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I was coming home

I was coming home this afternoon and realized we have a lot to be thankful for. My spanish tutor asked me to come by her place to see if I could set up an internet connection for her. It was a pre-paid card account, and required a call to Quito. I couldn't get it to work, and I think the phone lines are too noisy to allow the connection. At the hangar we have consistent internet access, allowing us e-mail and WWW. We also enjoy internet access from our home. This is through a satellite connection to Quito, made possible my HCJB World Radio. Compared to the average resident of Shell,
we're spoiled.

On the way home I passed Klaus. He's the surgeon at the HCJB hospital in Shell. I was reminded what great medical service we have here. In fact, we've experienced it first hand two times since we've been here, when Dustin managed to get a couple of severe infections.

So don't feel too sorry for us as we live here in the third world. It could be a lot worse.