Someone stole our telephone line..

My host mom asked me the other day if I had given my cell phone number to the lady that delivers the mail. I said no but it is fine because she calls the mayors office anyways. I asked why she wanted to know. She told me that the house phone doesn´t work anymore. (This means that they have all to pay extra now to put money on their cell phones. Land lines cost money too, but are cheaper than cell phones.)

Simple enough, I thought. "When are they going to fix it?" I asked. She said she didn´t have any idea, and that someone had robbed the telephone lines. I was very confused. Of course she must mean that, for some reason unknown to me, the telephone company had shut off the service.

It turns out, someone had ACTUALLY STOLEN the telephone lines. They came at night and cut the cables down and sliced them open. Then they proceeded to rip out whatever is inside of a telephone line; I imagine to sell it.

The following week, two people from my town went to the City of Chalatenango to tell the telephone company that they weren´t going to pay their telephone bills unless someone came to fix the telephone line. I was proud of them, and I didn´t think that was an unreasonable request. It´s been a week however, and the broken cable is still hanging limply from the telephone pole and strewn on the side of the road.

...just a story to share...

much love
Chels

P.S. I got my own house, that I should be moving into when I get back from training in 3 weeks. I am so excited. I just need a bed, a refrigerator, a stove, and a few tables. I am currently looking around town for people with extras...wish me luck! If I can´t find everything, I am going to buy a hammock and a fridge and forget about the bed for awhile... vamos a ver.