Riots

There are some crazy thing going on here in Timor.  I am in a place called Baucau.  Jumar has called to say goodbye.  He says that there is a mass exodus going on in Dilli. That it is no longer safe.  The Peace Corps are with the embassy working out what to do next.  You may have heard about some shooting and violent riots.  We are currently unaware who is actually in control of the government.

If you are worried, that is good.  Worried is good, prayers are good.  Fear or panic I would say are not necessary.  The peace corps has forty years of experience in this sort of things and will back us up with force if necessary.  We are safe.  The talk in the streets here in Baucau is more scared and sad than angry.  Huge buses are coming in loaded with pigs and goats and people.  I imagine Dilli as a ghost town by now.

Soon we will hop a truck and head right into the heart of it.  Back to my city and I will see what has happened to her.  I don’t know when I will write next but I will write.  Until then remember that we are safe.  We are protected.  Try to get some sleep.

If you do pray, spare one for the people of the city of Dilli.  They do not have an organization to come and get them.  No plane will come to take them someplace safer.