New Staff

As you can see, we have some new office members. At least they think so!
One of the girls started putting food out for the "strays" a few months ago and now these two at least have adopted us. They frequently are at our door or can be heard outside, sometimes they try and come in through the windows. The dark one, however, is more likely to try the front door.
It's kind of fun to have them around, but sometimes annoying too when you have to constantly kick them out. I'm curious to see what will happen in winter. I have already made it clear to the office that they are not going to become indoor cats!

We also have a couple of people who are trying out for some positions in our office. Ira is trying out for the position of Ukrainian translator for our courses. Up until now we have only translated the courses into Russian, but we are wanting to translate several into Ukrainian so we need to find a good Ukrainian translator. Unfortunately the don't grow on trees. Ira is an okay translator, but she doesn't have a lot of experience and she has not yet acquired the "feel" for what she is translating. We have very high standards and we are trying to help her reach those standards, but it isn't easy. Please pray for her, that it would "click". I'm not sure we can teach this to her, but am praying that it is so.
We are also in the process of hiring an artist. That isn't actually a position in our office, more of a project based job, but something we desperately need as well. I interviewed a lady last Thursday and she came in again to show me some of her work this morning and I am giving her a try, but we'll see... Her previous work was for children and it makes a big difference of course when you are drawing for adults. I'm hoping she'll be able to make the adjustment. But again, would appreciate your prayers for that.
We are also still looking for a second Ukrainian translator...