On Wednesday, Jesús said, "Let there be light..." and there was.

In order to solve the problem of the electricity always going out, people here in the DR buy inversores (I think in English it is called an inverter.) Basically, what this is, is a couple of batteries, usually at least two, which get charged when there is electricity, and when the lights go out, the inversor switches to battery power, and with this, you can run a few lightbulbs and televisions, and my computer, gracias a diós.

Last weekend my family bought one, which they should probably thank me for because I'm providing them with some pretty good extra income. Only the people here who have pretty good money are able to afford them as the one my family bought cost $17000 RD, or $515 US, which is pretty steep for Dominican standards.

Well, it sat around all weekend, and Monday too because it was a holiday, and I'm not sure why the installer guy didn't come on Tuesday, but yesterday, Wednesday, he finally came to install it. It was installed without any problems and now we have light 24/7. Woohoo! I'm very tempted to stay with this family now, if only there wasn't an annoying little 5 year old I would be set.

So, the first time that the power went out I really wanted to ask my host dad, Jesús, to be the first one to flick the light switch, but before doing so to say, "Let there be light!" They probably would not have understood my humor, but I would have really got a kick out of it. Oh well, I'm still smiling just thinking about how it would have played out had I asked him. Maybe when the aqueduct is completed I'll have more courage to ask him to say, "Let there be water!"