At the End of the Day (by The Samples)

We're there! Well, pretty much. We've made it to the far side of the world (and if you don't mind my saying so, it's good to be back!) and are about to take a five-hour nap before hopping on the train to the ferry terminal and over to our final destination. Our first flight was long, but manageable. There were a couple of near-bouts with air-sickness, but we've all made it safe and sound and everyone is feeling healthy and glad to be here. It is yet to determine if we have a good night's sleep ahead of us, but we have a nice, quite area that is pretty much all to ourselves where we're able to spread out our sleeping pads and leave the cramped-up fetal-position style of sleeping on the plane behind us.

We've had no glitches so far and from here on out is the easy and familiar part for me. Frankly, I'm excited to be "home" again (which is exactly what it feels like)! In the morning we'll get up early, gather our belongings, and leave the comfort of air conditioning behind us for the hot and humid equatorial weather. Needless to say, it'll take a little getting used to, but I think the team is ready for it. They're gonna LOVE Base Camp =)

This will likely be the last blog posting for two weeks. We will be internet free once we step onto the ferry in the morning. Remember the travel policy in force here: No news is good news. In the case of any emergency we will be able to get word out to those necessary in a very short period of time - but I truly don't see that being a concern.

Please remember us in your prayers. This has been a good, yet uneventful trip thus far and we're anticipating a lot more of the good and a whole lot of "eventful" in the two weeks to come. We're excited, so I hope you're excited for us too. We are in good hands here - the best hands - God's hands! Find the same peace in that as we do.