Hey there my friends...I slipped into an internet cafe here in Blarney, Ireland to let you know that we are okay (since we're in Ireland and not London right now). Yes...there were 4 or 5 terrorist bombings this morning (Thursday the 7th between 8:30am and 9am) in London. They targeted a few of the tube underground stations (bombs on the trains trapping people), and then they hit the main power station of the tube completely halting all underground transportation, and then they bombed a double decker bus (blowing its roof off completely and sending people flying). Currently (it's 3:31pm) London is in a chaotic emergency mess...they are still sorting things out (they don't know how many casualties and deaths there are yet). President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair (having been at the G8 summit in Edinburgh) made statements on Sky TV Live today. We heard bits here and there passing pubs today...and finally stepped into watch some live footage on Sky TV (kind of like their CNN). The news said they are scheduled for some major city events this week (parades and the Queen doing something near Buckingham Palace, etc.) and they will continue as planned (so the news says as of right now). I wanted to send out a quick email to let you know what we've heard. We aren't due in London till next week Wednesday thru Friday. We fly out on Friday the 15th from Heathrow to Seattle. Our B&B will be the same one we stayed at when we arrived in London (it is near the Victoria Station Underground). We will be driving into London and dropping our rental car off at the airport and then go to our B&B (supposed to take the tube back to our B&B from the airport and then back again when we need to fly out). So alternate transportation will need to be sought when we arrive in London, I'm sure. Please pray for us for our final week being over here...and our time in London....thanks. Please pray for what's happening in London. The news is saying it was Al Queda attacks. I love you guys...Lisa
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