We are all back from Asia. We had a great time. About 3 of us did get sick but it mostly lasted only a couple of days. The secret is to only eat cooked food and only drink bottled water or tonic water.
Everything went fairly well. Even with a generator and a backup generator power was not reliable. The main generator had a bad transfer switch. The backup generator had bad gas.
With the electricity being off most of the time the traffic lights were also out. Even if they worked they were mostly ignored. If the light was red that means slow down but if there is no traffic keep on going. A two lane road becomes 5 lanes at the intersections, then with the traffic light out it turns into utter chaos.
Another thing is learning how to use the horn. Two short beeps means I am happy, a longer one says get out of my way. If you are walking and they beep at you, ignore it, the beeping says that they see you. If they did not beep then it is too late anyway.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Computers for Pastors in Africa
My brohter Fred sent me pictures of happy pastors in Africa that received used laptops that I refurbished. I will upload the pictures to my facebook account, they might appear here too.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Back in New York
Well I am back in New York where I was greeted by about 2 inches of snow and Ice to chisel off my van. The good news is that the van actually went. It sometimes does not go when you put it in gear, it has a transmission problem. I went to Lima to pick up a firewire card for Fred, then to Hemlock to get Hannah’s guitar amplifier, then to Olean to deliver everything to Hannah to take to Fred in Africa. Except I forgot to get some clean clothes so now I am doing the laundry.
Back in Texas I had a few mishaps, or maybe you would call them bloopers. When I first went to preach the cameramen backed up and covered their eyes. Then someone said “Man you need to get a tan”. I suggested that I take a day off and spend it at the beach. Texas has more sun in the winter than New York has in the summer. Then there was the time when I introduced myself by saying “This is Bob Davis speaking to you from beautiful Laguna Vista California”. I guess I forgot what state I was in! Then when I tried to fix the sound so it was in sync with the picture I made it so there was no sound at all. So when Sara Cliff preached there was no sound. She had a good message and she also makes a good mime.
Back in Texas I had a few mishaps, or maybe you would call them bloopers. When I first went to preach the cameramen backed up and covered their eyes. Then someone said “Man you need to get a tan”. I suggested that I take a day off and spend it at the beach. Texas has more sun in the winter than New York has in the summer. Then there was the time when I introduced myself by saying “This is Bob Davis speaking to you from beautiful Laguna Vista California”. I guess I forgot what state I was in! Then when I tried to fix the sound so it was in sync with the picture I made it so there was no sound at all. So when Sara Cliff preached there was no sound. She had a good message and she also makes a good mime.