So one of the most pleasant surprises we’ve had in returning to our school in Africa this summer has been the Internet. A team of short-term missionaries from Chicago installed wireless routers throughout our campus and the school tapped into Kenya’s DSL line, so we actually have wireless Internet throughout the school campus and homes. Well, we should.
Although it worked perfectly through our first four weeks, it crashed hard this weekend. From Friday night until Sunday it’s been down. And what a weekend to be without!
First off, my juniors have a big Internet research project on the “American Dream” due on Monday. Scratch that. I’ve pushed that due date back at least one day.
Secondly, we had our first “day off” in a month on Saturday. We’d hoped to get caught up on email and do some Skype calls to family and friends in the U.S.. Forget that.
Thirdly, and most importantly, Penn State played one of their biggest football games in years Saturday night, and without Internet, I couldn’t listen to or read about the game. To REALLY pour salt in a wound, Micah (our six-year-old) woke up at 2am throwing up. I was up with him from 2am-5am—the EXACT hours of the PSU-Alabama game which I couldn’t listen to. Cruel, cruel irony.
Technology is great, when it works.
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