Candlelight

I don't seem to be super skilled at matching my life to the power schedule...thus the lack of timely blog updates. :P

It turns out that the "new" generator that they were installing when we first got here was really a new casing for the same old generator. (Welcome to Kenya) Therefore, for every 24 hours that we have power, we have 12 hours without power. It's actually not too bad, except for the fact that I only seem to be motivated to update during those twelve hours OFF.

We're gaining a lot of experience when it comes to doing things by candlelight, simply because it's way easier to stick a candle to the table or into the neck of a pop bottle and leave it there than it is to try and balance flashlights and arrange them so that everyone can see but no one is being blinded.

It looks really cool to see candlelight flickering over everyone as they read or study or wash dishes or whatever in the dark (although we've decided that there is a serious reason that people were eager to invent electric lights -- it's not real easy to read when your light is flickering and dancing in the wind and casting crazy shadows everywhere. :P).

Some nights we read out loud to pass the time (Ashley is reading The Bronze Bow to us right now), some nights -- or long powerless afternoons -- we just sit around and talk, some nights everyone retreats to their own little corner with a book (We just got a BUNCH of new ones in a couple care packages.), and, as of last night, sometimes we play poker.

(Obviously we're not Southern Baptist...lol. We started collecting pop bottle caps a few weeks ago to use as chips. :D)