the promised one...

I guess it was some time ago now that I promised pictures of my first baby girl... I have now caught three... so I better get these pics up! So this is little Precious, and her beautiful mom. She's a funny looking doll right now... but I am sure she will we stunning one day:).
The Internet at my house has been out for about a week now... and the service people are yet to stop in to figure out the problem... so the whole internet thing is driving me nutto! (Not that I am reliant or anything... I sure don't want to be!!) I really don't like feeling so dependant on something so silly... yet when it is not easily available it makes life much more complicated!
The assignment I have been working on this week was researching community health in a country of our choosing. I chose Afghanistan, as it is the second worst place in the world to be pregnant and give birth, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF (the worst place in the world being Sierra Leone). Afghanistan interests me heaps... and has for awhile now... and it was SO great doing this assignment and learning more about what the situation is actually like there... but research these days primarily equals internet... so at times this week has felt really long!
Anyways, I really don't want to complain... it is great. I am blessed to have internet, a computer and so much more... what do I have to complain about? I think about this fact almost every time I am working on my computer at the clinic. I am almost ashamed to have such a tool at my disposal, as our patients walk buy scrounging to pay for the medical supplies their birth consumed... that might add up to, on average, about $4. Kindda puts things in perspective. I guess internet is not all that... and I am not suffering all that much to be without for a week... even though I do miss blogging, and hearing from all of you:).