It Started Out as a Good Day

At 5:37 this morning it looked like we were going to have a good day in Africa. At 10:00 the electricity went off. That meant no internet, no cooking, no powerpoint presentations in class. The AfriConnect engineer came all the way from Livingstone to work on the new internet system--only to find the power off, so he couldn't do what he needed to do. No power also meant that the electric pumps for the water system couldn't work, so there was no water coming in. We had filled our tanks the night before, so we were okay and were able to share with students who needed water. The power came back on this evening just as we finished cooking dinner on the propane burner and the charcoal grill--and just in time to keep us from having to light candles. Just another day in Africa!