More Internet Blues

Our Internet is down, perhaps for good, again. It is a long saga. It is very frustrating. It is making us long for the next nine weeks to be finished so we can actually be with friends and family in person.

Apparently, some staff members were given free access to the service that is being provided to the school. (LK and I were not) Then, someone in the business office was upset by this and sent out a petition to have it stopped. The Board cut off the access and changed passwords without discussing the issue with staff. There was a ruckus. It was agreed that the staff could be included in the school service for a small fee. Then they wanted to charge everyone for the three months that service had been offered for free. Staff were not willing to pay for service they had been told was free. So, a bill was sent to one staff member and that was that. Except that the staff member went to the company that provides Internet to explain the situation and that this bill was not going to be paid for by the staff. Now the service has been completely cut off and we seem to have no recourse.

The frustrating thing is that LK and I were not using the school Internet until the offer was made for us to may a small fee after March Break. Now we have nothing. The only Internet provider to Grassy is the guy who services the school. Aaargh! LK is going to try to call tomorrow, but we tried to get service through this guy in the fall and it was a month of phone calls not returned and visits to his place to pick hardware up that was not ready, so we don't anticipate much forward movement. Without the Web we feel very isolated (no tv, no radio), and it makes it a lot hard to be here.

Anyway... we are making summer plans and looking very much forward to seeing family and friends. We are counting down weeks and organizing itineraries! The snow is mostly melted, and we have had two weeks of balmy beautiful weather. Yesterday spring arrived with grey skies and drizzle.

Please pray for us as we are coming to the time when we need to make final commitments for next year. We are struggling with whether or not to stay. There are so many issues to consider and it is really hard to balance the needs of everyone in the family with the financial reality that another move this summer would be really, really costly. Pray that if we are not supposed to stay, that God would make it very clear; a great job offer near family would be wonderful.