Wednesday, August 10, 2011

A Soldier's Letter

Here is what I am loving on this Wednesday in Columbus, Georgia


 
LOVING that I received a letter from Daniel yesterday!  It could not have come at a better time, praise the Lord.  Here are some lines from our Soldier:
"Our class size is plummeting... guys are dropping like flies from the heat: 12 in 2 days!  I feel great though.  Do you know too that my knee i doing even better than when I left!  praise the Lord for his goodness.  I know he heard your prayers.  Notable event: I won the 12 mile ruck march last week for the whole Ranger Class!  Praise the Lord oh my soul!  The heat has caused them to feed us more... we eat after missions at 0200, and then we eat again hen we wake up at 0500!  Two MRE's.  Would you guess that the highlight of my day is eating my night MRE?!  I love MREs!  
Would you please pray for the last few days?  I am on edge bout passing and the idea of recycling haunts me.  Our faithful God has a plan, I just need to have faith.  I can't imagine failing, yet it happens to so many good guys.  This school is not difficult.  It takes persistence .  There are no tasks that are insurmountable...  This is truly in God's hands" 
LOVING the 2 weeks we have spent with Auntie Renee and all the ways she has blessed us.  We are so thankful and we miss er after her departure yesterday afternoon.
LOVING that we have 2 more wake ups until we see Daniel!!  His 8 hour pass is on Friday and we can hardly wait to be with him!  


LOVING that Tirzah's new love is... swinging!!  Auntie Renee started the routine of taking her for a swing on her nightly walk.  She loves it now!



 LOVING that Tirzah loves watermelon!  We had some today for the first time and she could not get enough.

LOVING that today is day 17 of 19 for Phase One!  Here is what Daniel's day looks like:
"It is your last day of graded patrols.  This day will end with link-up for transportation back to Camp Darby.  Once you arrive, you will turn in all platoon equipment, clean up the planning bay and weapons.  Next you will fill out your peer evaluations, and will individually meet with the RIs in your platoon and receive your reports from your patrol.  This will be the first time you find out if you passed.  After you receive your report, you will likely have your first Dog-es.  The Dog-ex will cost $5 for four hotdogs, a bag of chips, a snack cake, and a soda."


Have a LOVE filled day!

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