Ups and Downs
Electricity can sometimes be quite a pain around here. When I lived back in Jacksonville I really don’t think I can even remember the last time my power went out. Well, just the other day I was reminded that this is not Jacksonville! On a beautiful, but windy Wednesday our power dipped (went off and on) about 10 different times. It was such a pain! Just image trying to do work on a computer and having it reboot every 15 minutes. It made me realize just how much you can’t do without power.
If that wasn’t annoying enough later that day the power was off for about 3 hours. Being that it was getting dark all the staff loaded up the cars and headed into town for some dinner. Thankfully, the power was on, and stable, by the time we returned. It’s funny that a little thing like electricity can remind me that I’m no longer living in America.
About Me

My name is Dave Ditges and I'm Florida native who moved out to South Africa in 2005 to serve along side Thrive Africa.
I head up the creative department as well as taking on the role of the resident "tech guy" in the office.
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Recent Writings
- Wrapping Up Mission Teams
- Coming Home for Christmas
- It’s All About Passion
- One Busy Month
- Google helping out
- How does Facebook know?
- Talk about “pay at the pump”
- The “untitled” curriculum that will change Africa.
- Trip to Botswana
- The Last Few Projects
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