Did that really just happen?!

To be quite honest with you I am not sure if missionaries are even allowed to tell about days like these. But, as most know, I'll share anyway :) Today was one of those days that just did not have a start at all. The Peruvian Missionary who came in to help AVA with the almost end of the year testing, and I, actually didn't go to sleep last night. It sort of reminded me of college staying up all night in the library and catching an hour long nap before your next class. We had to download 1 file that was a couple hundred megabytes and have it installed on the computers for the students to be able to do their testing, not too much of a big deal... ummm yea, we were wrong! Normally, one would start the download and walk away for a few moments to return with the file they needed. At AVA, that would be way too easy! We had to sit with the computers while they downloaded the files for the testing process. If a download began to mess up, we had to be there to correct it. They were still messing up way into the morning.... Needless to say, testing didn't start as planned. Thank goodness that we were finally able to get things up and running, and testing has now commenced!

The rest of the day went pretty normal, until it was finally time to end it. We live off campus, but not far at all. As a matter of fact, our back wall helps to make up the campus's main wall. Liz had been at home for a while nestled safe in our high security prison cell. I on the other hand, was on the way home from hanging out with John (the Peruvian missionary). When I got the gate open I heard our neighbor and his friend screaming bloody murder. To be honest, I couldn't really piece everything together, but just started running towards him. A man jumped in his car and took off. Full grown men screaming, dog snarling and barking. In all of the commotion, I didn't realize that the guy who had just sped off was assaulting my neighbor and his friend. Well, robbed them at gun point. Apparently the men were waiting for someone to come out of their house. When it happened they were ready with their guns and empty sacks to fill up on whatever they could get. We are safe. There is no doubt God had his angels standing watch over our apartment. It just helped remind us how safe you have to be in this world today. Maybe having a dog after all wouldn't be a bad idea....   Thank you so much for all of the prayers for protection. It is evident that God hears them and protects us! I am going to get some sleep in our new bed :)