Well if I were to say that the last week or so has been straight forward then I would be lying to both myself and you guys out there. Needless to say the job continues to be an ongoing challenge and discovery with some days going extremely well and others not at all. But I must admit that things generally at work are going pretty well!

Being the General Manager has its pros and cons and I’ve discovered that people are always waiting for you to make a mistake – so I’ve had to tighten up my game and make sure that everything that I do in the office is flawless. Last thursday was a real turning point and I felt that the staff are slowly beginning to trust me.

I mean that’s again the main reason why I haven’t been able to update the blog as often as I wished to as I’ve been working most days for at least 10 hours and with no internet connectionn at home the last thing I want to do is stay late and write my blog. But today I’ve managed to sit down at lunch and plow through and share these thoughts. Anyway, enough about work – things are under control on that front.

Friday night, Liz & I went out to do some food shopping – it’s costing us in the region of 40 – 50 Euros every week. It’s watermelon season at the moment (or it appears to be) and every week I buy a watermelon, and it’s probably as good as any watermelon I’ve had in Brazil – so I’m happy 🙂

Saturday Liz & I just spent chillin’, late breakfast, late lunch, went to the beach for a couple of hours and then just slobbed around. Sunday we were in church, doing the worship – again things seem to be going really well on that front. As far as things planned for this week: just the weekly worship practice on Wednesday night and the monthly men’s breakfast at 9am on Saturday morning.

That’s it from me guys. Please continue to pray and hold us up in your prayers.

Mike