more thoughts while I have time

There are guards at every door. You don't see a lot of children. Their population is old and the death rate is higher than the birth rate. Lena and Sasha were not interested in having more than one child. They say most of their friends are the same way. The government is giving money to try to get the young couples to have more children. We saw a young mom out today walking with her twin 18 mth olds and she had on 3 inch heels. What is the deal with these women. How can they do it. They call trips excrusions. We are close to Kazakhstan. They share info on their pollution levels but they are all talk, they don't do anything about their polluntion. For the first time today the teacher talked about the time of the Soviets in more of a negative light. She talked about how in the 1920's they encouraged people towork extra shifts at their jobs. They are a work and no play kind of people. But that is changing. Itwas horrible to hear about how all the church were destroyed by Stalin. I mean wiped out. I've been trying to get a handle on people and their faith in God. I'm still asking questions.