Never a dull moment

As we prepared to leave for our English classes the other night, we began hearing loud noises and crackling sounds outside our window. We looked out to see flashes of light and sparks flying everywhere. By the time we all ran out onto the lawn, there were flames leaping up the side of the house and neighbors were running from all over. We happened to have 4 visitors from the States with us plus the 7 people that always live in our house. There was quite a crowd that gathered to watch. A neighbor ran with a fire extinguisher and they stopped a taxi to get another one since the flames kept coming back. Black smoke was pouring through the neighborhood and into our house. When all was said and done, our electric box and all the wires were burned to a crisp and of course we had no power. Fortunately we know people in the electric company who came running to our rescue and before we returned from English class, we had temporary power hooked up. It is a thin wire that won't carry our heaters but at least we have lights and hot water. We are just entering 4 days of the Muslim holiday so everything will be closed. Hopefully we'll get straightened out by next Monday. Recently our electricity has been extra terrible and we've spent many nights with only candles. We've been told this is temporary while they change all the old wiring in our area? Who knows?