Jaron's first area

So we found out where Jaron went (I emailed the mission president to find out since I knew it would be weeks before a letter would arrive). He's in Kekaha, Kauai! Kauai is the north-western most 'main' island (there are a whole slough of islands and atolls heading off to the Northwest--remnants of islands that grew over the Hawaiian geological hot spot). One of the most beautiful. He is at the end of the road where the 'A' is on the picture. I did a lot of my field work near Hanapepe so spent lots of time in the coffee fields studying the fruit flies just a few miles down the road from where he is. Jaron's area is very rural and tourists don't usually go that direction. He is in for a treat. What a great place to end up! So Jaron is really on the other side of the world from us, 11 hours or 7800 miles away. Timothy and Christopher are 8 hours or 5550 miles away (Nathan and Emily are less than 30 seconds away and within 50 feet). This is as the crow flies of course. Or perhaps as the Arctic tern flies as crows are unlikely to make that distance. Unless, of course, they were very motivated and had a strong tail wind. Even then . . . but I digress. Kudos to Jaron! He has arrived!!!!