Definition of a good day in Africa: the water is flowing, the internet is working, and the electricity is on. As I write this at 5:37 on Wednesday morning, it's starting out to be a good day at the Gregersen house. We were without well water for several days, but the problem was finally solved yesterday and the water filled the lines last night. In the meantime we have been using drinking water we had stored in containers for emergencies. We have had lake water available through a separate system of taps, and we have used that for batheing and have boiled it to use for washing dishes.
The full internet system is still not on, but we reconnected to our old system and are using that for now. We opened it up to the Harding students for a few days, but that used up so much bandwidth that we had to shut it off again. The engineer for the new system (AfriConnect) was supposed to be here yesterday, but when David called, the engineer gave him a "Maybe today or tomorrow" kind of answer. The Harding students tried using the internet cafe in Kalomo on Saturday, but it was extremely slow and limited. We are now attempting to hook up a landline account at the Hamby House as a last resort.
Henry and Mary Ann Melton, our guests from Austin, have been great sports about all of this. They keep reassuring us that they have years of camping experience and can take a few inconveniences. Still, I imagine that their first real shower at our house will be welcome.
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We love your blog. Our son Clay is with the HIZ group. Thanks for sharing, we are gaining a little insight as to what life is like there. Of course we are hungry for any bit of information.
God bless you in your work there,
Patti and Ernie Williams
Louisville, KY
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