I am one of those people that look at my caller ID, then decide if I am going to answer the phone or not. Yesterday morning I got a call with a "weird" number, but decided to answer it. It was all static and my first words were "Shane is that you!" and it was.

He had his first meeting with the native people with the use of an interrupter and that was a good experience for him. I asked him if for the most part the people do want them there and he indicated that what we see on the news is just the bad, for the most part they are wanted and needed there.

His current projects are working on a road and a school. His said their traveling is very restricted right now because of the road side bombs . They aren't even allowed to drive in humvee's right now. I know I for one am okay with that!!!

His camera is broken so I am getting a new one on the way to him, so for now there are no pictures. He referred to his living quarters as a hut so it will interesting to see what's what when pictures do start coming in.