We are Working, by the Way

What We are Doing 8-5

Just in case you thought we were always goofing off, here are some photos of how we are serving.

Deann Tippetts, Bob Tippets (Bill's boss) Bill and Jim Brown (architect)
Here is the team Bill works with primarily. Deann and Bob are not related.

Bill likes having the two screens.

Bill has been very busy in the  BYU Hawaii Construction Office. He is overseeing the building of 6 duplexes for faculty housing off campus and soon to start 6 more. The Church wants to nearly double the student body here eventually and that means more housing for students and faculty. He is also trying to  learn some new computer programs and also become familiar with the differences involved in being the “owner” working with the contractors verses the contractor. It has also been a real learning curve to get involved with the “politics" of a church-owned university. In addition, he is heavily involved with the preliminary planning of remodeling and/or           building new structures on campus. 

My crew

Emma my colleague who is taking the MBTI Training with me

I met with the 35 year old  director of my dept. yesterday and he went over my new duties. He whizzed through myriad computer programs and showed me how to go thru and sort his email as he gets overwhelmed with the 900 messages in his Inbox. Since he never listens to his voicemail (I already knew you can't get a hold of anyone under 40 unless you text them) he wants to leave his phone with me everyday for awhile and have me listen to them and sift thru anything important. This in addition to greeting walk-ins, helping students with career choices and making appointments and generally keeping the office clean and organized. So if you are praying for the missionaries, think of us as Bill and I are trying to learn all these new computer programs. My boss should have got a senior missionary that was an IT major or at least an office manger. But everyone is patient and I guess it's not like they can fire me, cut my wages or withhold bonuses. Also, I will be taking a class to get certified in MBTI which is a sort of personality test based on some of Carl Jung's theories. I have already decided that Bill and I are opposites on the MBTI Spectrum. We have just received our training to take tickets at the Polynesian Cultural Center in the evenings.  I am also working with a senior missionary over the IWORK students (these kids are mostly from the Pacific Rim and are fully sponsored on scholarships) trying to get a dental clinic here to take care of their dental needs.