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I can't make pizza for the team! I thawed out some of the mozzarella Garry made but we still don't have our power fixed from when the guy hit the pole! It's Thursday and it happened on Saturday night. We still only have two of our three phases of electricity, so my oven does not work.

On Tuesday morning electrician Jeremy temporarily fixed our power to the front of the house problem by switching some wires. We are still taking it easy on it, since one of the phases is now overloaded but they don't have to play cards by candlelight... or flashlight.

 We have been sliding in the mud since it warmer up and the snow has been melting, the guys have been working hard. Neil and Doug built shelves in the classroom storage closet, one of those unfinished jobs, while the other guys were busy on the new project. They worked out on the deck, since it was warm and sunny on Saturday and Monday.

We didn't expect anyone to fix the broken wire until Monday, but everyday Max and Victor are told maybe tomorrow. Wednesday around two in the afternoon we had a power surge and then the power went out. We weren't the only ones. Next door at the build they had the box on fire at the same time, and Yana's house was out. The transformer by the church blew. It came back on around seven pm, after dark, while we were running the generator at the house. They had brought it over when they quit working at the house, because they had got it out and started it mid-afternoon so they could keep working.

I am managing to cook on my electric stove top, except for Wednesday night, when we had not electric so we ate hot dogs boiled on Nelly's gas stove, coleslaw and pickles.



Electricity is not the only thing that has not gone according to plan. Monday evening we drove in to Dnepro, Garry dropped me and the water bottles at Metro, while he and Jeremy went to Epi-Center (the other Home Depot store). He said he'd be back in half an hour, because we were picking up the last four team members from Steinbach at the airport.

He got back late and we weren't picking them up, Carol had borrowed a phone to call him. Their flight had left Amsterdam 2 1/2 hours late and they were stuck in Kiev. They ended up touring the city a bit the next morning before getting their new flight, landing about 22 hours after their original arrival time.

So they were able to get to work on Wednesday morning instead of Tuesday. Then we had the power outage! That's my excuse for not blogging sooner, I had no time without my cleaning helper!