Well the time has come for us to finally leave Fort Bragg. We have been here almost 7 years. We moved here when John was 5 weeks old. We have made many good friends here and said goodbye to many as well. Brian has deployed twice here and is more than ready to go somewhere else to play Army.
We received our official orders to Fort Polk this week. We will report there at the end of June. I sent our housing application yesterday with all the necessary documentation, so hopefully we will be on the wait list soon for housing.
This is our first real PCS- permanent change of station- since this is the only duty station we have been assigned to. We are taking it day by day and know that things will fall into place in God's time.
The hardest part always is saying good-bye to the people who have literally become family to you. I just don't think about it right now, because it will sneak up on us all to fast.
My grace is sufficient for you... 2 Corinthians 12:9
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
WLC and Surgery
As I said in my last post, my body has been a little out of whack lately. I have been dealing with a lot of lower abdominal pain for almost a year, which has progressively gotten worse, at times causing me to reschedule a day due to the pain. Thanks to a good friend at chapel, I got the name of a great doctor who was experienced in dealing with this situation. I was able to get referred off-post- huge answer to prayer. The process of getting in to see her went quickly. She reviewed my chart and let me know that it was in my best interest to have an exploratory laproscopic surgery to determine the cause of the pain. Sounded good to me so we scheduled it for March 27. No problem, right. Think again. We are in the Army after all.
Brian had been scheduled to go to WLC - Warrior's Leader Course- a preparation for becoming an E-5. This was a very good thing that we had been praying for over a year to happen. The dates were going to be March 4 -19 which worked perfectly with my surgery date. However, as is common in the Army, plans changed at the last minute. Since, Brian hadn't been promoted yet, he was bumped from that class because they had too many people who already had received their E-5 who needed to take the course. We knew the bumping was a possibility but weren't thrilled at first. But as always, God's timing is best. Our entire family had just had a really terrible cold. Brian still was having difficulty with his voice and extremely exhausted, the day he had been scheduled to leave.
I called my doctor as soon as I found out Brian wasn't going to see if we could change the surgery date. Thankfully, she had an opening on March 20 which worked out perfectly. Brian would be able to be around throughout the weekend to take care of the kids and it would give me the few days I needed to bounce back from the surgery.
As of today he is officially at WLC and we will see him again in 2 weeks. I am recovering well. Still get exhausted a little faster than usual, but nothing this Army wife can't handle- with all my friends:)
Brian had been scheduled to go to WLC - Warrior's Leader Course- a preparation for becoming an E-5. This was a very good thing that we had been praying for over a year to happen. The dates were going to be March 4 -19 which worked perfectly with my surgery date. However, as is common in the Army, plans changed at the last minute. Since, Brian hadn't been promoted yet, he was bumped from that class because they had too many people who already had received their E-5 who needed to take the course. We knew the bumping was a possibility but weren't thrilled at first. But as always, God's timing is best. Our entire family had just had a really terrible cold. Brian still was having difficulty with his voice and extremely exhausted, the day he had been scheduled to leave.
I called my doctor as soon as I found out Brian wasn't going to see if we could change the surgery date. Thankfully, she had an opening on March 20 which worked out perfectly. Brian would be able to be around throughout the weekend to take care of the kids and it would give me the few days I needed to bounce back from the surgery.
As of today he is officially at WLC and we will see him again in 2 weeks. I am recovering well. Still get exhausted a little faster than usual, but nothing this Army wife can't handle- with all my friends:)
Believing God
Long time no post- sorry. I'll be posting a couple to get everything up to date.
First of all, I am really excited due to a Bible study I have been doing with PWOC. It is called Believing God by Beth Moore. Ironically, I actually decided last minute to do this. I had made up my mind at the end of last semester that I was going to join the weight loss Bible study and get rid of the extra weight I had gained during my time on Effexor for postpartum depression. It totally seemed like that was where I was being led. Well unexpectedly over the Christmas break, the pain I had been experiencing for months got much worse and I had many days where I cried out to God trying to figure out what was going on. Due to the process of getting in to be seen and so on, I had way too much time to think about what was happening to my body. The hardest part was having so little control over it. Obviously, trying to make the ever important lifestyle change was going to be more of a challenge than I needed to take on at the moment. I prayed over the other Bible studies offered and thought this would be a great way to just "get a little farther along" in my spiritual walk. WELL, God has a plan that's for sure. This study digs into whether we just believe in God or truly take God at his word. The weekly video lessons have been challenging and the daily study takes it to a whole new level.
So, I have been praying things believing that God will come through- not necessarily in my time or plan but looking for him to show up. Too often we miss his 'miracles' because we weren't paying attention.
In regards to praying specifically, I have a dear friend who has been through an incredibly trying year due to her husband abandoning their family and all the emotional, financial, mental stress that has created. We have watched in awe as time after time God has come through providing for his daughter. She and I had been talking and knew that the child support was in process, but no one could say exactly when she would start receiving it. Once that came in, her financial load would lighten tremendously. She had said in passing one day that she would love to go to the Third Day concert coming to our town. It was just a wish, but she knew that with money as tight as it was, that it wouldn't be possible. I prayed one afternooon in the car, telling God exactly how much money she needed to come in so she could pay all the bills, take care of the kids and also be able to splurge on this concert. I also was very specific about when she needed the money to arrive because of the due dates on certain bills. Well, lo and behold a day before I had asked God to have it arrive she had received the exact amount she needed and was able to buy not only tickets for her family but also for our family as well. We are looking forward to spending those hours at the concert in celebration for what a mighty, all-knowing, amazing and loving God we serve.
I do believe God!!!!
First of all, I am really excited due to a Bible study I have been doing with PWOC. It is called Believing God by Beth Moore. Ironically, I actually decided last minute to do this. I had made up my mind at the end of last semester that I was going to join the weight loss Bible study and get rid of the extra weight I had gained during my time on Effexor for postpartum depression. It totally seemed like that was where I was being led. Well unexpectedly over the Christmas break, the pain I had been experiencing for months got much worse and I had many days where I cried out to God trying to figure out what was going on. Due to the process of getting in to be seen and so on, I had way too much time to think about what was happening to my body. The hardest part was having so little control over it. Obviously, trying to make the ever important lifestyle change was going to be more of a challenge than I needed to take on at the moment. I prayed over the other Bible studies offered and thought this would be a great way to just "get a little farther along" in my spiritual walk. WELL, God has a plan that's for sure. This study digs into whether we just believe in God or truly take God at his word. The weekly video lessons have been challenging and the daily study takes it to a whole new level.
So, I have been praying things believing that God will come through- not necessarily in my time or plan but looking for him to show up. Too often we miss his 'miracles' because we weren't paying attention.
In regards to praying specifically, I have a dear friend who has been through an incredibly trying year due to her husband abandoning their family and all the emotional, financial, mental stress that has created. We have watched in awe as time after time God has come through providing for his daughter. She and I had been talking and knew that the child support was in process, but no one could say exactly when she would start receiving it. Once that came in, her financial load would lighten tremendously. She had said in passing one day that she would love to go to the Third Day concert coming to our town. It was just a wish, but she knew that with money as tight as it was, that it wouldn't be possible. I prayed one afternooon in the car, telling God exactly how much money she needed to come in so she could pay all the bills, take care of the kids and also be able to splurge on this concert. I also was very specific about when she needed the money to arrive because of the due dates on certain bills. Well, lo and behold a day before I had asked God to have it arrive she had received the exact amount she needed and was able to buy not only tickets for her family but also for our family as well. We are looking forward to spending those hours at the concert in celebration for what a mighty, all-knowing, amazing and loving God we serve.
I do believe God!!!!