Hot water, Hot stove, and Candles

Hallelujah! Yesterday Mark hooked up the hot water geyser (pronounced
geezer), and hooked up our stove. Elizabeth and Katie were so
excited that they baked dessert for us after the power came on. Which
brings me to the candles. Zesko (the electric company) is turning off
the electricity more and more. Over the last 4 days we will have one
day without power most of the day, then a good day, then power off for
most of the day, and then a good day. Whether it is a good or bad day
we can be sure that between 4:30 and 6:00 it will go off again until
about 7:30. So we are going through a lot of candles.

So when we have electricity we can have a hot shower now in this
house. We can also bake and cook things more easily. We do have a
back-up propane burner which is very useful. With 9 volunteers here
for a big meal everyday, it will be much easier to make our meals with
a stove working!