Day Before Staging

Well, I'm here at my brother and sister-in-law's house in Murrieta, CA outside of Los Angeles. I'll be headed into Los Angeles tomorrow to meet all the other volunteers in my group (as well as about 30 volunteers who will be going to Vanuatu, an island country near Samoa). I need to be there to register tomorrow night and stay the night. Then I'll be in orientation all day on Friday. We will bus to the airport at 6:00pm and wait for our flight to Auckland which departs at 9:45pm. It will be a 13-hour flight with about a 4-hour layover in Auckland before a nearly 4-hour flight to Samoa. It's almost here!

All the things I'm bringing fit in 3 bags and weigh about 75lbs.