Brain Drain: The We-Wu for October 13-17, 2025

I don’t think I’ve ever felt more like Bilbo.

“I feel thin; sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”

Alas, there are no holidays in my near future, so I’m just gonna have to suck it up. And possibly stop agreeing to things.

Now that VCP Edition 2, Term 1, English is done, we can get started on VCP Edition 2, Term 1, French! Huzzah. And continue the Phase 2 stuff, which is actually continuing apace. We’re still editing content, but I have a better idea now of how things connect, so that helps with layout considerations. We’ll see if it survives contact.

We started a new seminar this week on holiness. It’s a six-week course, something that the theological education team is putting on as a kind of continuing education or discipleship tool. I enjoyed the first session, and I’m looking forward to something different over the next few weeks.

The rest of it has been meetings. We had our big one with the production team. I got to introduce our new team member! I don’t recall if I’ve talked about Erin yet. I feel like I probably have. But we’re chugging along with figuring out how to combine all of our talents to make the publishing process more streamlined. Brian showed me the steps for creating transfiles for the aforementioned VCP Edition 2 Term 1 French, and I think I was close to having a stroke.

It’s a work in progress.

Oh! I also got to help my dear friend Lydia this week, ironically with Excel. It was nice to remember that I do actually know how to do things with a program even if it’s not my forte or even first choice. Sometimes, it’s nice to just be competent.

Speaking of being competent, I’m failing a bit as I work on my next prayer letter. Well, I’m probably still competent. But inspiration is lacking. I do have content, it’s just a challenge writing it all out. Or I just haven’t been able to sit still long enough and give it the proper thought.

I’m also struggling a bit still with all the darkness in this world. My watch keeps asking me if I’m stressed.

Just a bit.

Anyway. If you get a chance, you should check out my other friend Alecia’s page on the OMS website. She shared in chapel this week about her vision for serving in Japan, and I am very proud of her, so you should be too.

I think that’ll be it for this week. I’m anticipating yet more craziness next week. I would like to be proven wrong on that, please.

I’m gonna go take care of some small stuff. Bye!