Sidelined in the news

Many of you probably have no idea that our country is in major turmoil right now. Because of other major news events this past week, I'm pretty sure you're not seeing our country in the headlines of the Nightly News. Nevertheless, we have seen an important opposition leader assassinated in front of his house and 8 soldiers tortured and killed within the past week. Even before that, there were demonstrations in the streets but these events fueled the anger of the people and there are now 100's of 1000's of people out in the streets every night demanding the overthrow of the government. They are fed up and angry with how things are going. The pot has been boiling for some time and now the lid has blown. We usually avoid large crowds and realize the potential danger of frequenting such places, but last night we decided to take a walk down (it's 3 blocks from our house) and see what all the noise was about. Hundreds of cars and people walking, filled the streets in every direction, flags flying, popcorn vendors, loudspeakers...it was a huge party and the atmosphere was electrifying. My friend told me earlier in the day that no one should be in his house but everyone should take to the streets. We decided to join the rest of the city! Who knows where this all will lead but to be sure, we are in for a bumpy ride over the next weeks and months. Here's what's going on every night, right down the street from our home.