Quincy and Ashley

My job is a little different from quincy's to say the least.  I am assistant to the Chef here at school, as well as the assistant to the Campus Operation Manager.  My two assistant positions are quite different but equally important to the campus life. 

Assistant Chef---That means I am in charge of helping Hilde(the chef) prepare the daily lunches for the students and staff: gathering all the ingredients for meals from the Kuhl Haus (the big refrigerator); choping fresh vegetables everyday for our salad bar; making salad dressings; preparing the dinning hall(setting the tables and such); constantly running the dishes washer to maintain a hygenic atmostphere; and really anything else I need to do.  This may all sound fairly easy but I am up on my feet from 8:30 am until 2:00pm in the kitchen with about a fifteen minute break for coffee, and about twenty minutes for lunch.  On top of assisting the Chef, Hilde, I am in charge of ALL coffee breaks for student and faculty.  This is the scary part because if something goes wrong it's on me, and when people want there coffee and tea here, they are serious.  The coffee break consists of hot coffee and tea, cookies, fruit, and lots of refills.

Assistant to Campus Operation Manager---This job starts immediately after I finish in the kitchen.  I report to Ingrid, also new on campus and trying to find her way with her new position.  My daily duties consist of preparing rooms for any guests on campus; cleaning after the guests leave; laundering all kitchen towels sponges ect; laundering all beding from guests; ironing all tea towels used by kitchen and both girls and guys dorms; refilling all cleaning supplies and cleaning corners on campus; and really anything else that Ingrid asks me to do.  The problem with this job is that it is probably a two person job and by the time I get to this work, I'm already tired from all the other tasks I've been doing.

As challenging as this work is, I really feel like I am serving God, and the campus here.  I get a lot of interaction with the students and faculty throughout the day, as well as developing a friendship with the chef.  The chef,Hilde, is a new christian, and while she does proclaims to be a christian, for some reason has stayed away from going to church her whole life.   This is a very common regiment for the Swiss-German population.  I hope that throughout this year, God can use me and Quincy to reach Hilde and her family.  Well, i hope this gives a little better picture of what I do here everyday.  If you think about me throughout your day, please pray for me in all this unfamiliar territory of work and home.  God Stretches me daily through my work and I feel secure in his will.  And check out some of the pics of my work.  Blessings-ash

     My work has a lot of different meanings...I'm a gardner, apple picker, trash/compost man, bike repair man, furniture mover & soon to be a carpenter.   Once the winter is hear I will be assisting in finishing what a work & witness team from Ohio started.  There are  some apartments for guests & missionaries that are in the rough-in stage that need to be finished before Spring. Since it does snow hear in Switzerland I will also be snow plowing/shoveling when the snow falls.

     There is much to do hear on campus & not possible for only one person.  Uwa is the person I answer to.  Uwa is the person you go to if you have any question related to the campus.  He has been here for 30+ years.  I have a list of projects that Uwa has given me to do but he has told me to work at my own pace.  Of course he tells me not to work too hard, so i'm to take two coffee breaks during the day with the faculty-staff-students...i'm not complaining!  Me being here has taken the load off Uwa & allows ALL the things that need attention to be taken care of.  It has been hard work but very rewarding.  Thank you all for your prayers & support.

     I've put some pictures of my projects on the link to the left that says Q projects.  Make sure and read the discriptions below the pictures.

Quincy