All in a Day

I have always said that there's no such thing as a "normal" day here. We rarely know what a day will bring forth and never plan more than a few hours ahead. Today was no exception. We woke to find that our water tanks were empty. The motor on one of our water coolers burned up, causing smoke & a nasty smell to fill the upstairs, the white boards that we ordered for our classrooms were covered with large bubbles & impossible to use PLUS there was a cockroach in my shower! (well, there's always a cockroach in my shower, but I keep hoping the source will dry up one of these days) Anyway, in the midst of all this chaos, the rest of our team arrived to go with us for a meeting with the vice-president of this region. (we just got the call last night that this was to take place) A friend came and took all of us. We were escorted into the inner sanctums and waited in an air-conditioned room to meet this man. When he arrived, we all stood to shake hands with him; he then gave a flowery speech about how welcome we are in his country and anything we need is ours for the asking. Darrell then explained why we've come here and what our plans include. He was very happy and told us that this is what his country needs. After a photo op, we all shook hands again and were ushered into another room to drink tea & coffee. All in a day here...BTW, we later discovered that a switch had been turned off and thus our water pump was not working. We now have water again. PTL!