No Power No Water

Let me preface by saying I write these blogs and post while on the bus or in a taxi. Multi tasking is where it is at. 

Yesterday morning right before we left for our project the power went out. We knew we needed to figure something out and get some information so we could take care of the food. We first went to the breakers. Okay first of all they are not labeled nor do they look like American breakers. After starting at them stupidly we decided to just turn them all off then all back on. No luck. Step two call our country directors... Except one phone is dead... Can't charge it. No power. The other phone is seconds away from being out of minutes. Talk fast. Result- boys can't help they are gone. Okay step three go to balcony and tell HELP. Hahaha ok but really we started talking in hopes that our landlord who we don't know where they live would hear us. In our weak efforts this little man who was working construction answered our pleas. He dropped all his work and came to help. His solution- you will have to wait. 

Plan of action- get all the essential foods from the mini fridge into the large freezer. Keep the door open for only a few seconds. Enlist help, AKA Kelli and begin. That was very funny actually. She grabbed the fridge door I grabbed the freezer and in a fast motion blur the action began. Milk? YES. Cheese? YES. Grab the pot pie! Okay team so you can thank me for saving your dinner even though I don't condone eating chickens. Your pot pie was taken care of. Last step in the plan label the fridge with warning notes. 

Ok get ready to finally leave. 

No water. No joke. 

Dude. That means no toliet lol. 

Okay leave.

We stop at the market to pick up water and I try to bargain with te lady to sell me the ice cream cheap... I mean come on it's going to melt anyway! She wasn't up for that. Fail.

Insert a nice day of painting at Delkusha school for girls here. 

And a really fun shopping trip. Yes we used the little carts and yes I made cart noises the whole time I ran around the store.

Okay back home. He power is on! But now the water is still gone. Girls come home and really need to pee. The water everywhere else is now working. I try shutting off the water to the toilet and then turning it back on. No luck. Okay enlist the help of our awesome Country Director Michael. And a little shout out he really is awesome when others won't bother to help or shut us down he is always there willing to help us and with a smile. 

So Michael starts to remove pieces but still no luck. I remember once my parents having to refill the toilet bowl with water so we get a bucket and start to fill. 

Success.

All girls who have been desperately hiding in urine. Feel free to use the facilities. Don't mind the large blue bucket of water you may need to use to fill the toilet with. I definetly had to do the potty dance infront of the sink while waiting for the bucket to fill. But in this case the bucket was definitely half full!

Problem solved.

So you thought.

This morning we woke up... No water. In the whole house.