30 May

Today I began my trip home, and as you can imagine I can not just step on a plane and be home in one hop across the big pond. Because I work in an area outside the "Green Zone" I need to return to my immediate headquarters, located in the Green Zone and start the check-out process. I will spend several days signing paperwork and changing over property before I can move to my next point. In a nutshell I will need to hit four different locations before I can leave the desert enroute to the States. The hardest and most dangerous leg of this trip will be the first leg - making it into the Green Zone. I will have you know that I have safely arrived into the Green Zone and I am sitting in an air conditioned room, the basement of huge palace, writing this blog. And although there is still a level of danger when in a war zone I believe I well on my way to stepping foot on American soil in about a week. As I move to the next location I will keep you updated. Thanks to everyone who has kept me in their prayers - I hope to see many, if not all of you, in the near future. God Bless