Razor wire and guard dogs... ...and silly girls who lock their keys inside

One of the things that has been so cool here is how amazingly secure and well-protected we are.  Our contacts on the ground here are taking amazing care of us and being very vigilant about taking every single precaution.  Any concerns that we had coming in were totally alleviated once we met up with Dan and Smith at the airport.  

But the reality of this country has definitely been interesting to observe.  Every house is within a compound surrounded by cinderblock walls and razor wire, and there are guard dogs released at night just in case someone makes an attempt over the razors.  Each day we go in and out a padlocked gate from the guest house and through another one into the orphanage.

One fun thing that happened today was that one of us girls locked the keys to our dorm inside the door.  And man, that dorm was built to be impregnable, as we soon found out (a credit card or slim jim was not going to do the trick here!).  But it was also a little comforting to see that our host family is serious about safety.

...Tomorrow we're getting the pleasure of going to the orphanage's church service and then taking the kids on a field trip to a historical park and the team's going on a tour of the city after.  Busy day, better get to bed!