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Spiritual Reflections
Broadband is available, but only after an investment of several thousand dollars. Dial-up, is available, but we don't have a telephone in our home. It might be a year before we get a phone line, because there are only so many available, and there is a waiting list of people who want a phone in their home. To use the Internet I must go to one of the Internet cafes in town. These are small, crowded, dirty, and hot, with no air-conditioning, and poor ventilation. In addition, there is a national shortage of electricity so we have two scheduled blackouts, of 12 hours each, out of every 96 hours. Also, the power distribution system here is antiquated, and poorly maintained, so unscheduled blackouts are frequent, and lengthy, no electricity, no Internet. Recently, I discovered that the Northern Regional Library in Tamale has wireless Internet. So it became my habit to visit the parking lot of the Library in the evenings. If the power was on, and the wireless was working, I could log on and send and receive e-mail free. Just one problem, I have contracted malaria from the Internet. No it was not an Internet virus that gave me malaria. It was the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito that infected me, as I sat, hunched over my laptop.
Last year 2 million people died from malaria. There is no illness like malaria, but by God's grace, and good medical treatment I survived. Something else, I was aided by your prayers."The effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." Keep praying for us, as we pray for you, and I'll see you in Church.
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