1st Men's Day. As you may have heard we celebrate Men's Day here. (We celebrated Women's Day last month) The nice thing about Men's Day and Women's Day is all men and all women are celebrated not only those who have children. Coming from a singles point of view this seems to be better all around. Of course I never had children so perhaps you parents out there are saying, "If he only knew"!
Just the same this is how we do it in this part of the world. This year we celebrated by getting sunglasses for all the boys we sponsor. The guys loved this timely gift and wear them, even inside. The girls are a bit jealous even though they got a nice gift bag on their day filled with hair dressing accessories.
Thanks to all of you back home for supporting us and allowing us to bring a little bit of happiness to the children here. They love the gifts but also love knowing there are Americans who love them too.
And here's my muffler. Why show you this? Well, back home if there is muffler trouble it is simply replaced. Here labor is cheap and the cost of fixing a muffler is well, worth while. If you notice there is a weld bead all along the top of the muffler. They actually removed the muffler, cut the top off, removed a rusted pipe inside, welded in a new piece and then welded on a new pipe that takes the exhaust out. All for the cost of about $20. Ha! I also had my drivers side door handle fixed. All for the astonishing cost of $3.50.
I hope this note finds everyone well. Feel free to drop me a line on my home e-mail account. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. They are greatly appreciated!
Smiles,
Ken
