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January 23, 2008

The onward march of technology

It has finally happened: I now have internet access from my mud hut!

Yes, I am posting this from home. We still can’t get running water, but we now have electricity and a phone line in our yard. I must confess I was in two minds about it, having lived 15 years without either. But with the growth in my work, and the development of our yard as a ministry centre, my “woodless construction” mud hut has become “mission HQ”. The need to be more in contact with people around the world has made communication a priority. So, my computer, printer, and phone are now – somewhat sadly – part of my life in Gorom-Gorom.

We got plugged into the town electricity supply just before Christmas. They came to install the phone yesterday. It connects wirelessly with the phone tower on the other side of town, and for this it needs its own power, supplied by a small solar panel that charges its own battery. So, even if the town electricity fails, I should still be good for a few hours of email, as long as my computer battery lasts.

All of which makes me wonder whether it might be time to leave Gorom-Gorom, and move somewhere a bit more remote…

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Posted by Keith at January 23, 2008 06:37 PM