Brad is well.
I had a chance to IM with him via Skype this morning for a good amount of time. He is 9 1/2 hours ahead of us on the east coast. The kids and I were all peppering him with questions. He doesn't have his computer yet -- so no camera or mic -- so just IM today. Hopefully we will be able to see and hear him in the near future -- but even the IM conversation was pretty cool.
Sawyer was marveling at how fast we could go back and forth from across the world.
He is not yet at his final destination, but has moved from the base to a small village where he and his unit are training with their Special Forces counterparts.
His unit has a cook with him -- so he says he is eating pretty well. We were wondering if he was on a steady diet of MREs, but he says no. Mostly stews and rice.
No running water however -- so no showers...
There are goats and donkeys wandering around everyone, and he says the really little kids all ride around on the donkeys. We asked if he thought he was eating goat and donkey stew -- he said he didn't think so... he insists the food is airlifted in.
On that point, he said that anything anyone sends will eventually be air-dropped to him -- from 35,000 feet! So pack things well!
More later. He asked that I send love to everyone.
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