The Weekly Wrap-Up: October 24-28, 2022

Sorry, it's another short one this week. My back is acting up again, so I anticipate a weekend of pain and idleness. Not what I need right now.

This week, I was able to finish publishing the first group of Telugu booklets. Obviously, we try to get the first group done as quickly as possible, but this language has proven to be quite difficult. We started it back in 2016 and then restarted it in 2020 due to font issues and needing a new translator. I can't fault our brothers in India because they often have several jobs at one time. I'm not going to tell you it isn't frustrating, though. But we're making progress! So I'll focus on that. 

Related to Telugu, my next project will probably be the Tamil volume - same thing I did for English and Hindi. The Evangelical Church of India has lofty goals like Africa. In Africa, our partners are hoping to see a church in every village by 2050. In India, they are hoping to plant 100,000 churches by their centennial. It's exciting to be even a small part of these God-sized goals. 

I'm afraid that's it this week. I'm going to lay down, do some stretching, and hope this passes quickly.

Bye!

The Weekly Wrap-Up: October 17-21, 2022

This week, I have alternately believed that every day was Friday and also that Friday would never arrive. My brain is just a tiny bit fried, so this may be extremely brief and/or extremely out there.

Seriously, I have been so out of it. And part of that may be because I was getting sick (just a cold). But it's also because I'm trying to figure out how to get stuff done before the end of the year. My problem is that I'm still in the figuring it out stage instead of the just doing it stage. There's a mental block for some reason. I'm working on it.

I've had a lot of projects this week. I'm still working on Spanish, but I got interrupted by a group of Telugu, and then that got interrupted by Hindi. And then I had to take over for someone else on a completely separate project. 

That might explain my brain right now, actually.

I think that wraps it up, guys. I have to get back to Telugu. And hope that I don't get interrupted again.

Bye!

The Weekly Wrap-Up: October 10-14, 2022

If it got any quieter in this building, I think my mouse clicks might start to echo. 

Yes, it's another Friday, and as is often the case (especially toward the end of the year), people are hard to find in this building. I am here because I'm saving my vacation time for December and also because what else would I really be doing?

This has been both a productive and frustrating week. A large contingent of OMSers is headed to India this weekend. I'm not actually sure what they will be doing because months ago, it was going to be a huge conference, then a training event, and I think it might just be the top honchos at this point. Whatever it is, Brian and I have been putting together the revised Church Planting volume of booklets and handouts. Last time we did this was in 2016. I was barely involved then, and there was a flood, and it was a whole thing. 

No floods this year (yet), but if you've ever tried to combine various PDF documents of differing size, you might have some idea of the frustration side of things. We got it all figured out, at least for the English, so now I'm working on Hindi and gritting my teeth every time something refuses to export out of InDesign. 

Technology is great, amirite?

In the midst of that, I'm still working my way through Spanish booklets, attending meetings, and generally being a nuisance. Oh, and hosting this month's Family Fun Night. We made ice cream sundaes and watched "The Wizard of Oz." It was a lot of fun!

Does anyone else feel like they are running out of time? I already feel behind, and I don't even have a clear list of what needs to be done before December. Just this nebulous feeling of dread in my head.

Hey, that rhymed!

Okay, I think that's about it for this week. Try to stay warm this weekend.

Bye!

The Weekly Wrap-Up: October 3-7, 2022

It's a cliche, I know. But seriously...

How is it October already?!

I'm not really down with all the pumpkin crap, but it is undeniable that Fall is upon us. Crazy weather, turning leaves, the scent of wood burning in a fireplace... It's not the worst thing in the world.

Anyway, it has been a relatively productive week. I'm still working on Spanish, but that took a bit of a backseat to other projects. We had a safety meeting on Monday and learned some things about the law that are whack. It's weird what you can and can't do with your own property or business. (Did you know that a person commits an average of three felonies every day? You just don't know because the laws are ridiculous.)

Anyway, the big thing I'm working on this week is the volume for India. We're compiling a bunch of booklets, handouts, and other documents into one giant PDF. My problem right now is that a couple of these documents are different page sizes. It's incredibly frustrating. Could I completely redo some of these documents in InDesign? Yes. Am I going to? Only if I absolutely have to.

I really don't want to.

Seriously, though, I think at one point I actually shook my monitor. So I definitely need this weekend to kick back and not think about work. I do get to hang out with a dog, so that's cool.

Finally, I did have a doctor's appointment this week. Result: surgery. Yes, I will be having surgery in December and then taking the rest of the month off to recover. Send suggestions of things to watch/read/do. 

That's it for this week. Taste something pumpkin, curl up in front of a fire, and have a great weekend.

Bye!