The Karate Kid (by Mike)

One of the great things about living in Palau is the super cheap cost of labor, (unless of course you happen to be that labor). Anyway, because of this we are afforded a few luxuries that we wouldn’t ordinarily have. For example, we have a sweet lady who comes around to clean our house, make our beds, and do the dishes etc. Here she is bringing up breakfast for Liz and the gang, (No, she doesn’t bring breakfast every day! It was a special occasion.)

But besides the domestic helper, other services are cheap as well. One of the ones I, (Michael) like the most is that it makes the cost of Karate lessons really cheap! So my good son Andrew has been taking Karate lessons every other day with his own private instructor. At first we had him one-on-one with his instructor, but now we have him in with one or two other students, which is a better setup all the way around because he has someone to practice with. It’s a really good deal for us, and Andy likes it too.