Last night in New York

Today was a busy orientation day, mostly spent sitting in various talks about culture shock and finances with an evening of last-minute shopping at Target. Isaac is pumped about a mini-flashlight he bought that he can clip to a headband. Since we'll be operating in the dark and everything.

Jake, we are missing you man. We met with a group of AIM staffers this morning who have been praying for you from Pearl River for the past few weeks.

We watched a video during one of the talks that showed dirt-covered children running between crooked rows of shacks with flies buzzing around their heads. I knew I wasn't going on a month-long safari while staying at a five-star resort, but it finally hit me that I am going to Africa. Not National Geographic Africa but the one where HIV tests come back positive and poverty is the rule.

Anyway, we leave tomorrow for London and then Nairobi. Looks like we snagged the emergency exit row on the plane, which is money. No more of these boring pictures after tonight's post:

Actually, we had quite the photoshoot at Target tonight (in the swimsuit section, nonetheless) but Isaac refuses to post the pictures because they are slightly blurry. We only bring out the best for our dedicated readers.