In case any of you have tried to get in touch with us over the last few days, we have had been unavailable. It doesn't just feel like we have been run over by a cement truck. We have--literally. Well not actually us, but our communication systems. Thursday evening, the kids were in bed and we were enjoying some dessert and conversation on the Nelsen's lanai when we were suddenly plunged into darkness, followed by 2 small explosions. According to Scott this is never good. The explosions are a sign that for some reason a transformer has blown. In this case it was 2 transformers. A cement truck had some how caught some powerlines near the house, pulling them down along with a couple of power poles. Fortunately we were only with out power until early the next morning. While it was a little hot sleeping without the fans, at least it wasn't longer. The bad news is that during the night people came and cut the phone lines and stole the wires. Power is restored, but we are without phone service. This means no local phone and no dsl. Scott says it could take a couple of weeks for the phone company to replace the lines. Meanwhile we are experiencing mission life before the internet.
I am blogging this from an internet cafe in Mega Mall after church. We will soon be going to Ace Hardware for curtain rods and 2 new fans for our porch.(humidity and dampness means things often break here) Then we will have some lunch before heading home. There is a big debate on our lunch choice for today. Will wants to get his weekly hamburger in at Wendy's while Em thinks she would like to have something else. Who knows maybe Allan and I will win and we will eat at a real restaurant. We will probably avoid any type of Asian cuizine since we have rice almost daily at home and Will might start a rebellion if we ate it out too. Hope all is well with you.
Ginger
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