Boom and out go the lights

Yesterday was another sad day for Afghanistan. At about 9am a large bomb went off outside the gates to the ISAF and US Embassy gates. All the terrorist say is they are not targeting locals but all they kill is locals. I was in my room at the time and heard this load explosion from about 3-4 miles away. It sounded like someone slammed my door. I got up to see what was going on and open the drapes and say people in the streets pointing all over the place. I asked my chokedor what was the deal and he said there was an explosion. I asked where and he said he couldn't tell where it came from.

After about 5 mins I walked up to the roof and say the plume of smoke and turned on CNN and say where it was. I say the pictures on TV and realized Keith and I were there the day before buying some movies. All I can think about is all the little kids that are always outside of the gates selling jewelry to all the people walking in and out of the compounds. I bought a bracelet from one of them on Friday. I hope he isn't one of the kids killed in this senseless attack.

I sometimes wonder why I do this but also know what I do here is vital to freeing this country.

I hope Ill be more up beat reports tomorrow but just feeling a little down now.

Keep safe and talk to you later...JB