Yesterday I was a nuisance and kept asking the director of the school if he would please contact the Internet provider to get the issue resolved. His first reply was that it can take a week or a month to get it fixed. I said our group would pay to get it fixed. We explained that having the Internet was essential for us to get the work done and we had paid too much money to come and not be able to do our work. I stopped in his office 4 times during the day and stayed until he called the Internet provider. The technician finally came about 6 pm and we had Internet at quitting time.
The Internet did work. We get the catalog records from a program called EZCAT and download them into the school's library catalog.
Today was a very good day of work. The Internet worked for much of the day. The electricity only went off briefly for 3 times, but we got lots done. If we have as good a connection tomorrow we will make even more progress. We have about 300 books cataloged and 200 of them even have spine labels.
Weather here is nice and cool. We had a good rain storm today. Last night I did my hand laundry.I had brought a backpack clothes line and and a few clothes pins. Pictured is one of the students and her baby.
We had dinner about 6 pm so made it back to the guest house before it was dark. The sun goes down quickly near the equator so there is no twilight. It's dark by 6:45 pm.
The group is compatible and we each seem to have found our roles and are productive. Picture below is of Doree and Fred at 10:00 a.m. tea time -- a very important time in African culture. - Nancy
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