Well, it seems at the end of every season it gets pretty tight, so I shouldn't be surprised... right?

But I think we went into this season already behind--with the comittment to not split the season into two parts like we've had to do in almost every previous season.  Then in August, I got the "go ahead"  to hire Cal to help out part time with post production--what a relief that was!

UNTIL

We started having equipment problems in totally unrelated componets that put the porduction process into a near stand-still.  Over the course of about 3 weeks, we were very "stop & go" which seriously set us back.  Three weeks may not seem like much, but when you're already right on your deadlines (or a week late), that much time really puts a squeeze on ya.

So here we are in the middle of post production on episodes 10 and 11, the first of which will air in just over 2 weeks.  Episode 12 has been recorded, but post production has not yet started, and probably won't until these two are done.  After that, we have to record the Thanksgiving and Christmas specials (being written as I type), and get Thanksgiving turned around in time to mail out along with 9:12!

Whew!  So, yeah, like I said, your prayers would really be appreciated!  The reality is that WE don't produce these shows (by ourselves anyway).  The Lord has a way of reminding us each season that we can't do this without Him, BUT when we rely on Him and acknowledge Him in all our ways, He always comes through!