Getting ready to convoy into downtown Baqouba to meet with local judges about rule of law issues. Partaking in a traditional Iraqi lunch with some local Sheiks in the Governor of Diyala Province's conference room. Speaking, through an interpreter, about good governance ideas with the women's "caucus" of the Diyala Provincial Council. Taking time to teach a young Iraqi boy the finer points of basketball. This young boy's mother is on the Diyala Provincial Council and his father was kidnapped, and believed killed, by terrorists a year and a half ago. Making this little guy smile was mission No. 1 on that day. Discussing ways to improve Iraq's law schools and legal curriculum with the Dean of the Baghdad Law School. Extolling the virtues of Wisconsin with the Chief Justice of Iraq. Assembling wheelchairs for needy Iraqis with Romanian friend George is one way to relax during "free time." A generous family from New Berlin has organized an effort to collect and send soccer balls for distribution to Iraqi youth. Here one teen at the National Iraqi Assistance Center becomes a beneficiary of this effort. Hopefully youth like this will have a greater interest in healthy activities like soccer rather than planting IEDs (improvised explosive devices) or firing off AK-47s.