I'm all over that

Well, ok, so I'm just all over the city. Well, ok, so just all over my little corner of the city today!

I had a little adventure with my friend here who is the Desktop Publishing Manager (at least, I think that's what she's called). Today, she had to pick up some Scripture portions (the book of Mark) in a Tanzanian language from the printshop, and then get them to the MAF hanger so that they could be flown to a town in Tanzania so they could have a big dedication celebration this coming weekend! Of course, there were a few glitches along the way - the books weren't even printed when we got there the first time. Ooops. And it was a bit touch and go as to whether they were going to get done in time to make it onto this one and only flight to Tanzania today! My friend and I had a little prayer meeting when we got back from the printshop the first time, 'cause it was going to take a miracle to get everything all together to get these books there in time for this big celebration that they have planned!

But in the end, the books were ready, and we were able to get them, along with the right paper work for customs, to the MAF hanger in time to get on the plane! It was great to go along and see the printshop, to see the MAF folks (especially since we share the compound with MAF back home), and to see another little piece of the puzzle of getting God's Word out to the people who are going to be using it.

And it's all in the name of being a more rounded person out here - we don't have the luxury of depending on having other people around who know about things like printshops and how to get the books to the planes. So if I tag along with the experts who are based here, then hopefully I'll pick up a little bit and will at least have some place to start when I have to do it up in my other home! And of course, desktop publishing and printing are starting to become a bit of an especial interest to me these days, so I'm soaking it all up, hoping that one day I'll get to do more of it.