The Sozo/Flatirons Construction Trip - Day 2
The following is an excerpt from the
journal I kept while on our trip to Afghanistan June 23-July 3,
2008.
If you received my daily email updates you've seen most of it, but not all. Since my return I've added a few notes and comments which I've put in blue italic type so those of you who don't want to read it all again can pick out the "new stuff." <g> I've also added a couple photos from each day of the trip, which weren't always in the daily updates.
If you'd like to see more photos from the trip, follow the link to the left. I took many of them, but the rest were taken by other team members Levi Dockendorf, Jeff English, Dave Harrison, Jordan Kejr, Micah Kirkwood, Michal Kmita, and David Pesek. Ron Barnes was there, too, but usually too busy keeping track of the rest of us to take photos. <g> If you'd like hi-rez copies of any of them just let me know.
Tuesday, June 24
It's midnight in Dubai (2pm Denver time) and we've finally got the bulk of the flying behind us. Even at midnight it's still 95 degrees outside... fortunately we're inside marking time at the departure lounge -- our last shot at an espresso and Baskin Robbins for another 10 days!
All three flights went fine, no passport or visa problems, all 7 duffle bags made it to Dubai intact, and nobody's in jail (yet). Here in the departure lounge, one of the guys wants to lay out all our bags to make a mattress to crash on... where have I seen that before???
I wish I still had a book to read, but I've already finished the only one I brought on the trip -- Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. I'm not much of a reader, but I literally couldn't put this one down. He writes about his highly unconventional faith (my kind of guy!) and his life in Portland, Oregon, one of my favorite cities. I was pleasantly surprised to read comments about Escape From New York Pizza, Mt. Tabor Park, and even time spent with my brother Ross and his family.
That's all for now... I'll write again once we're at the guest house Wednesday afternoon.
It only LOOKS like we're working on our computers. In truth, we're sound asleep. Photo by Micah Kirkwood.