Answers to LJ and SK questions

LJ and SK asked some questions a few days ago, so I'll try to answer them now.

I don't know how hot it was in Blantyre, but I think it was in the high 70s. It was in the mid-80s when I arrived in Kenya yesterday. It was too hot for me to wear the amount of clothing I saw people wearing! Many were wearing regular shoes and socks, and some were wearing sandles as I have been since I've been here. I noticed that I was the only one with painted toe nails!

When I say the roads are red with yellow streaks in them, I'm talking about the unpaved roads. Many of them that I traveled were unpaved with ruts, and rocks to fill in the ruts, and small streams coming down them (rain, rain!)...Since the earth is red, I assume there's iron in the soil...like near the iron mines in Minnesota. I think the yellow is just where other types of soil have mixed in...

I haven't been in any homes, but I know that some children of poor families have to help their family earn money by selling things on the street. I don't know if they have toys or not...maybe in families in Malawi that have more money. The boys love to play soccer (football) but I didn't see any girls play it.

Thanks for the questions!