It is raining today, everyone remains inside trying to keep warm as best they can. It is a cold day today and to get wet means certain that they will also get sick so they stay indoors and huddle near the fire. Mama has built a good fire today and it is creating a lot of heat. Gcinsizwe, Stumo, Sizwe and Mama sit together, Mama is cooking maize while Stumo tries in vain to patch his shoe. Two weeks ago my package arrived in the post and Sizwe is yet again perched in front of the map looking at all of the countries. Gcinsizwe shows him Nova Scotia where I live, and Sudan and Congo where my friends are from. Each area has had a star placed on it so that they can find the places with ease. Sizwe asks his father in the Xhosa language, “Daddy where does Catherine live” and Gcinsizwe points to the other side of the map, very far away from South Africa.