The Weekly Wrap-Up: April 25 - May 6, 2022

Well, as predicted, there was no post last week. The seminar went very well, and while we had a few hiccups, there were no major catastrophes. For which I am very thankful. 

Most of my week was spent in the tech arena. 

We had two tech positions: the tech booth, which controlled all audio/visual elements, and Zoom host, which let people in and created breakout rooms, etc. The seminar was a hybrid event again, which meant we had people attending in person and online. It takes a lot of work to make sure everyone is where they are supposed to be when they are supposed to be there. But, with the incredible leadership of Sarah, we pulled it off. 

Snacks to get us through.

The smiley stickers indicated our level of comfort with personal interaction. I'm a yellow in normal settings, so I figured it was appropriate.

We always have good food.

And, of course, we introduced our new VCP assistant - my mom! Yes, you read that correctly, Donna Hollopeter will be working for OMS part time on Village Church Planting material. And no, I am not her boss. 

Oh well.

So like I said, it was a good week. We had great fellowship and made some solid plans for the future as OMS restructures into more field-centric operations. 

I can't say my weekend was spent recovering from the event as I was dog- and cat-sitting, but I did manage to get some sleep. Regardless, I was read to go Monday morning once again.

This week has been all about booklet 64. 64 is a new booklet called "Tell Your Story." It helps people craft their personal testimony. We've been working on it somewhat passively for a while, but I've been putting in solid work on it this week, tagging text and making sure the layout is as it should be. 

What is tagging?

That's the process. We have text tags so that when we run the script on the translation files, the translated text goes exactly where it is supposed to go. So paragraph 064-072 will always be, "Here are some words to help you think about the benefits you have received in Christ:" (I am also taking the opportunity to fix some grammar and word choice.) It doesn't matter what language, that's the general gist of what it will say. Pretty clever, isn't it?

And that's the gist of my week. It's been cold and rainy, which is always a drag. But I'm spending the weekend with yet another pup, so it should be a break from the norm. Although, pet sitting is becoming the new norm. 

Hmm...

Bye!