The Weekly Wrap-Up: October 23-27, 2023

Hello, my lovelies!

I hope you are well. This has been a topsy-turvy week for me. I am dog sitting a very adorable, very hyperactive Golden Retriever, so I have spent some time trying to attend meetings with a dog giving me sad eyes and some time in the office trying to get things done. Who knows if I've succeeded at either?

Anyway, we're working on some back-end stuff for T&M, so I don't know how exciting my updates will be for a while. One thing we did this week was add the new booklets to the Student Activity Guide. This is a relatively minor fix, but it does have a lot of repercussions for current and former projects. Some of the languages we've done in Edition 4 don't have the new booklets, yet, so we need to determine if they even want them or have time to do the translation. V and I are tag-teaming the art sets to get the updated templates out, and then we need to publish all of the English again. 

It's a process.

As we get closer to the holiday season, I'm sure my posts will be less frequent. I will try my best to keep up with things, but I have at least two weekends in November that I'm traveling and probably two more in December. As always, you can contact me directly via email or comment. This time of year gets crazy. You already know that. 

Hey, thanks for sticking around. You're awesome. 

Bye!

The Weekly Wrap-Up: October 16-20, 2023

Howdy, friends!

It has been a quiet week around here. My boss is in Kenya for a VCP gathering, so Sarah and I have been alone in our hallway. 

We managed. 

I finished the fifth group of Swahili along with the volume for Africa. I think Brian was able to show it to the trainers, so that's cool. 

We had a team meeting for T&M. You can pray for spouses and health issues especially. 

I sang in chapel on Wednesday. They were new to me songs, so I had to do some practice, but I think it went well. 

Today, I met my mom halfway to get her computer back to her after some work was done on it. It's what any good boss would do for their employee. 

I think that's it for this week. Stay warm.

Bye!

The Weekly Wrap-Up: October 9-13, 2023

Heyo! I have returned!

Vacation was lovely, thank you. Not without its struggles, but I honestly had a great time with my parents. We visited family, toured some museums and battlefields, and slept in weird beds. All the things you could hope for on vacation, really. 

But I'm back in the office now. All good things must come to an end. (I don't know where that phrase comes from, but I don't actually believe it's true. It's just funny to use in certain instances.)

Anyway. I'm really just still catching up on things. I was gone for two weeks, but it always feels like much longer. And I still haven't slept in my actual bed since I immediately started a dog sitting gig when I rolled into town. Choices. 

I did start some work on a group of Swahili, which is going well. My boss actually left two days after I got back, so I am holding down the fort here in Greenwood. 

Two things you can pray about:

First, we lost one of our homeland missionaries quite unexpectedly on Sunday. Marty, our hospitality coordinator at HQ, had a heart attack. She had a big personality around here, and I know that she is already sorely missed. She had been with OMS for 42 years, living in Japan for much of that time. Pray for her husband David and for her children and grandchildren she leaves behind. 

Second, Israel. 

I'm struggling with this one. I saw way more of what has happened than I ever wanted to. There's this notion that Christians have to support Israel no matter what, and I'm not sure where that came from. What exists now is quite different from who God established as his Chosen People (who kinda lost that status when they rejected the Messiah, but whatever). Yet I can't and won't condone wholesale murder and rape from anyone. 

And OMS has a presence in Israel. I would ask you to pray for those individuals. Pray for the innocent civilians who are suffering. Pray for peace. I don't know what else to do. 

I think that's it. I don't really want to leave it on this note, but I'm just drained. I hope your weekend is restful for you.

Bye!