duhtroll
06-08-2004, 08:11 PM
Hey guys. I have a question.
How do I convince my brother to bring his family home from Bahrain?
He was in the Air Force, and got out of the service to take a high paying job there. His goal was to work two years there and save enough money to move his family home and pay for the time he will spend at the seminary when they return. He has only worked one year. After becoming a minister he plans to re-enter the Air Force as a chaplain. A noble cause.
He has been told he can move to Washington DC with his family, albeit for less money.
The family consists of himself, his wife, and four children, the oldest of which is 5, and the youngest of which is a newborn, born about a week before my daughter, which would be five weeks ago. All of them are very obviously American, blond-haired, blue eyed. They dress as Americans, and not in traditional "local custom." IOW everyone knows where "the Americans" can be found.
I read on CNN again today about another American shot in Saudi Arabia (Bahrain sits IN the Persian Gulf on the coast of Saudi Arabia - my brother tells me he lives 25 miles from the bridge to SA.)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/saudi.us/index.html
That article tells me that "they" are targeting Americans in the streets, or wherever they can find them.
My brother is convinced that they are safe in Bahrain. Our entire family is constantly telling him to move home. My mother is leaving for Bahrain Saturday, both to help with the baby, and carrying a message from our family that we want them home.
I don't want to let her travel there (alone, btw) either, and I may try to talk her out of it as well.
I don't want to read about my brother and his family on CNN.
What do I say/do to convince him? It's approximately $1000 per person to move them home. I would sell my car to pay for the tickets if I needed to (and if I wasn't upside down on the loan, but you know what I mean)
Thanks,
-Andrew
How do I convince my brother to bring his family home from Bahrain?
He was in the Air Force, and got out of the service to take a high paying job there. His goal was to work two years there and save enough money to move his family home and pay for the time he will spend at the seminary when they return. He has only worked one year. After becoming a minister he plans to re-enter the Air Force as a chaplain. A noble cause.
He has been told he can move to Washington DC with his family, albeit for less money.
The family consists of himself, his wife, and four children, the oldest of which is 5, and the youngest of which is a newborn, born about a week before my daughter, which would be five weeks ago. All of them are very obviously American, blond-haired, blue eyed. They dress as Americans, and not in traditional "local custom." IOW everyone knows where "the Americans" can be found.
I read on CNN again today about another American shot in Saudi Arabia (Bahrain sits IN the Persian Gulf on the coast of Saudi Arabia - my brother tells me he lives 25 miles from the bridge to SA.)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/saudi.us/index.html
That article tells me that "they" are targeting Americans in the streets, or wherever they can find them.
My brother is convinced that they are safe in Bahrain. Our entire family is constantly telling him to move home. My mother is leaving for Bahrain Saturday, both to help with the baby, and carrying a message from our family that we want them home.
I don't want to let her travel there (alone, btw) either, and I may try to talk her out of it as well.
I don't want to read about my brother and his family on CNN.
What do I say/do to convince him? It's approximately $1000 per person to move them home. I would sell my car to pay for the tickets if I needed to (and if I wasn't upside down on the loan, but you know what I mean)
Thanks,
-Andrew