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February 28, 2010 Update
Hamjambo,
Well, it's been an interesting week.
We finally
got our water problem solved at the college. It seems that when the city
rerouted our pipes last year they put a gate valve in and left it turned
off. To make matters worse there wasn't a culvert or anything around it,
it was just buried. So, we had to dig up the entire line to find the
problem. We removed the valve and put in a union joint so our water is
flowing again.
But the tanks at the kitchen and the married dorm
weren't getting filled, and then we noticed the septic tank was almost
overflowing. The pipe was broken somewhere on the property so we had to
dig it up to find the leak, and now finally we are back in business.
Friday my facebook account was hacked into. We caught the criminal
in the act, but then facebook disabled my account. I've written to try
and get it reopened, but have received no response. So, I'm off facebook
for now. It's not a big deal except that I had connected with some old
college friends of mine, and I don't have their e-mail addresses so we
are disconnected again unless facebook re-enables me.
We had good
services today. Attendance was down a little, but some of the people had
to work. We have a young man we've been working with and he's ready to
teach the youth. So, we'll be dividing the Sunday school classes next
week. The youth need their own program but we haven't had anyone to take
them until now, so this should be a big help for the teenagers.
Wednesday I went to immigrations to check on my work permit. They have
done nothing. When I reminded them I was told to come back this week
they said the problem was that the Chief Immigration Officer's boss was
still holding it up. I didn't know she had a boss unless there is a
Minister for Immigration. If my file has gone so high that a cabinet
member is holding it they must really think I'm somebody important with
a lot of money. I can assure you, no bribes are forthcoming. As I was
told last time there is nothing wrong with my file. It is an internal
problem, a problem nobody apparently is interested in fixing. They gave
me a number and told me to call next Wednesday so I don't have to waste
my time going down there. In other words, they're giving me the brush
off so they don't have to deal with me in person.
The good news
is my Visa has now been extended to May 8. So, we still have ten weeks.
To do what I don't know, but I guess we'll continue on until we see what
happens.
Lance Patterson |
