Just happen to be visiting another country when unrest breaks out. My friend Rachel was in Egypt recently and toward the end of her trip I started hearing about problems going on in the country. She's back now, but one of the headlines on the yahoo page is about the protests that are breaking out.
I was living in Honduras in 2009 when the coup happened. If you don't know anything about it, the wikipedia article is a decent introduction - . I lived through the curfews and "state of exception." My friends and I saw protests, threatening graffiti, and a lot of unrest. At one point we were even on a bus on the same day that a bus from the same line to the same city was bombed. We had very nearly taken that bus, but were delayed in our departure. If I remember correctly, only part of the explosive device went off and the other part was defused or didn't function. If it had gone off as planned, everyone would have probably been killed.
If you understand Spanish or want to put it through an online translator, here is an old article I found about the incident. It happened on Thanksgiving Day when we were on our way to eat dinner with our missionary friends.
We were also in the country when they had a devastating flood and a major earthquake. I can't imagine the anxiety that we caused our families and friends. We didn't completely disregard their wishes, but we were there for a purpose and we completed it. There were probably people who were worried about Rachel while she was in Egypt, but I understand the call to travel, explore, and understand other cultures. I understand the missionary's call and will probably continue to listen to it the rest of my life.
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