6 weeks down, 7 to go

Almost to the halfway point, we are! Hallelujah!

My boy is doing splendidly in Wichita Falls, Texas. Don’t get me wrong, he doesn’t WANT to be there, but since this is what he’s been called to do now, he’s making the best of it.  :)  He has scored beautifully on each test he’s taken so far (3 down, 3 to go) with a 98 and 2 perfect scores!!! An excellent man, I tell you… I’m so proud.

We found out that his schedule is changing yet again- it’s the military, so of course, we should expect this. He and his comrades weren’t thinking that it would change, but it did. They will now be on mid-shift. Instead of going to school from the normal 0700-1600h like he has been, his flight will go to class from 2300h-0700. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! “Just a standard military shift”, he tells me last night. His flight has details all day today, then they stay up all night (oh, joy), go to PT with the swing shift, then start classes. So instead of going to classes in the morning Monday through Friday, he’ll go Sunday nights to Thursday nights- same thing, just backed up 8 hours. Interesting. The good thing (always looking for these, aren’t we? ANYTHING to make it better or more reasonable!) is that it doesn’t change much, if any, our communication standards so far- I still won’t be able to talk to him when I couldn’t during his normal schedule, so if he can get through these next few days, he’ll be good.

He’s such a warrior, that one. I just adore him- I love his spirit and his drive and his work ethic and his self-presribed achieving standards and his attitude toward life.  He is SUCH the man that was made for me and me alone, and I am so thankful God brought him to me. I can’t wait to see what happens over the next few weeks and months and how God continues to grow this relationship He’s begun.

Continued prayer requests include continued health and sustainance of spirit, ability (and desire) to focus during classes and then on homework at night (or whatever time it is now that he’ll be doing homework), a strong and injury-free body, a Christ-shining attitude and demeanor (as always!), the ability (and desire) to have alone-time with the Lord, confidence in his abilities, strength for his family to get through the next 7 weeks…and continued good communication for the both of us.