he's a bit sketchy...

but we love him anyways.

this is mike the electrician...

you know, the one who gave me the twenty dollar bill when i let him use my phone..

mike is a loud alcoholic to say the least.

but he is also one of the most generous men i know.

i think that there is a party EVERY single night in his room which says a little about him.

mike will always give out free beer and cigarettes to anyone who wants it.

which yea, isn't the best but those two things are so expensive up here that i am amazed that he never gets mad when people take them.

mike also has his selection of "beautiful young people" as he likes to call us. we would be the handful of kids who don't drink or smoke. mike will buy us unlimited pizza whenever we want, pop, treats, anything we ask for. 

actually he buys it for us even when we don't ask.

all you have to do is sit in his room for five minutes and the next thing you know he has ordered pizza.

one night the pizza place was closed when he called and he paid the people double just so that us "beautiful young people" could have a treat that night.

that kind of says a little about the people we've met up here. and the whole lesson on "loving the sinner yet hating the sin."

i honestly would have never even considered hanging out with most of the people i do up here if i was still back at home, yet i am so grateful that i got to meet them. it's a whole different world and i am so glad i got to experience it.

so thanks mike for everything you've done! you may scare me just a little bit, but all in all i think you're a pretty great guy!