39 bags...2 to go

Last night three of us braved the Nairobi night in a reconnaissance mission for the luggage that never made the tight connection in London. Through a series of very fortunate events including what may have been the Jedi mind trick, two of us were allowed into the baggage claim area to await the arrival of the 9pm flight (it arrived at 10pm). Soon after luggage began moving on the conveyor belt, a mass of personal team bags and boxes filled with the build-a-backpack donations began pouring in our direction. After 40 minutes of pulling bags and boxes from the carousel, we had in our possession 39 of 41 checked pieces of luggage. Only one personal bag and one box of backpack items did not make it (they are set to come on the flight tonight). As a result, this am the entire team is very fashionably dressed in a new set of clothes and looking good as they all had a chance to use their own personal toiletries (shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste) for the first time in a few days. In a few moments we are heading out for the Beacon training center. We will post about our first day on site this evening.

Thanks for your prayers. James