Let there be light

We have a had a true Bahamian miracle and all it took was a word in the right ear and $40. We were supposed to get electricity on Wednesday or Thursday after paying the massive deposit on Monday. By Thursday afternoon where there was no sign of light we traveled to the Electricity office (BEC) to inquire about progress. They assured us that the lights had been turned on but that a guy was on his way back out there to confirm. Four trips to the BEC offices later and still no progress.

Late Friday afternoon finds Lisa sitting at the BEC office in brilliant fake tears begging for some kind of solution, while Mark and Emily amuse themselves wandering around the mall. Lisa leaves the office with no progress and no sign of electricity in the foreseeable future. Meanwhile Mark and Emily experience divine intervention. Marl wanders in to the BTC phone store and spots a Bahamiam giant he used to work with when he was a consultant. In telling his tale of woe to the giant, an employee interjects that he has a distant relative working in the BEC provisioning department and would we like for him to give him a call. You betcha. One call later and a bucket truck is on it's way to Water's Edge to re-connect the electricity at the pole.

$40 later and Lisa must call Mark a God as she had promised when leaving the BEC office at the mall and Mark asked he, "If I could turn the lights on tonight, would you call me a God?"

We now have lights, hot water and a refrigerator... Heaven! An early lesson in getting stuff done - island style.

Next up - car and internet access. We are making progress.

Emily went to her school yesterday and took all her tests. She starts Year 5 on Monday and is thrilled. We will post pictures.

Meanwhile on the other side of the ocean. We have removed our car from our shipment as it was causing delays and extra expense now that we have to truck our goods down to FL. They should leave this week. More details later.