Well, we just ended a trying week. We are glad it's done. There were several things that really made us frustrated. The main thing was that our power was cut off on Tuesday afternoon because our bill hadn't been pain. The reason for this is another frustration, which I won't go into right now, but needless to say, we were under the impression it had been paid. The funny thing is that the power company expects you to pay your bill, whether or not you receive your bill, which we hadn't. We actually called on Monday to get our balance. Anyway, so they cut our power on Tuesday afternoon, when we weren't home. Praise God we have wonderful neighbors who noticed this and called us on our cell phone. Joel raced to the power company's office, to get there before they closed. He got there just in time, paid the bill, and they proceeded to tell him that most service calls wouldn't be answered until the following day. The office person told him he'd put us on a list for the night team.
OK, so we thought we can handle not having power until the next day. We have a back up system anyway, only our fridge and water pump don't run on it. Wednesday came along and the entire day we thought someone might show up. Joel went to the office to check what the status was on our service. They said someone would be over soon. NOPE! Wednesday night came along and we knew no one would be coming.
Thursday morning, our back up power failed. By this time, we were tired, hot and yes, mad. But, God did provide. Our friends let Indira and I hang out in their house all day on Thursday. Indi and I were able to hang out at a house with A/C (a rare thing here) and a pool! It turned out to be a day of respite for us! Praise God! Finally, our power was turned on-only 48 hours later!
The other frustrating aspect of our life has been that our power cord to Joel's work computer is broken (again). He replaced it 2 weeks ago and it died again. So, we're waiting for a replacement part and in the meantime we can't get at our stuff on his computer because we thought we were fine for a bit.
So, that's what our week has been like. We did have one highlight - last night. We had some of the young adults over at our house for appetizers and to hang out. We were a little nervous about how it would go but we had a great time. It was the first time that I (Alison) felt more a part of things with these people at our church.
Needless to say, we're thankful that our frustrating week ended on a more positive note.
Please remember to pray for us as we encounter frustrating experiences like these. Pray that we'd have patience and that these times wouldn't make us question our ministry here in the DR. Please pray for our office personal as there may be some changes that will be painful.
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