On Thursday night, as I was sitting reading a book at 2AM in the morning, the power flickered briefly and went out. \u00a0As of Sunday afternoon, it’s still not back on! \u00a0There was a severe ice storm and more than a million people in New England are without power. \u00a0Most of our resident condo dwellers have long ago departed to seek warmer climes, but Jill and I have spent three days and nights without power in freezing weather!<\/p>\n
Friday night we went out to pizza, as the town next to us had power. \u00a0All the restaurants were very crowded as immigrants from towns without power arrived for light, heat, and food. \u00a0Then Jill and I went to KMart, bought candles, and brushed our teeth. \u00a0Friday night was not that cold.<\/p>\n
On Saturday we visited my in-laws and took showers, which was awesome! \u00a0I felt soo clean.<\/p>\n
On Saturday night Jill and I played with our band in another town with power. \u00a0We did pretty well from what people said. \u00a0I should have some pictures soon. \u00a0We were hopeful that we’d have power when we got home, but it was still dark in our neighborhood. \u00a0Even less people had stuck around than the day before, but a few windows still remained lit by candlelight or generator-produced electric lights.<\/p>\n
It was very cold last night. \u00a0It’s a good thing jill is such a good snuggler, or we might have become blocks of ice overnight. \u00a0It was hard to get up this morning because of all the dissipating heat. \u00a0Today we took a walk in the freezing air to get warm, and now we’re at a local coffee shop. \u00a0We’re still hoping power will be back for church tonight, but if not we will have an intimate fire-lit meeting at Hannah’s house!<\/p>\n
One problem is the, um, toilet. \u00a0No power = no running water in our place, so for days we couldn’t flush. \u00a0It was pretty gross. \u00a0But then we got a five-gallon bucket from our relatives, and I filled it at a local stream and lugged it home. \u00a0So we were finally able to flush, even though each flush is quite a lot of work! \u00a0Yay!<\/p>\n
None of our neighbors have power, and it’s interesting how we have all actually spoken to each other in the past few days. \u00a0On Friday night I spent a few hours talking to our Jewish neighbor about the Bible and Jewish history. \u00a0On Saturday several neighbors were outdoors trading news and stories. \u00a0Normally here in MA, barely anyone speaks to each other. \u00a0So while it’s very cold and that is hard to bear, everything else has been ok and even beneficial to our community.<\/p>\n
The last two nights I took a walk, and God provided a beautiful full moon at just the right time for this “crisis”. \u00a0It was really nice out! \u00a0There were no lights to obscure the moonlight, so everything was bathed in a bright, mystic blue glow. \u00a0No flashlight needed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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