The Weekly Wrap-Up: October 4-8, 2021

Have you ever had one of those days when everything seems to go wrong from the get-go? This week had at least three of those days. I'm just in a funk, I guess. I'll get over it.

I made some good progress on publishing a group of Portuguese booklets this week. I'd hoped to have them done, but we had some weird tech glitches that kept slowing me down. 

We had an OMS family meeting on Wednesday. Did your family actually ever do family meetings? Because mine didn't. Information tends to trickle the parental filter, and I can't think of a time when we all sat down to discuss something. Anyway, we talked about how the last few years have effected things at OMS. Fact is, we're shrinking. We have fewer resident missionaries and fewer donors than we did before, and with inflation, our dollars aren't going as far as they used to. It's a fact of life, but it's one that we need to overcome if we want to continue to be effective in our ministries. Will you join us in praying about this every day from 12:00 - 12:10? You can pray longer, of course, but we decided to use that time over the next 40 days to really focus on this one thing. 

Other than that, I've been updating some graphics and doing quality control. We had our team meeting on Thursday, which went really well. We got through some housekeeping items, but what I try to focus on is how things are going personally, not just at work. We all have lives outside of what we do for T&M and OMS, and I want my team to know that I'm there for them for that stuff as well. 

And that's it! I'm going to go home, take a nap, and get ready for a dog-sitting gig next week. Fun times!

Bye!