God bless the creator of Skype.com!

Sunday morning...very early...we went to church to use their high speed connection (remember, we're in the sticks) to get on skype.com and talk to my brother in Africa for free! All you techies out there are probably laughing at me saying that's old news, but I didn't know. Anyway, my entire family did a conference call on the internet. It was so SWEET to hear their voices. They told us story after story where we were laughing. They have a Myspace, so we can keep up with the day to day...but it is WAY funnier to hear the voice telling the stories. I have to admit, they had some serious stuff go on last week. My sister-in-love was pickpocketed last week. They don't know much Swahili, yet, so she was yelling at the man in English. She is a tall, beautiful, former model and I can just see her yelling at them! I don't think they got much. She can't wait to learn the language, so she can barter with them in the markets. That's SO her. Anyway, later that day, the police, mind you, the POLICE (!) picked them up and forced them to drive out of town. The police would not return them until they paid a SUBSTANTIAL bribe! That scares the bejeebers out of me!!!! Say a prayer for their safety anytime you think of it. I'll be eternally grateful!