Relativistic Safety?

Ok, so the level of a person's safety cannot be contracted or dialated depending on the speed at which they travel, but I have come to realize that safety is a relative concept. Since we are on the topic of traveling and safety...
(Too bad I can't travel at the speed of light over to Gulu. Instead it will take me approx. 32 hours to get there.)
With only a week to go, my mind has been filled with thoughts of Uganda more and more. This week at school I could not help but think about my safety while abroad.
Anyway, I have quickly found out this week that although Gulu is not the most safe place to be, schools in America cannot guarantee safety either. While student teaching this past week, I learned that no matter how hard a school tries, there are times when the safest thing to do is to send students home. After a former student who made threats to current students was identified in the school building, the whole school went into lock-down. It was handled really well, and all the proper procedures were followed. I was really proud of all the students! Everything turned out just fine, but thinking about the possibility of someone w/ a gun in the class right next door really gave me a wake up call about the reality of traveling over to a war torn country.

Then later in the week, when I thought things wouldn't get any worse, I learned that a "plume of Sulfur Dioxide" (KYW 1060) had risen above a tractor trailer that crashed on a major highway off-ramp. Of course this plume was rising above some of the communities where students from the same school (mentioned above) currently live. Although I do not mean to make light of our level of safety, nor do I mean to trivialize the situation in Northern Uganda, it has allowed me to think more about what it means to be safe.

I have realized that I can only rely so much on worldly safety, and I must always remember the safety Jesus provides.
Psalm 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O LORD,
make me dwell in safety.

May the people and children of Uganda soon be able to confidently speak these words...