Seriously, do we need an Escort?

Won’t a Toyota Suffice ...?

A little car humor for those who care.  Seriously, we had armed escorts for most of our time in Iligan City, then to Ozamiz and Oroquieta. But then nothing after that. I understand the importance of wisdom and I know God is with us even through the armed escorts. I looked at them as representative images of the real angels doing battle behind the scenes. But people with flesh and blood are actually out there who want to hurt people - especially bus loads of people who are traveling. It wasn’t known by the team but a different bus was held up close to the time and nearby (30 km or so) by bandits. It wasn’t extremists - just thieves preying on people. The armed guards are a great deterrent. And we were thankful. This group of guys hung out with us all the time - even if we wandered off down the street, they would follow - doing their jobs. And from what I understand, they were observing us all the time. The photo in this block is when we waved goodbye to the team that stayed with us for several days in Iligan City. We departed at the boat docks and picked up a new crew at Ozamiz. 

We were safe. In more ways than one.  God is good!