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Hi there!  I’m Jessica, the long-lost-from-the-interwebs missionary.  I’ve been a little consumed with my proposal/chapel/lectures/marking/recovering-from-ick/sleeping that I’ve not been blogging, mostly because I’m saving whatever coherent thoughts I may have for the proposal.  I submitted a draft Friday evening, and I’m waiting for the bloodbath of comments.  I’m actually getting a little concerned, because my supervisor is usually quite prompt, and time is ticking (my delay hasn’t helped any, either; please pray!).

As an aside, I mentioned to one of the staff that I was going to want some mornings off from chapel to work, because something has to give, and I don’t want it to be me, and he told me to just take care of the teams like I always do, and that will be enough.  Well, that only releases me from one morning a week (two if you count Dean’s Hour, and I don’t, and neither of the evening services), so anyhoo…

One of my Other Duties As Assigned is serving as a liaison with Langham Literature, a division of Langham Partnership, for two book programs for theological colleges.  One is a grant for theological libraries, and the other is a program by which students and staff can purchase books at a discounted price.  The huge thing is that they pay shipping, and that is absolutely tremendous.  I have looked into purchasing books on Amazon, and shipping is often the same as the price of a book.

While I enjoy helping the students to grow their libraries, I have to be The Mean Lecturer and require that they pay for their books when they place orders, or else I become a bank and an accountant and an enforcer.  I am also allergic to numbers, which is rather tragic, and despise the idea of chasing after people forever, hence the mean rule.  

The catalogue is quite robust, so I make a list of books of general interest for the students, and send a soft copy of the catalogue to the Theology staff so they can enrich their personal libraries.  Oh my.  I was scrolling through the catalogue today… All.The.Books.  I shall not covet, I shall not covet… I did order a couple books for me, but mercy.