http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/ 2008-03-10T20:11:28-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/03/home_again.html I arrived home last night after a long, long trip. A four hour car ride, twenty-two hours of flight time, and eight hours of waiting in airports over a 40-hour time period left me more than a little tired. It's... IT Field Communication David 2008-03-10T20:11:28-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/03/backtracking.html My shuttle ride picked me up just after noon, and we drove to the Maseru Bridge, where I would enter South Africa. While the drive fueled the vehicle, I walked through, going through immigration in Lesotho, then walking across the... IT Field Communication David 2008-03-09T07:34:28-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/03/heading_home.html I'm all ready to head out of here, and am waiting for the shuttle van to pick me up for the drive to Johannesburg. It's been a good trip in many ways, and I've been pleased to get to know... IT Field Communication David 2008-03-08T10:02:28-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/03/and_again.html After the brief success of bringing the GATR inflatable antenna system online last Tuesday night, I've spend many hours trying to get it working again. I was quite discouraged about it over the weekend, but was determined not to give... IT Field Communication David 2008-03-07T01:18:28-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/03/another_perspec.html Traig Friedrich has come to Lesotho with his family. He'll be here for six months, working on installing VSAT systems at the Partners In Health clinics. He and his wife, Laura, are posting on their blog while here.... IT Field Communication David 2008-03-05T22:36:01-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/03/flying_in_lesot.html I was able to fly into the mountains today with MAF pilot, Christiaan Haak. We flew to three airstrips, then returned to Maseru. The second landing was at Bobete, a village where Partners In Health has a clinic. This is... IT Field Communication David 2008-03-05T22:21:35-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/03/lesotho.html If you have the time, you might like to read about the country of Lesotho and MAF's work here.... IT Field Communication David 2008-03-02T22:21:28-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/03/catching_up_1.html I just realized that the time of some of these posts is off--I still have this blog set to Mountain Standard Time (I've adjusted all the times since this was originally posted). The time hit home last night when I... IT Field Communication David 2008-03-02T21:25:28-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/02/still_trying.html It's 9 PM and I've been outside in the backyard working with the GATR-Com system again. After the success of last night, I woke up this morning to some issues that I've not yet resolved. I'm not sure why, but... IT Field Communication David 2008-02-27T21:25:28-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/02/success.html I spent the day working at the MAF hangar, attempting to get the GATR commissioned and on the network. I kept having to stop. First to help load a truck with VSAT equipment that is going to a mountain village.... IT Field Communication David 2008-02-27T02:47:28-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/02/slow_start.html It's very late tonight, so I'll write for just a few minutes here. Things went well today at the MAF hangar, but I didn't make as much progress as I had hoped for. But I needed to work around the... IT Field Communication David 2008-02-25T22:03:07-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/02/movie_night_in.html I arrived in Lesotho about 5 PM this afternoon. I'm happy to report that all my bags made it with me. I'm going to crash in a few minutes, but I'm trying to drag it out as long as I... IT Field Communication David 2008-02-23T20:56:53-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2008/02/on_my_way_to_af.html I left Boise a couple hours ago, heading to Lesotho for two weeks. If you're like a lot of folks, you probably haven't heard of The Kingdom of Lesotho, a small, mountainous country completely surrounded by South Africa. I've been... IT Field Communication David 2008-02-21T16:02:46-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2007/12/maf_flights_in.html MAF's sea plane in Bangladesh was contracted to fly members of the Third Marine Expeditionary Force Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team. More photos from the flight are on this page.... Disaster Response Bangladesh David 2007-12-03T14:53:14-07:00 http://www.thehoffmanfamily.com/4mks/archives/2007/12/home_for_christ.html As it turns out, I'm not going anywhere right now. The VSAT system is not needed in Bangladesh or Papua New Guinea, so I'll be unpacking my bag. This has been a good readiness exercise for me, and we've learned... Disaster Response Bangladesh David 2007-12-01T20:30:58-07:00