Vegas, Baby!

i'm back, and have slept. the trip to las vegas was wonderful, refreshing and encouraging. i had a great time hanging out with frauke and the students from ywam las vegas. nothing like a little shopping to get us in the mood! gotta love shopping at the outlet mall. i've discovered that you can learn a great deal about someone while shopping.

met leona at Central Christian Church on sunday morning. the message was about being financial responsible. it's definitely a seeker sensitive type of church. good message, upbeat songs, not much for getting to know others in the church. (guess that's a megachurch thing.) after church we headed to ihop for all you can eat pancakes.

found this cool link on youtube.com. tho that video is not specifically for the ywam kilimanjaro, it gives good representation of what i'll be seeing. this specific base is in dar es salaam, which is about 8 hours from the base i'll be living.

had a blast with frauke, leona and jeff at Hofbrauhaus. the food was awesome, and frauke's insight added to the fun! frauke, leona and jeff are kimberly's friend, and they were ask to friend-sit me while i was in las vegas, because kimberly was out of town until sunday evening.

monday morning we headed to the airport so i could get my shots. everything went smoothly, even found a parking meter with plenty of time still on it! (kimberly is the queen of finding meters with time left on them!) got 4 shots, (combo hep a+b, Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (dtp), typhoid, and yellow fever). so i need one more helping of hep a+b and perhaps a polio booster, and then i should have all my required shots. i'll still need to get some malaria preventative medication and perhaps some cipro, which is supposedly the cure-all.