Just a few odds, ends, bits, and pieces to round out the week.
The first week of training for our new Steppe-by-Steppe team members is complete. Twenty-three more weeks to go!
The guys have been spending time in Bible study, doing their first evaluations of the movies, and learning about the history of operations of Eagle Broadcasting Company. The new teams members are also getting to know the original men who launched the SBS field ministry. There's a great deal for them to learn before they start heading out to the field later this year.
Today the guys will also have a party, of sorts, with the staff from VetNet. We've been partnering with VetNet on projects in the countryside since last summer and the teams seems to work well together.
Eagle Cares is preparing for its launch on May 19th. The team will begin meeting with me each day to pour through domestic justice and mercy issues that we will spend time addressing. Our goal is to bring Christ-centric solutions to the issues of the day through our normal news as well as specialty programming. Human trafficking and alcoholism are high on our priority list.
In preparation for the next season of Together thru the Bible we are surveying Mongolian pastors and foreign missionaries about the most important spiritual growth issues facing Mongolian believers. Based upon the responses we receive we will be crafting 26 episodes of the program to teach on those topics next year.
On the family side of things, we're less than two weeks away from Rochele leaving for the States. She'll be in Gig Harbor, Washington for the next four months to be a nanny for a family there. I'm dreading her departure, even though it's only for a short period. But, lucky me, I'll get to see her for a day this summer since...
I'll be traveling again in June, back to the States. This time I'll be heading to (in order): Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Chicago, Bloomington, and Decatur, Illinois; Gig Harbor, Washington; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. I'll be speaking about Eagle TV at events, and perhaps a church or two. As the dates are solidified for locations and events I'll post them here.
As for personal projects...my new novel, City of Heaven, should be available by the end of June. I've been talking with the publisher about a change to the back cover. Hopefully it won't put things back too far. I'm hoping to take a box or two with me to events in the States while there.
Not much else for public consumption today. Looking forward to relaxing this weekend, maybe doing a little writing. Blog at'cha next week.
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