a short update from a different chair

I have been running away lately. I am sorry for not updating the blog recently.

Well many things have happened since i last wrote. After doing line up in Bangkok i was sure that i would be sent out on another assignment to the Gulf. A few days before our ship left the port of Bangkok i was asked to step into my boss' role as line up manager while he was away. My first reaction was that of 'okay where is the camera because this must be a joke!' I felt like i am not really such a great leader and this job would require a lot more than that of the line up team leader i had just completed. I accepted the challenge and became the seat warmer while he was away, answering questions i didn't have the answers to and making decisions i did not have the background for. I learnt a lot during this time. Our Boss makes it look so easy...it is not. Many times i had to tell myself that i am not him that no one expects me to be just like him. The day he returned i cracked...so many things had happened at once.
While being the official seat warmer i had also been approached to take over as programme manager as soon as the new line up manager came. You see Boss was taking over as Director, someone else came to take his place and now they also needed a programme manager. Way back in the day before line up was part of my vocabulary i used to work in the programme room on board. I loved every creative minute of it! I worked with one of the most awesome ladies, GINNY, and learnt so much from her. I still think that my detailerness *sorry English is not my first language!* was refined under her guiding eye.
I prayed so much...this decision consumed my prayer life and also my every thought. With this offer came the requirement of staying 2 years longer. Having served on this ship for four years already it is safe to say that i was looking forward to a new season. God has different plans so i am staying on for 2 more years!
So it is from this chair i am writing. I look forward to many new challenges.
As the ship is currently in Dry dock i am working on many projects that will help us in future ports. i will take some pictures and upload it soon.