I think everything is packed. I have a few more minutes to kill before locking everything up and heading out. I will go out for breakfast, then to the bank to get some cash, then to my parents’ house. My parents have some family friends, John and Peggy Hackney, staying with them this week, and everyone will come along on the ride to the airport. Our goal is to get me to the Nashville airport by 11:30 or so, two hours before departure.

I have to take my first malaria pill with breakfast.

Keep all of us (listed in the previous post) in prayer. I will have plenty of stories and photos two weeks from now.