Dominos

Thought I would give an update on how the business is going. We started off very, very busy with all the anticipation around town with our opening. Our first week was crazy as we tried to adjust to a new way of doing things. While it has slowed down a bit since then we are still doing double what we were doing at pizza runners.

The actual running of the shop is actually easier as they have good systems in place and have thought through many things. The management is slowly getting there, but there are a lot of things to establish that have been difficult to do because of the busyness of the shop. We are getting there though, and hopefully by the end of January we should be on top of things.

We have taken on a lot of new staff. It is not uncommon for me to walk into the shop and meet employees for the first time.

Can't imagine doing $9000 on a Friday night at Pizza Runners and still have 90% of deliveries under 30 minutes.

The feedback from people has been mixed. Obviously we had some loyal customers who loved what we did. However I have been surprised that there has been much more positive feedback than negative. We have had 8 out of 8 positive mystery shoppers so far, which is an excellent result.

Continue to pray for us that we can set up a very good business that still values people and is able to make a positive impact for the kingdom of God.

Committed Company 2009

Hi everyone,

Well some more big changes for us. Next year we will become a committed company, so we will not be taking any students. This is a one year plan at the moment, although could be 2. Then we will begin taking students again.

Personally I am really looking forward to it as it will allow us to build a base of mission and give us the time to do a lot of the more missional things that we haven't had time to do running a first year centre. It will also allow me to build on some of the connections that we have, especially in South Australia. Perhaps you may have some ideas of things we may be able to do to build contact with you and others next year.

IN terms of what it is going to look like, well that is a bit up in the air. All of us will need to find a bit more work (although some of us already have). In terms of mission we want to take some time to think through this, so please keep us in your prayers.

Love to hear some feedback. Feel free to come and stay for a week as well, or even longer if you have handyman skills. We do plan to do some renovations next year and could do with some skilled help.