Recording Begins!!

The first step: building the sound booth for recording, using the materials available!
We used: four foam mattresses, a very large cardboard box, a carpet from the church, some rope, an old trapoline bar, and a stick we found in our yard. Can you find them all? :)

Step 2: RECORD! I prompted the readers, while Karen recorded. A couple of other folks were sitting outside the recording room, following the script in case a word was missed or not right. :)

This past week was filled with LOTS of people, and LOTS of work! Very good to get started, and very good to have a weekend to rest. :) Something that excites me about this project is it's one of the things we were hoping to do while serving here!
Margaret(our team leader), and Karen, the recordist, arrived here on Tuesday, and work began on Wednesday! It was quite an interesting start. We had asked the school for permission to use one of their "off-campus" buildings, and were able to set-up the sound booth in that room. (pictures to follow!) However, acquiring a key to that building was a bit of a challenge. We ended up borrowing the principal's key to open it up, and then returning it to her at the end of the day, locking all of the recording equipment safely in the building.
The next day, however, we learned that there was a meeting and the principal would be missing for the next two days. :( We only have Karen (the Recordist) with us for a limited time, and we had people coming our way for recording, and NO KEY to open the building. Prayer time! PS thank you all so much for your prayers for our family, our team, and this project, they are GREATLY appreciated!
By God's grace, Karen had an extra set of nearly everything, and we decided to set up the new recording booth inside the church. This seemed to work okay, with only small amounts of regret that we didn't have the other things Karen needed, specifically, speakers. I was the lucky one to play "go-fer" and God blessed us with a teacher who happened to have a key to the room! Praise the Lord! So we were able to get our things out of that building, and relocate completely to the church.

In the first day of "actual recording" we were able to finish all of the people who had come to record, though they aren't the only ones who will be recording! That was not expected, so another blessing counted!

Cheri isn't directly involved in recording/editing, but her role is EXTREMELY essential! On the first night of recording, she was expecting to cook for our family, our 2 guests, and two more (9). However, she was blessed to cook for 15 instead! She did great. She made pancakes, waffles, and bacon for everyone, and all ate until they were full. I have an excellent wife.


Something that made me laugh was the indigenous ladies first impression of waffles! They had never had them before and they wondered how in the world they were cooked. We showed them the waffle iron(THANKS WHIT AND CLINT!!!), and they just looked at it, and asked how it worked. So we showed them. :) They liked the waffles.

A, B, and C: they have been really flexible with having all the people over at our house all week, and having 4 extra people sleeping in our house. All three of them are sleeping sideways on the Queen bed in Alice's room; it's nice that they are all short enough to fit! The first night was a little squirrelly, but then they got used to it and now don't have any problems.*usually :)