We are doing well here in South Africa. We have been busy and are enjoying our work. It's getting cold here with nights around 35 degrees. They tell us the winters get very cold with lots of wind. Winter is the dry season so they say there's lots of blowing dust, dirt and sand.

We visited a family a few days ago that just had a baby. The mom went to the [provintial] hospital about midnight, the baby was born about 3:30 AM and they sent them home at about 8:30 AM. The provintial hospital is the public hospital specifically for Zulu's. The cost is about 20 Rand (US$3.00) to see a Dr. and can take as long as 8 hours to be seen. That's government run health care for you. Is that what we'll have in the US?

In as much as blogging is new to me, I hope I can attach a few pictures of the baby. If I can, look in the background. You'll see that the living room, dining room, kitchen is all in the same area. The entire room is about 10' square. Look to the back left to see the kitchen. How much do we take for granted.