Leaks, Cockroaches and a Whole Lotta Laughs

We have had three leaks in one week (and the week is not even over yet). On Monday, Ben heard water leaking from one of the many old rooms in the home we live in. He tried to tighten the knob where the leak was coming from and the knob completely snapped off. Water started pouring out all over the floor and of course we did not know how to turn the water off so we had to run next door to our 95 year old land lady’s home and find out where to turn the water off. We finally turned it off but had to spend a day without water (not that big of a deal) until the local plumber came by. Needless to say it was quite a mess but left both of us laughing.
Our next leak happened on Tuesday. I woke up on Tuesday morning to a dark river flowing from underneath our kitchen cabinets. Ben got the mop and we continued to soak up the dirty water until our friend the plumber arrived again. If that was not enough our fridge has been leaking water all day today....haha. What an adventure it is to live here. So we went from a severe ant problem to a cockroach problem. Each morning I slowly open the kitchen door in anticipation of finding another one of our dead friends. They are huge and so gross. But the dead ones we find laying our kitchen floor are much better than the ones living in our cupboards. Our dishwares are pooped on regularly and we hear and see them running around whenever we open the cupboard doors. I had purchased cockroach traps from the USA and was planning on receiving them from the American team but they were stolen out of Monte’s car the night before they left. I am sure the burglar was not too happy with his booty. He received a bunch of crafts, some cockroach traps, girls’ pants, trail mix and some white cake mix. I am sure he was disappointed. We were disappointed too!
It was so great to see familiar faces. We really enjoyed seeing Monte and his team and we loved working with them. But they were here for such a short time and it was hard to see them go.
Ben and I attended our first Sri Lankan 25 year wedding anniversary. We are sitting and eating dinner when all of a sudden there was a huge boom outside the front door and little sparks started flying through the window. I jumped literally on top of the poor woman sitting next to me and just about gave her a heart attack. I guess it is tradition to set off fireworks for 25 year anniversaries....well they didn’t tell us and I did the drop roll and cover because I thought it was a bomb...anyways it was an adventure to say the least and every single Sri Lankan got a crack out of the way I reacted. I was a bit shook up though!
We miss you all dearly! Please be praying against mosquito born illness because many of them are currently going around. Please also pray for peace in times of fear and a community for Ben and I. Thank you and God Bless!