Crazy Week

This past week started off with three days with no water from the public utility. I have always had to deal with water conservation just to help out with the family I live with, so I just flush my toilet just once a day since I am the only one that uses it in my living area. The four other members of the family share the other bathroom, which I am sure they flush more often. From my bathroom there's a small opening in the wall about head height, that I can look out and see their 500 gallon water storage tank. From time to time while I have been here I have had to let Ravi know that the tank is full and water is flowing out of the top and onto the dirt ground below so he can go out and shutoff the inflow of water. This is becoming a serious issue since I have notice the water tank tilting more, because when they installed the tank they did not build a sturdy concrete fountain to support all the weight of that much water, and in time it will fall off it 3 foot height concrete block support base which was never cemented together, and damage the tank. Ravi is aware of the problem, but has done nothing to correct it other than to use some short wood beams to support the tilting tank which they just sink into the soft ground also and water continues to flow out if not stopped. Now that the city water is flowing again I have had to wake Favi up at 6am to go out and shut the water off because he had not installed an automatic shut off valve. However, he finally told me later that day he just installed one, but the very next morning water was flowing out again and I had to wake him again. Now the he finally correct that problem we had more water presser, but I have notice another problem out in the front yard next to the Poga where there is a water fauset that was never put together correctly and the shut off valve keeps blowing off and I have had to push it back on otherwise it just pours out and floods the front yard and waste more water. I told Ravi about the problem and he need to use some wire to tie the fauset more securely but I didn't do it, and the next night valve was blown off again early in the morning while it was still dark, and I tried to push on the valve but the pressure was too great and it was just spraying water all over my clothe and I was standing in a pool of water. So at 2:30 that morning I went in there bedroom and woke him up and he finally came out, but with no wire and I watched his peel off some old tape from the PVC pipe and push on a shut off cap and stop the flow and I asked if that it would hold with the pressure and he said it would. I just left him and went and changed out of my wet shoes and clothes, wondering why he had not done it the day before. That week I became aware of another problem. I had paid Rave $800 plus for my monthly rent on the 4th when I got back here in Fiji. However, a few days later Sanjeeta came to me while I was still in bed after knocking asking for $20 to give Rachel. I said what happened to the $900 I gave Ravi, she said he only had $10 left. I was furious. After I gave the money and she left, I got dressed and went to their bedroom. The whole family was there and just stared Ravi down and without a word turned and went back to my room trying to figure out how he spent all that money, I later learned he had to pay a lawyer $500 and then spent the money on other things that were needed. So I gave them another $200, but after a week went by I could tell they were out of money again when the Wifi went down and needed more money. It was still ten days before my next month's rent was due, however I thought I could just give them the last $300 I had and then I would give them the balance of $500 on the 4th of next month when I went to the ATM machine, and they agreed to that when I told them and gave them what I had left. Fine, I thought. But the very next day Sanjeeta came to my room and wanted to talk. This was not going to be good I thought. I said, is this about money and she said, no. She told me about the other friend I helped and gave her money that she promised to repay in a couple days when they would pay her, but they never did and I told her I forgave them and her for not keeping their promises. So what was the issue now and she told me that they wanted the balance of the $500 now and not next month. I could not believe what I was hearing, I told her, don't make me regret coming back here. You're just using me as your personal ATM machine. I finally offered to give the balance on the 1st of the month instead of the 4th. of September. I told her that I loved them, but I would not let them use me anymore, She still was not happy with that and so I said, "then go to your other friends who owe you or to your gods for the money." Then I said, "we are done here", and left the livingroom we had moved to. She finally got up and left. Later that night  she fixed my dinner and the next day everything was fine, just like the event never happened. One other irritating problem that has continued this week, is mice and rats. They don't have regular traps like in America, so I bought a can of Glue for those kinds of issues and two flat round trays that come with your purchase, then you pour the glue it. This had work before in my room, but they had issue in their kitchen also where we would see the mice run around every day on the kitchen counter and often in food if left out. So I put one pan on the kitchen counter and one in my room one the floor, where I had caught a rat before. The next day, we caught two mice and a rat in the kitchen, but the rat in my room has manage to avoid my trap for over a week regardless where I  put it. This has been my crazy and frustrating week. I know God has called me here, yet I never dreamed I would have to deal with some of the issues I have. I know someday I will look back on all this and laugh, but right now it can be very frustrating. However, I thank God for His love and faithfulness that keeps me going forward to share His love to another generation..