Anticipation before Rio de Janiero

Before our departure and temporary goodbyes, we were given many warnings.  As I wait for departure and reflect on the loving words of yeilding, an anxiousness builds in my body.  I know that I want to have fun, but how cautious does cautious have to be? Yes, we are a group of four American girls, but we are smart. Yes, we know the classic rules of no beaches at night, no abondoned streets, and no intoxication because those factors are an open door to bad things and crime.  I guess at this point if we follow the safety precautions, then the uncontrollable is in God's hands.  The anticipation will soon be revealed as time unveils itself.