Jack Bauer could not have performed better than our team on Thursday. We rolled out of bed at 4 AM and were in our rented Matatu by 4:30 on our way to Masai Mara game park. Our medicine was 4 days late in arriving and forced us to cancel our Sunday day off and move our trip to the park from Monday to last Thursday. One wrong turn on a pitch black road early in the morning led to a 3 hour detour. So, instead of arriving at the park at sunrise we  were there at 11 AM. The road was very rough with several places of mud that required us to push and pull a bit. The migration was in full swing and the savannah was cover with wildebeast, elephants, giraffes, zebras and everything else you see when watching “Lion King.” Frequently we paused to wait for the animals to cross the road and occasionally we simply pushed through them with the car. Just before leaving the park we found a small pride of lions, four females and one very regal male. We left the park just at 5 PM when the rains began. We were excited to return to our base because of the great news that the medicine arrived. We had four hours of sorting and filling our pharmacy boxes and planned on returning home by 8 PM. At the top of the escarpement overlooking the park, the rain came, African style. Mix rain, unimproved road and a heavy clay soil and you have a  lot of fun. About 13 miles in to the journey the vehicle high centered while turning off in to the bush to avoid the worst of the road. After several hours of digging and jacking we were still stuck and called for help. Cold, wet and in the dark we huddled together in the van to keep warm. Some slept, others talked or listened to music waiting for a Land Rover with proper mud tires, four wheel drive, diff locks and a winch. They used everything but the winch to pull us out. Another route was selected, almost three times our 50 mile original route, but navigable in the rain. The rescue vehicle pulled us through 6 miles of slick, muddy bush tracks to get to the new route. Gasps and several “no, no, no’s” followed by the rolling down of windows came as a final river crossing placed us on the new track. At 11:30 PM we prayed with the two men and the Land Rover and set out on 35 miles of the worst road imaginable. We only managed 10 miles an hour until we reached the paved road. After another 2 hours we arrived safely at 4:30 AM, exactly 24 hours after departing. Our day was just beginning though as we cleaned the mud off, ate breakfast and began processing all of our medications. We left for our first clinic day and ministered to the Masai people until 5 PM. Back at base we managed to eat, restock a bit of our pharmacy and crawl in to bed at 9 PM. Thank you to all who have prayed for the medicine to arrive, and for our travel challenges.