Here is the "mdrasa", which means

school, where we study culture and

language during our community

based training. Inside is Leslie

and Barbara, and Josh taking a

nap between them. This period

of time was during Ramadan, and

the young men fasted along with

their host families, so were quite drained during the day.

I will be getting a cell phone in November so I can be contacting other volunteers and for safety reasons. Not mandatory but a good idea, I'm told. Also, if someone has Skype on their computer in the U. S., they can call my cell phone for about $.30 a minute, so perhaps that will be a way to talk to my daughters. Many Cybers have Skype here and then it is free...just the cost of the Internet...which is generally only about $.50 for half-hour...for me, and then free for the person in the U. S. I think.