Computers - Can't live with 'em -- Can't get your work done without 'em

Tuesday 24 March 2015

This morning seemed to be going quite well at the office ... that is until about 10:00 when the internet went down. We did all we could to get it back up, but to no avail.  Before lunch we worked on other training that had been downloaded and didn't require the internet.  We finally took our lunch break, hoping it would be back up after we ate.  (No such luck!)

One of the projects we needed to do today required internet to Skype with Jitender, the Self Reliance Manager in India. We are assigned a team project with Phanna, Jitender, Elder and Sister Powell, and Elder and Sister Oveson.  This is to be done together and will be presented in a web training in a few days.  Since the internet didn't work at the church, we retreated to our apartment for the Skype session.  While using our internet, we received an email requesting a Skype call at 4:30 with Sameth, Marco in Hong Kong, and us.  We returned to the office hoping that the internet would be back up by then. Nope! Sameth hooked his cell phone to his computer to become a hot-spot. It worked! Marco was late to the Skype because he had computer trouble as well.  The  call with Marco gave Elder Oveson an additional assignment, but he was not able to access the program he needed to do this work either.  (We think someone really doesn't want us to get this work done today!)