Safe and Secure

We live on a compound with other AG missionaries. Most Kenyans are kind, peaceful, and enjoy joking (at least they enjoy laughing at me when I joke with them - they could just be laughing at me. Although they don't really get sarcasm.) However, crime is a huge problem here. The point is, we are surrounded by high walls with electric razor wire and guards who work here. We have bars on every window and several locks on each door. Inside the house we have inside doors that we lock at night as well. We also have an alarm system inside that we actually tested.

Tonight we aren't quite as secure as usual because I locked the keys inside the house. Another missionary helped me (actually he did everything and I just held the flashlight) break into the house so we could get inside. So a bottom section of the door (a beautiful solid mahogany door) was chipped off so we could get around the handle.

Tomorrow I get to talk to one of the Fundi's (skilled craftsman) and see what it will cost me to fix it. No worries, the deadbolt on the door still works and the outer metal door still locks, so we are still almost as safe as we were before.

Really, security anywhere is an illusion. Ultimately we only trust God to keep us safe, or to help us get through the times when bad things happen. Thankfully we serve a trustworthy God!

So, Jason made a big mistake (though all the missionaries here have told us not to worry, everyone has done something just like it.) Tomorrow we will also get some extra keys made.

Nicole has also made a mistake though. She plugged in a 110 vacuum cleaner into a 220 outlet, and learned an important lesson: Just because you can plug something in, doesn't mean you should! We will also be replacing that! (though there is a chance we can get it repaired, we are just waiting to hear from the owners of the vacuum.)

Love you all, and wanted to remind you of just how human we are!