Thursday, April 21, 2011

Blue Is My New Favorite Color

Well, Blue is now my new favorite color, (thanks mom!) as in I love that Abel is in Blue Phase!! He's been in Blue for the last 2 weeks and on Sunday I got a glorious 1 hour and 10 minute phone call, another 30 minute phone call today and 3 letters in the mail today! Blue is the last phase of Basic Training and they get so many more privileges because they've EARNED it!! On Sunday in our long phone call, it was so nice to just have a relaxed conversation, instead of going down my check list of things that I had to let him know and hoping we had enough time to get it all out. I am SO VERY THANKFUL that God knew just what platoon to put him in with just the right Drill Sergeants because there are many Companies who have not been allowed ANY phone calls home except at the very beginning of Basic to let their loved ones know they arrived. God knows I couldn't have made it through...not without some major stress anyway!!! :)

So they've done lots of things from throwing grenades, doing 10 mile marches with an added 50-60 lbs of gear on, missions in the humvees, combatatives, machine guns, and having pizza parties! They even had one day where they went through a course called Omaha and they went through scenarios with LIVE fire, up until then they were just shooting blanks, oh my... good thing I pray for massive protection for him EVERY DAY!!! :) On Monday - Thursday of next week they will do Victory Forge and then come back, spend the next few days cleaning the barracks and get their stuff in order and then graduate!!! Abel is one of the squad leaders, which puts him in charge of 10 guys in the platoon and during Victory Forge, they're required to plan and successfully execute a mission, so he said they were having a fun time planning all that.

I can tell he's ready...he told me that on Family Day he wants Kit Kats, M&M's, and Reese's PB Cups, and on graduation day he wants to go eat somewhere GOOD! :) That's my man, always thinking about the food! LOL :)

I'm so thankful that God has brought me through this whole journey without losing my mind! I have learned so much about myself and what I can do with His help and when I just "lean not on my own understanding, but in ALL my ways acknowledge HIM, HE will direct my path."
13 more days...I can do this!! :)

Here's some pics of them at their pizza party. They each got their own pizza, pop and candy...and the next day they had to do their final PT test (oh wow) and had to pass in order to graduate! And the next day he ROCKED his PT test and passed with flying colors!


These guys have apparently named themselves "The A-Team" LOL!!! I do love the "brotherhood" that Abel tells me about that they all have.







Abel said he only ate 4 slices :) Unlike his buddy Ryan here who obviously ate way more than that!! But he passed his PT test too so it was all good! LOL!!

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