The router issue was solved! Yes, Joseph reconfigured the router so that it could bypass the SIM that was required in the standard settings. I was not sure it was going to work, but he did it! Hallelujah!
He was grateful for the opportunity to do something interesting and solve a problem with his training and internship experience. I was thrilled to have WIFI, so now I can download photos from my phone for this blog! It was a mutual blessing as I thanked Joseph, honoring his time with an appropriate payment, and I have WIFI!
Joseph really has a great spirit and not only demonstrated his competence, but was kind and positive throughout the challenge. Please join me in praying for a job for Joseph in IT.
I was typing an email this morning, but I was interrupted by a “mammoth wasp” that flew by me in the house. However, I have not be able to find a fly swatter in the three “supermarkets” that I’ve visited in this area. But necessity is the mother of invention.
My DYI flyswatter!
This flyswatter is compiled from a Swedish plastic sink scoop, as sink garbage disposals are rather rare in Sweden. However, the slits should let some air through. And the stick is one of my “rods” that I use to play the drums, with half the small dowels on the back side and half on the front to secure the plastic scoop. It worked to swat the wasp!
I was able to Skype with my sister, Elenn’, last night. What a gift to connect via video chat. I talked about the fact that, surprising to me, I have not been able to readily find a flyswatter. She empathized from her 19 years in Pakistan. She said that once after a home assignment in the USA, she bought 40 flyswatters to bring back to the hospital!
I did a bit of rearranging after work–now that I have a WIFI router–and a 3 meter ethernet cable that I had purchased with the router. Now with a bookshelf to my left and a little deeper table for a desk, I’m creating a more functional workspace with what is in this house.
Saturday is grocery shopping, so off to bed to get up for 30-minute one-way walk around 7:30 (or so) to the ATM and store while the temperatures are cooler.
Mungu akubariki! (God bless you!)