Not forgotten
You, the faithful reader, are not forgotten. This blog is not forgotten. The problem is all that has been going on at the same time I remember you and the blog. Yesterday was a red letter day, though. For the first time in more months than I can remember, I actually could say that I had no translation work in hand, waiting to be done. The work piled up while we were away and other jobs came in while I was still trying to eliminate the backlog, but yesterday I turned in the last job and got all related paperwork done. That wouldn't have happened, however, if I hadn't turned down jobs, and some other jobs were not cancelled for one reason or another. There are already indications that a project is coming up any day now, so I'm trying to enjoy the break while I can.
We had a visiting pastor and his family with us for a couple of weeks...somewhere there's a photo I plan to post. We spoke with our daughters, Rachel and Joy, in the past few days. Both are pregnant, and Rachel, our eldest, is due before the end of this month---her 4th child. Joy, our youngest, is due to have her first child, a girl, around September 18. Both seem to be doing well for the condition they're in! We have a lot of travel plans to work out here in the next few days.
Other plans slowly take shape regarding our vision for reaching Madeira and Porto Santo with the gospel. A lot of praying about this has been done here, and on the Portuguese mainland, too. We will keep you informed as we see doors opened.
And a final bit of news: work has begun on constructing a website. We have the domain name registered and a host for the site; the challenge we face now is to get our ideas and the content fused together into something concrete and publishable. I'm not going to make any rash statements in the way of a projected date for going on line with the site. If it doesn't happen soon, it won't be because it's been forgotten; I foresee two explanations: 1) we want to do a good job and build a useful, attractive, informative site, which means we won't rush just to get something on line; 2) a flood of translation work will have come in, giving me something to do while I remember you and the blog...or the website.
We had a visiting pastor and his family with us for a couple of weeks...somewhere there's a photo I plan to post. We spoke with our daughters, Rachel and Joy, in the past few days. Both are pregnant, and Rachel, our eldest, is due before the end of this month---her 4th child. Joy, our youngest, is due to have her first child, a girl, around September 18. Both seem to be doing well for the condition they're in! We have a lot of travel plans to work out here in the next few days.
Other plans slowly take shape regarding our vision for reaching Madeira and Porto Santo with the gospel. A lot of praying about this has been done here, and on the Portuguese mainland, too. We will keep you informed as we see doors opened.
And a final bit of news: work has begun on constructing a website. We have the domain name registered and a host for the site; the challenge we face now is to get our ideas and the content fused together into something concrete and publishable. I'm not going to make any rash statements in the way of a projected date for going on line with the site. If it doesn't happen soon, it won't be because it's been forgotten; I foresee two explanations: 1) we want to do a good job and build a useful, attractive, informative site, which means we won't rush just to get something on line; 2) a flood of translation work will have come in, giving me something to do while I remember you and the blog...or the website.
posted by EP | 11:54 PM | Permalink
1 Comments:
Keep us posted as to the website! Any chances on an occasional podcast or live web streaming of services?
Miss you guys!
Sam, JoAnne, Hannah and Isabel
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