On Being Abducted

To continue from the family blog, an explanation as to the delay in my writing...
That morning, the situation we walked into turned out to be the beginning of what is now dubbed in Saipan as the Haole Separatist Revolution. Apparently, plans had been forming for weeks as small pods, or "cracker cells", met in a number of local establishments and private homes in order to plan what they saw as a grand, sweeping revolution. They met at Coffee Care, yes, but they also congregated at Hamilton's Restaurant and Joeten Hafa Dai, so as not to attract suspicion. There code words were specially designed to appear like normal conversation. Code phrases included, "Oh my God. They have cheese again!" and "Let's go play volleyball."

The men and women who took us captive were stern but not cruel. They were mostly lawyers, doctors, and a few teachers. Most of them wore visors and t-shirts that someone had printed for the event. "Haole Revolution '06".

There will be more to come.