SE-CUR-IT-TEE


We gots it!  A lot of people have been wondering about our safety here.  Thanks for your concern for our daily well-being.  We are feeling safe and secure in our fenced in-with-electric-razor-barbed-wire-at-the-top-gates and barking dog and roaming security guards and armed guards 2 doors down and Marines on call...and....and...and....


So, we are safe.  Is that fair to say?


They have given us a security briefing about how to be and live here in safety.  If we don't go out after dark, and keep our passports in a safe place, we're not much of a target.  We live in a nice area where people who would be dangerous are only found if we are lurking in dangerous corners.  We try to avoid that.


The second night here we set our alarm and our oldest opened the door, at 6:00 am, before we had a chance to turn off the alarm.  It beeped for about 3 seconds when we got a phone call from the Embassy, where the Marine's are on guard 24/7, to make sure we were safe.  It's been reassuring to know that we are being watched over.  


There is no civil unrest here, people are generally happy to live here and have a lot of pride in their country.  We love it here and try to keep our noses clean.