Countdown: 3 Days

It is all taking shape now. Suitcases are pretty much packed (hopefully I won't get any flak about the weight limits!) and loved ones have been informed about the blog. Taking anti-malaria pills begins tomorrow. I'm trying to look at it all as a wide-ranging conversation with family and friends, old and new, on both sides of the seas. I'm hoping I will be equal to the tasks at hand. I feel undergirded by each of you and very much led by One so much greater than myself. Thank Goodness. Po Vang, my host, assures me I will be met at the Vientiane airport Thursday afternoon by two trusted women from his village. Let the intensive Lao learning adventure begin!