I'm just on for a couple of minutes. Sorry I haven't been on for a while. Between going to the dentist last week and being sick I just haven't had the energy to sit up at my computer. Consequently, I am taking this coming week off of work to stay home in bed. Not something I look forward to, but something that must be done. I think that I am having another bout with a virus that I picked up last year. Something like mono, but not quite as bad. In any case my energies are much depleted, yesterday I could hardly make it out of bed, but today I am significantly better: I was able to shower and do some dishes (not at the same time) and eventually made it over to my parents' to lay on their couch for a couple of hours! :)
I don't actually feel sick, just exhausted to the point where watching a movie is taxing. If I don't get rejuvenated by a week of strict rest I'll have to make arrangements to go to Kyiv and get medical tests and whatnot done there which would be a HUGE headache and something I would really prefer to avoid.
So please pray that I show significant improvement as this week progresses. Thanks. :)
Other than that things are going well at the office. We're going to be finishing up another course in a week or so and sending it off for printing, which is always exciting for everyone. I'll probably proclaim a day off when it is sent off to celebrate. We also just got back a copy of one of the courses that was sent for printing this last summer. There were problems with the paper so it was long delayed, but it'll be a nice boost for the office to see some of their finished work.
Beyond that, our two new staff that I hired in January are working out really well. Liena is proving to be well capable for some of the tasks that I had in mind for her and I hope to train her to be able to stand in for any of the editorial team if the need arises, but mostly I am anxious for her to focus on the translation aspect of the projects and it seems that she is well capable for that. It was a step of faith to hire her because I didn't have any specific work in mind, just a general idea of what I hoped she would be able to do. But I believe it was from the Lord as I already have work lined up for her for the next 3-4 months at least!
Our new secretary, Julia, is also adjusting well. She has a really sweet spirit and is a good, willing worker. She is a relatively new believer and had actually been coming to my English evangelistic Bible study (and still is). She's been on a sharp learning curve, but it is a great help for me to have her there. Just so many little tasks that I can give to her so that I can focus on other things that I have been procrastinating on. :) Or be sick... :P
Oh well, this didn't turn out as short as I had intended, but I didn't want you to think I had forgotten you. May God bless you ten-fold for your prayers and encouragement!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Wrapping Up NTS: a prayer request
I have been quite sick over this last week. It's been creeping up on me, but last week just hit me full force and I ended up missing Thursday and Friday at work. This week I have managed to be in every day, for a few hours, but I am not even able to make the 6 hour daily goal that I have set for myself.
Last night was particularly bad, I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep for four hours, so I laid there and thought about work and prayed. And the idea popped into my head that I got sick just as I was doing particularly well on my New Testament Survey Course Guide work. I have about half of the course to cover yet in the guide and mostly am just so busy with office management that I don't have time to write. I am the best person to write this guide as I am the one who produced the course. But from the beginning of the time I began to work on this course I have faced spiritual opposition. And this particular bought of illness seems to fall in that line. Not that I am not ill anyway, but the devil seems to be trying to use that to hinder my work on this course.
Please pray that I will be able to finish the course guide up next week. It will take a miracle because I have to go to Kyiv on Tuesday so I will be away the whole day and will very likely be completely exhausted from that trip. But it is not impossible. I just need to have 2-3 hours to dedicate to it with a clear and fresh mind every day. This course guide is the last major piece of this course, once I am done with that it is merely a matter of following up on details and seeing it through the Russian translation and editing process.
Pray also for the translation of the course and for the production of pictures for NTS. We have an artist working on it, but at the rate he is going he won't finish until the middle of June and since we are planning on sending this course for printing on June 1...
On a note of Praise: Church Dynamics the course that we are presently preparing for printing looks like it will be ready by the end of next week! That is over a month in advance of what I expected! PTL
Last night was particularly bad, I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep for four hours, so I laid there and thought about work and prayed. And the idea popped into my head that I got sick just as I was doing particularly well on my New Testament Survey Course Guide work. I have about half of the course to cover yet in the guide and mostly am just so busy with office management that I don't have time to write. I am the best person to write this guide as I am the one who produced the course. But from the beginning of the time I began to work on this course I have faced spiritual opposition. And this particular bought of illness seems to fall in that line. Not that I am not ill anyway, but the devil seems to be trying to use that to hinder my work on this course.
Please pray that I will be able to finish the course guide up next week. It will take a miracle because I have to go to Kyiv on Tuesday so I will be away the whole day and will very likely be completely exhausted from that trip. But it is not impossible. I just need to have 2-3 hours to dedicate to it with a clear and fresh mind every day. This course guide is the last major piece of this course, once I am done with that it is merely a matter of following up on details and seeing it through the Russian translation and editing process.
Pray also for the translation of the course and for the production of pictures for NTS. We have an artist working on it, but at the rate he is going he won't finish until the middle of June and since we are planning on sending this course for printing on June 1...
On a note of Praise: Church Dynamics the course that we are presently preparing for printing looks like it will be ready by the end of next week! That is over a month in advance of what I expected! PTL
Monday, February 4, 2008
Mum's Birthday
It was mum's 60th birthday, well, I guess it is today, but we celebrated over the weekend. We had a little party on Saturday and then on Sunday we did a family party. Pris and the kids had come earlier in the week and Dan came over on Saturday. Here's a couple of pics of mum and her cake.
Dad made the cake(s). Well, he iced them at least. They are all different states/provinces/countries that we have lived in. Each one has something significant from that time period of mum's life and each one represent roughly ten years of her life. It was a special and fun cake. Different from anything that he has done before.
Dad made the cake(s). Well, he iced them at least. They are all different states/provinces/countries that we have lived in. Each one has something significant from that time period of mum's life and each one represent roughly ten years of her life. It was a special and fun cake. Different from anything that he has done before.
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