After a very bumpy flight (he said there was about 20 minutes during which he thought the plane might actually crash), he arrived safely in Kuwait. He is still scheduled to leave tomorrow (actually 2:30am) and arrive in California at 11am on Thursday. After not talking or emailing with him for 3-4 days, I got to email him back and forth for about a half hour, plus he got to call me for a few minutes!