Today was devoted to the discussion of personal security in foreign settings. We reviewed cross-cultural situations, discussed the "threat+vulnerability=risk" model, and used the "acceptance, prevention, and defense triangle" to develop personal approaches to security. We spent the afternoon watching videos of different security situations and dissected the situations to understand: how we could better approach a similar situation to avoid it and how we could better respond should we find ourselves in a similar security crisis.
It was tough to put ourselves in these difficult spots and to consider the realities of being unprepared and unaware of the risks inherent in any location Stateside or foreign. We're whipped. This has been an intense two weeks.
Packing
We'll be packing up our gear tonight as we need to be out of our rooms by breakfast time.
Wrapping
After morning sessions on communication, we'll wrap up the orientation with an evaluation session right before lunch. After lunch, we'll load our gear into Gillian's car (Lord willing, it will all fit!) and we'll be off to Ashford and onto the next stage of our trip.
We'll spend this weekend with Jamie and Rachel, move into a bed & breakfast for the week, be in meetings with MAF-UK on Monday, MAF-International on Tuesday, and then be on vacation until our return to Ohio next Saturday, July 26.
I'm unsure about internet access, so this may be the last post for a while. We'll see. Thanks for all your prayers!
1 comment:
Thanks for being so faithful in keeping us all updated. It's amazing to hear what you are learning. We love the pictures! And FYI...we won't be moving too terribly far away...perhaps just closer to church :)
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