into the Berik language.

During the period of time that they were away from home and from all that they were familiar with, they'd missed out on a lot of precious moments with their family. There was no family member to celebrate the birth of their first son with them. No first-birthday party. They could not even make it home for Peter's father's funeral.

Was it all worth it?

To them, it was.

As Sue said, the good life is when you are in the centre of God's will for your life. In the eyes of the world, it may not be the kind of life that one would aspire to. But the most important thing is that, it's the kind of life that God aspires you to.

The result of giving up their lives to God?
A Berik translation of the New Testament, and an entire people group who can now read the Word of God in their own language.

The impact of Bible translation has never been as real and personal to me as when Jamie quoted Matthew 24:14-

It has been a rather eventful, which explains the lack of activity on my blog.

On Monday, we went to work as usual, and then we stayed back after work to help with hosting the 190 students from Campus Outreach who came to visit the Discovery Center and to be exposed to the work of Bible translation. It was really nice to be with a group of young people who are so full of energy, and to see their reactions as they were alerted to the need for Bible translation work. I bet I was just like that during my first week here at Wycliffe. Anyway, it was an energetic night as their enthusiasm rubbed off on us.

We got home at about 11.30pm on Monday night. Needless to say, we spent the rest of the week recuperating from our fatigue.

Yesterday, I attended Wycliffe's Ladies Lunch. It was a needed break from the routine that I was falling into. Appropriately, the theme of the luncheon was REST. It was really encouraging and refreshing to hear the speaker, Wendy (she works in my department), share about our need for rest. It hit me right on the head when she said that we don't always have to do everything, and we don't always have to do everything right now. It's so easy for me to be a workaholic and to force myself to being the best in everything.

I really appreciate hearing from Wendy who works in my department. She is such a humble person. Yesterday, she led our department's devotion as well, and one thing that she shared is something that I needed to hear: "We never arrive spiritually because faith is a journey."

So often, I feel that I have become so focused on the final destination that I have let the rest of the journey pass me by, without taking any notice of anything. Yet, the learning experience is just as important as the destination, if not more. And that I something that I desperately need to learn. This whole experience at Wycliffe has been a learning experience, the journey. I have not arrived at the destination yet, and I may never. But the most important thing right now is my learning process.

What do I need for my journey? Humility.

The road ahead may be rough and bumpy. I may find myself traversing on muddy terrain. I may even be tired out by the journey. But every stretch of the road counts, and every inch of the journey offers a lesson that I can learn.

That was the theme of today's sharing during Entermission (Wycliffe's weekly Wednesday morning chapel). The speaker was sharing about how he was reminded that we see, not only with our eyes, but with our ears, nose, and skin. And sometimes, we also need to look beyond what our physical eyes see. When I do not understand the things that I see, maybe I need to look beyond the immediate present to see the bigger picture that God is painting.

This past weekend was the July 4 weekend. We went to Lake Eola on Sunday and stayed all evening to watch fireworks at night. It was a really long day, and I am glad that we got Monday off. We went grocery shopping on Monday, and just spent the rest of the day chilling out at home and watched a movie.

Yesterday night was Close Call (dinner and worship). It was also our last activity with the OSI staff around, because from today onwards, the interns will be taking over the leadership entirely. Each of us is assigned to a particular leadership role within the group and we will be running the show from now on.

I have been assigned to take over the Faith and Culture class, which I am very excited about. I have thoroughly enjoyed the class and have also enjoyed doing the fieldwork. I can also relate better to the material used in the class as I have had intercultural experience. I have always been somewhat apprehensive about sharing my faith. Not that I am ashame of it, but I do not really know how to start the conversation without being too pushy. But in this class, I have learned to play a more passive role by asking questions that stir people's thoughts, and let God do the work of convincing them.

I am excited to see all that God will do as we begin the second half of our internship here.