My weekend
In a few minutes I hit the road to drive back to Southampton, again. To be honest with you I quite like the journey, it’s time out, where I get space and time to listen to podcasts (Mosaic, Village Church and Moth podcasts all on the playlist), enjoy the setting sun and think through things.
As work has been getting busier it’s becoming harder to think, but at times like this it’s even more important. In the office I’ve tried to instigate some reflection time into the week. We spend 30 minutes on Monday talking and praying about what’s going to take place during the week ahead, on a Friday afternoon we look back and see what has happened and pray and thank God.
This week we reflected on:
The Eden to Eternity tour. I went on Wednesday to see the production and was really impressed. Tany describes it as being like seeing the Reduced Shakespeare Company, which is a huge complement. Anyway, after a shaky start it’s picked up, both in the quality of the production and the size of the crowds.
On the back of that we are getting some good PR and some local radio stations are going to be doing some interviews around this on Sunday morning.
We also had a guy on UCB Radio on Tuesday talking about lost languages and the work we do to protect native languages. This also required some updating of the website and loading the first properly edited (but still rough) Wycliffe podcast.
I also interviewed some of the people who are meeting here discussing scripture use. It’s a bit of the operation that we probably don’t talk about enough, as the aim of Wycliffe isn’t just to translate Bibles, but also to enable communities to read and understand them. To do this we have to teach literacy and provide some level of education.
Then there were just the straightforward, unglamorous stuff that has to take place during the week, mailings, filing, meetings and minutes.
So I’m looking forward to this weekend. Time with Tany, a friend’s wedding, more marriage preparation stuff… but also the drive home. Have a good weekend folks.
I think it is important in the work place to make a space for peace. We have so many conflicting issues at work. Having a spot to go where there is peace to pray and think is important.