But earlier this week, as they were preparing to pray, a shell burst through the roof.
The shooting happened as they were preparing to return to nearby Kandahar city, Ayoubi said.
The couple met in June 2000, as they were preparing to jog.
As they were preparing their paperwork, Ms. Pedrick started getting migraines.
Last Saturday, Israel killed five militants in an airstrike in central Gaza as they were preparing to fire a rocket.
The Israeli military said the three militants were hit "as they were preparing to fire rockets into Israel".
On the same night, F.B.I. agents arrested Chi and Rebecca Mak just as they were preparing for bed.
Just as they were preparing a paper on their research, a colleague mentioned what is known as Stuart's event.
The report also references the New York Times story that some US strikes apparently killed militants wearing suicide vests as they were preparing to attack Yemeni military forces.
He said "a crowd of demonstrators tried to assault Ambassador Ford and embassy colleagues" as they were preparing to meet Mr. Abdel-Azim.
The adrenal glands, for instance, registered traffic spikes as the mice were waking up and as they were preparing for sleep.
