Jack's Project= Projack

This month, I am able to work on the project for C&D. My plan is called Holes. This is not to be confused with the movie or anything else with this title. The reason behind my project is to get C&D recognized within its own community. I am using my "newness" to do this project. The idea is that I have a map of Hirzenbach (the community where I live and where C&D is) and cut out holes of specific buildings that people would recognize were missing. Places like the school, Coop supermarket, C&D, the soccer fields, etc. I have great support behind me here for this project and I know that I can do it. It is starting to get real and the dates are approaching fast. I have my plans and to-do list, but it is getting really interesting to see all the pieces finally coming together and out of the thought processes.
Another great thing is that in the two weeks that I will be running my project, I will have one intern each week. Their schools here have the students do internships (Practicant) within what they want to do. These two students (each around the age of 14/15) want to do social work and they have been paired with C&D who paired them with me. So, within a couple of weeks, I will become a teacher instead of the student. This is really exciting for me! I hope that I honor God in this as I do not know if these students are Believers. This project is not, in essence, an evangelism project but more of a business project.
I hope that people are able to find C&D and, with the subtle questions inside of the map itself, I hope that people can see God in a new light. This goes with my song for the summer (link in bio) by Casting Crowns. I don't care if people remember me or this project for the matter. I only care that through me, the project, my colleagues, etc. that they will remember Jesus and only Jesus.

A verse that Hope for Zurich went through this morning struck me that we should live in peace. I pray that God gives me peace at the time of the project. People may not even stop to engage in the activity, but that is okay. I pray that I do not get discouraged in the people passing by, but that I get encouraged by those who actually stop and by those who are with me.

Though this is talking about marriage, I believe that we can take hope in this verse as well.
1 Corinthians 7:15 (NIV):

But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The man or the woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. 

We are not failures if people walk away from us. Instead, we need to pray for them, forgive them, and be at peace with them.

God bless all of you!