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OM’s Global Orientation Conference

January 11th, 2006

Time for a little bit of personal news once again – the reason I’ve been writing less in the last few days is that I’m at my employer’s “global orientation” conference, where we gather new workers from around the world for two weeks of training before sending them out into many different countries. It’s an exciting time and I get to meet loads of interesting people, but it also means a lot of long hours – both for staff and participants.

It’s great to see people from all the corners of the earth getting together to worship God and to gather together in prayer. Some are struggling with their English, but communication between everyone still works somehow, sometimes someone joins in to translate a few words, sometimes gestures replace the right words, but in the end, everyone understands the important things.

For me personally, I just love the buzz of such a conference. Somehow it always feels like coming home. And it’s a great chance to see lots of people I normally don’t see all year, people I’ve been working with – on and off – for four years now. This year, they really had a hard time recognizing me – when they last saw me, my hair was several inches longer and I do look quite different now. It’s actually great fun to look at them staring and wondering if they know me… although by now, most of them know.

Ok, so you know to expect fewer updates in the next few days… but there will be some and I’ll try to post as often as I can.

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