We’re in Black phase now. It only gets harder and busier for
D from here. He took his APFT 5 the other day and passed. Not only that but he
scored high enough that he still has his Ranger contract. There are a lot of
men in his unit going to Ranger and Special Forces. And 5 of the guys lost
their contracts that day :/ But NOT D, YAY!!! So, the only utensil that D is
allowed to use at this time (and the last several months) is a spoon. He tells
me you’d be amazed at what a spoon can do. You can cut, spread and scoop bigger
bits with it. It’s very handy. :P
I really enjoyed his story about the spoon so I wanted to share. With D
being in Black Phase now that means he’s training as an Infantry Men. So if he
did some other MOS in the Military he would have graduated by now. That’s why
things are harder from this point on. He’s biggest prayer request at this point
is, his knees. They are really hurting him. With these next few weeks only
getting more intense he really needs the prayer. A little idea of how intense
the next couple weeks are going to be. After it’s over they give them a week to
recover from it. Lets see…D is an expert shooter :D he’s ranked 3rd in the whole company. That’s a
little over 200 men. And he was disappointed by that because he said if he just
relaxed he wouldn’t have missed that shot. :P I think he should still be proud.
But I’m a girl so, yeah. They also do stuff were they “fight” each other and
he’s ranks 3rd in his unit of 45 men. So that’s pretty awesome
too. He’s done a lot as a late.
BTT (Buddy Tactic Techniques) That’s pretty much where you and another guy go
through a course with barriers and cars and stuff for cover while providing
cover fire for your buddy. Lots of shooting different guns, Foot Marches 8 and 10 miles. The 12
miles is coming up. Hand Grenade Training, and Nigh Courses. What we want now
is for D to make it to the Top of Honor Hill!! Please pray for that! As you can
see D has been doing very well.
Only a few prayer requests this time.
1 1. His knees
2 2. He makes it to the top of honor hill
3 3. Our marriage keeps growing stronger (we both of said we can see how much it already has, PTL)
So far the Lord has been doing some amazing work. I see a
lot of answered prayer on both of our ends. He is so faithful and amazing!! Thank
you for all your prayers and support. We can feel it. :D
Love,
DAB
P.S Yes the photo here IS D enjoy!
