Red Shirts

Last time it was yellow, this time it's red.  It's all scary to me.  When people start protesting against the government, things get violent here.  When the yellow shirt people were protesting a few months ago, they wanted the prime minister out of office, and so it became after overtaking the airport that he was kicked out.  This time, the red shirts are angry because they believe that the country is a democracy and that the last prime minister should have remained in office, good or bad, because of the voting that took place.  

Basically, there are two sides here that are constantly bickering and it worries me.  I prayed that the recent violence would quite before our trip to Bangkok or Leah and I would have canceled it.  It was bad, but not as bad as the news made it out to be.  Although, there was violence.  Fires were lit to buses and other things, tear gas was released, and army people had to involve themselves in the situation in order for it gain composure.  Red shirts were also blocking public transportations out of the city, which scared me the most.  If I went to the city, how was I going get out?  

God answered my prayer, the violence ended and Leah and I were able to take our trip to the city.  Actually, on our way out of the city towards Mission College, we had to get off the BTS at the very place the riot took place a day before.  We didn't see any red shirts, but there plenty of army men with guns. It was scary walking by the lines of men on the walkway, but nothing happened.  I'm glad that things cleared up so that we would be safe on our traveling through the city.