End of the Week

Prepping to cut.

KiHavu New Testament complete.

Hekima Church compound where the shop is.

This week brought it's own set of challenges.  The printers are up and running, and the guys have learned how to laminate a book cover, bind the inside pages to the cover, and run the cutter to trim off the edges to make the books look good.  Mind you, this can be done only so long as the electricity is running.  The print system comes with battery backup for the printers, but the bindery equipment is reliant on the local power.  It's been a very rainy week with lots of power outages.  It was exciting to finally see copies of the New Testament coming off the presses.  The crew was very excited to see these and to have had a part.  The Bishop, too, was very excited to see the finished product.  Judd has also been introducing some of the Chapa Serve books he brought with him electronically for the crew to practice their skills.  The local pastors are thrilled about this and anxious to have some of these titles available.