Safety Concerns

This is Bryan. I wanted to send out a quick note asking you all to please continue to pray for our safety. In a given week, we are almost hit by vehicles (cars, vans and buses) 3-4 times while trying to cross streets. Frequently while crossing, I hear cars off in the distance accelerating in our direction. Until yesterday I thought that this was just the practice of the local city drivers here (aggressive, impatient). Immediately following our latest near-hit yesterday, a street vendor standing beside us uttered under her breath the words "that's because you are Gringos". This means that people are intentionally trying to hit us with their cars and vans. We are safe while walking on sidewalks; however, the danger increases dramatically when we begin to cross the 6 lanes of traffic that we have to cross each day to get to/from the school and to go to the grocery store.

Thanks for reading this.