Be Ready, For the Electricity Cometh!

In the last month, we have had a shortage of electricity... much more than usual. It used to be that we had 6 hours of electricity a day. We were really living it up in those days. All that lovely electricity! Things would actually start to freeze in the freezer (imagine that!). I could wash and iron my clothes and know that there was going to be electricity during part of the day to do those jobs. Then came the hot season with temperatures soaring over 100 F, causing the fridge and freezer to get warmer. And then we started getting less and less electricity, and after a night of no power, the fridge would stink like a garbage dump. For the last month, our precious 6 hours a day of electricity has been diminished to 2... or less. This last week we had two days with no electricity. And when it is hot outside, 2 hours of power does almost as much good as none for keeping things cold in the fridge.

So, when my bread and cheese started to mold inside the freezer, I decided to run the generator a little more often! But there are a few things around the compound that I need real electricity for, such as getting water pumped from my bore hole and pumping water for the gardener who is taking care of a neighbor's yard. This a generator will not do. So I find myself scurrying around the house, taking care of everything that doesn't need electricity so that, when it does come, I'll be ready! Once the power comes on, I can dash out of the house and flip on the pump at the neighbor's house. I think my days are scheduled around the electricity now!

Doesn't it remind you, in a funny way, of how we should be vigilant for Christ's return, always keeping in mind that He could come at any moment? Fortunately, in my “electricity-run” existence, I know that if I miss doing jobs today that require power, it will probably come on tomorrow or the next day. I won't have missed it permanently. But with Christ's coming... every person who I didn't share Christ with, everything I didn't do... that will be lost forever.

Did You Disappear?

No, I didn't disappear. I'm still here in Africa. I think there comes a time in a lot of people's lives when life just catches up with you. You get busy and one day someone reminds you that you have a blog and you used to write on it. You look it up and realize that once upon a time you faithfully posted things on your blog and people actually read it. So here I am again, remembering that I have a blog and remembering to write on it, hoping that I have enough to say so that I can be more faithful at it!