My family and Stephen C. arrived into Houston at 8:05 this morning. We are patiently waiting for Baba (my mom) to arrive at 2pm. Our departure for Managua isn’t until after 5pm. So far the kids have been great; they even took their deplorable liquid malaria medicine without too much of a fight.

One word of caution for those students arriving tomorrow: an embargo went into effect June 4th that does not allow you to bring bags that are over 50lbs. We had 4 bags that exceeded 50 pounds, some by as many as 15 lbs. So Annamae and the kids were forced to throw away shoes at the Greensboro airport while Stephen and I finished the checking in process.

Another word of caution: leave plenty of time. This is my 3rd trip to Nicaragua but the first time that I almost missed the flight. We arrived about 80 minutes early (5:10am) and boarded during the final boarding call because of problems with Continental’s kiosks.