Tuesday, July 8, 2008

"Internet Day!" Day 21 - Mainz Germany

This morning as I walked down to join the team for breakfast our side door buzzer went off. Someone was at the door.

A middle aged German gentleman with graying hair and a cleanly shaved face stepped inside with a sack in his left hand. He was the internet man.

To communicate to you the excitement of our team as they rushed from the breakfast table would be nearly impossible. Many of us have had limited contact without loved ones since moving into the Hotel. In passing conversation we would often discuss that the hotel didn't feel like home... not until we had internet.

It was also crippling to our massive workload. Without being able to email we lost access to our network of resources back in the states. We also were not able to check website resources for information on the city or even email out to the campers who will join us in only a few days now unless we drove the 40 minutes to the Frankfurt location where there was internet.

So, today, we praise God for internet.

On a similar side note - yesterday a large bottle of water was knocked onto my laptop. Seriously delaying all of my work and threatening to never work again.

I completely disassembled it, piece by piece, and let it dry for a long period of time.... seems everything is ok! Praise God!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Son, Glad to see that everything is going well.

Anonymous said...

Wow, I can't believe the water thing. I know I've dropped my phone in pepsi a time or two. I ended up washing them in water and they ended up fine. Lots of Love Dad

Anonymous said...

I'm glad your computer is alright!!! :) It's amazing how much of a difference being connected can make to happiness.