Stinky Internet

Well, my feet are no longer stinky, since I spent some time scrubbing my Chacos sandals this evening, after scrubbing the rest of myself in the shower, which was almost warm. Gotta love the sun-heated water thing. Only problem is that the water tank is ginormous, so the water never gets really warm.

Anyways, I digress.

The internet is stinky here tonight. Just as I was trying to have a little online conversation with a friend in an undisclosed country, the internet started acting up and we couldn't get anything through to each other. Stinky, 'cause we were both there for like, 15 minutes saying, "hello?" "are you there?". Anyways, please pray for the folks in that country (and you all know what I mean). Things continue to heat up and are getting more tense, again. Now, there is a new law that says absolutely no one, for any reason, under the age of 40, regardless of whether they have completed their national service or not, is allowed to leave the country!

So I'm not too pleased with the internet tonight. And besides that, there's a lot of discussion flying around in cyberspace by the "powers that be" in our section of the organization about what to do for internet access once the NGO that shares our internet connection vacates the compound in December. Please also pray for wisdom for all the decision makers and that there will be good communication and good understanding of all the details of the issue. I'm really fearing, dreading, in fact, being on this compound without any internet connection at all, which is almost looking like the direction these discussions are going! Not having an internet connection could be serious grounds for me just packing up and finding a new country where the internet flows ...

On that note, I have a "date" with Jackie to eat some chocolate! Dear little Grace in Uganda responded to my pleas and actually sent us some real Cadbury's chocolate, as well as a couple of Bounty bars with a visitor who arrived today. Yum yum! Tea, chocolate and a new tv series on DVD tonight. What could be any better?

Oh yeah, the ability to chat online using the internet with my buddies whilst drinking my tea, eating my chocolate and watching a dvd. Now that, my friends, is a good way to spend an evening :) (just remember where I live... we don't exactly have a whole lot of relaxation options around here!)