Stake Bishops' Council

Our stake in Mexico has a monthly Bishops' Council, mostly for training Bishops and their counselors. Our bishop likes to make sure our ward has a good representation at these meetings. Even though I'm not in the bishopric, he asked me to attend the last meeting, so I did, and in typical fashon, it started and ended 30 minutes late. It turns out that the real reason the bishop asked me to attend is that he needed a ride to the meeting, as his wife was occupying their only car. It's amazing the opportunities we have to 'serve' others....

Waiting

Have you ever thought how much of your life is spent waiting? We wait at traffic lights. We wait for meetinfs to start. We wait for flights. We wait in line to pay. We wait for the amazon.com purchase to be delivered. And we wait dfor things we forgot. I've been at the airpot in Mexico Cirty waiting for various reasons 5 hours. Typical travel day.

Life Is Not Fair

As I told a co-worker today, as I handed him a severance check, in a perfect world with perfect bosses, this would not happen. I wish I were a perfect boss. I've had better days.

Reasons why working in Mexico is Great

These are not in any particular order.

1. The only workday in the week of March 17 is Tuesday, March 18. The other days are holidays.
2. Because I'm the boss, I can admit I was wrong, but no one can fire me.
3. I have to go to places like Los Cabos, Cancun, and Cozumel for business.
4. Most of the time, someone else pays for the trips mentioned above (someone other than my company).
5. Many people think it's great that a gringo would really come to work in Mexico, and actually want to stay.
6. I can actually make a difference in the lives of some people I know. (This seemed to be more difficult in the States).

The house with muebles

Here are some pictures of the furnished house.


















Funny Story -- Jerónimo, the maintence guy for the 4 houses here, is very consciencious. He tried to help us save a couple of bucks by turning off the water heater while we were both out of town this week. Great idea but bad execution, because he didn't turn on the water heater until I got out of the shower this morning. It was a bit cold!!!