Hi friends and family! Yes, I am OK! Have had a lot of problems getting on the blogger at the cyber the past couple of weeks, but today success at a friend's house, so you can now see some pictures as well as a bit of info.

I have two friends that I worked with in the insurance industry who are fighting some pretty serious health issues; I asked your prayers for them: Bill and Cecilia. They are both very special to me and I am much saddened by the challenges they face.

I do a lot of reading, as I don't have a DVD player or TV. I do get International Newsweek gratis as a PC volunteer, and subsribe to several other small monthlies that my sister sends me. One noticeable difference of lifestyles in the homes here in rural Morocco...no one reads! Really. Not adults, nor children. Sad, but true!


Another book recommendation: "Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. It's about Afghanistan, during the Russian takeover and subsequent Taliban rule. It's very moving.

Here's the "Alchemist" quote of the day: "He still had some doubts about the decision he had made. But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision is only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, diving into a strong current will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision."