:) I'm back, praise God!

[coveredinharmony]

Hello, everyone! I've been gone for several months, and I praise God that I have had a moment to catch my breath and post again. Life has been very hectic for me lately, with school starting in late August and several unexpected interruptions in life. I praise God for the strength He gave me through these hard times.

I also thank Him for a wonderful gift--I recently met another covering sister at my college! We ran into each other one day, and we have a lot in common--the same first name, the same age, similar family situations, etc etc and of course the same Lord. It has truly been a blessing running into her on campus, and we've had some lovely fellowship in the Lord.

I know many of you have been following my relationship with Jay. I spent a good two weeks thinking about the situation, and ultimately I decided a while ago to cut off most contact with him. We email each other once in a while, and meet each other in person probably three times a month (we have a coinciding time on Mondays where we're out of class at the same time; we mostly discuss religion and values). We are no longer dating; if the Lord wills we would start again only if the situation were to turn around (I have resigned myself to accept that it probably will not). It's very, very tough, brothers and sisters. I would appreciate your prayers. I am so grateful that I have such a fellowship here to encourage me during these times.

I will post again later when I have time, and I pray that I will be able to post more often

Love in Christ,

Little sister Sarah

PS Welcome to everyone who has recently joined! The Lord bless you and keep you!

[allglorytogod]

Welcome back sister ... glad you found a friend ... been praying for you and Jay and your families

[angelicvoices]

It is nice to meet you Sarah. I am Sry you have been going through some trials, but remember God is with us on the mountain and in the valley.

[Andrea]

It's so good to hear from you again! I'm glad you've made a friend of like faith at school and I've prayed for you concerning your relationship with Jay. It seems you've followed the Lord and you won't be sorry for it.

[coveredinharmony]

Hi again, everyone Thank you for the warm "rewelcoming!"

I wanted to share with you a little of what I've been working on. It's not perfect, but I wanted to share it anyway.



Love in Christ,

Little sister Sarah

[allglorytogod]

Keep signing ... keep shining ...

[coveredinharmony]

Thanks! Did the voice interpretation work on your computer?

[allglorytogod]

Yes sister ... I heard it ... It was a different version from what I'm used to hearing (King James) ... Your presentation was nice ...

[coveredinharmony]

Thanks! I was interpreting what I was signing (mostly literally; I did change "Your" into "Thy," though). If I were to sign the Lord's Prayer how we say it in English, it wouldn't make any sense (especially because there are no signs for "be verbs" like in the line "hallowed be Thy name," and if I were to sign "Lead us not into temptation" it would be interpreted by a lot of Deaf people as "do not tempt us" or even "do not tempt us sexually"). So what I signed transferred the meaning rather than the literal words. That is reflected in my voice interpretation. Interpreting is funny like that, sometimes.

Love in Christ,

Little sister Sarah

[allglorytogod]

Understood ... sign on sis ... sign on ...

[prv31wife]

Little Sister Sarah!
It's good to see you posting again. What a precious gife from the Lord to send you a like-minded sister!
I like your signing of the Lord's Prayer. I've always wanted to learn sign language. It is beautiful to watch.

[coveredinharmony]

Hello again, brothers and sisters!

I love to practice ASL, and I am especially enjoying playing around with recording. Are there any songs, stories, or Bible passages any of you would like to see done? I've been playing around with doing 1 Corinthians 11, but I'm not sure how to translate it yet (there's some complex issues in there that are hard to describe unless you could see what I mean, and the only interpretation I've ever seen gave the impression that the husband himself is the covering...?). So until I get that worked out, is there something that you all would like to see?

Thanks, and love in Christ,

Little sister Sarah

[allglorytogod]

the only interpretation I've ever seen gave the impression that the husband himself is the covering...?)

lol

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Would any of these work out well ?

The Shepherd's Psalm - Psalm 23
The Beatitudes - Mattew 5 : 2 - 11
Charity - I Corinthians 13
Ten Commandments - Exodus 20
Parting of the Red Sea - Exodus 14 : 21 - 31
Creation - Genesis 1
Part of David's prayer - I Chronicles 29 : 10 - 13

[coveredinharmony]

Oh, wow, those do sound lovely! Once I get a chance to start interpreting those, I think some of them should be quite quick to translate and others will be a nice challenge Thanks!

Love in Christ,

Little sister Sarah

[Tammy]

Sarah, it is good to see you again!

How exciting, that you have found a like-minded friend on campus!

I enjoyed the video. Your signing is beautiful, and your expression is very good. Well done!