The World According To Chris Brewer

So tomorrow is the day I leave for Iraq.  Tonight as I said good-bye to more friends, the realization of what is going on here continued to hit me pretty hard.  I know I’ve said before I will be gone for six months, but I am not going to be able to see friends, family, etc. until I come back in late April or early May.

Tonight was interesting….Tyler, Wes, Melissa, Jonathan, Jessie, Tashi, Sean, Emily and I all met at the Cinema Cafe to watch Monday Night Football.  It wasn’t much of a game so we ended up going to the Man Room to play pool and chat for a bit.

The Man Room has become my second home over the past couple weeks. It has been where I take refuge from the chaotic daily routines of getting ready for deployment. Props to Tyler and Wes for letting me invade their home. Tonight, it was also at the Man Room that I found out Melissa had baked something for me AGAIN!  This time it is a bunch of cookies that I am going to have to wolf down in a day.  They are pretty scrumtrilescent…I had three of them tonight.  Give Melissa props, by the way.  There was this Ashlee Simpson concert she really wanted to go to, but she didn’t go because she wanted to see my on my last night in the U.S.  That struck a nerve with me and really meant something.  It helped me realize that not just her, but everyone here at Lakeside Church has been willing to go the extra mile to make sure I know they care about me and are praying for me.  It’s amazing.  Church on Sunday was evidence of that, because they all prayed for me after service.

So now here’s where the title of this post comes in.  A lot of folks know me as a crazy, spontaneous, random person who likes to have fun.  But I guess I need to show some of my human side and just come right out and tell everyone I am really nervous.  I can’t believe that in about 14 hours I will be in Norfolk International Airport ready to board a plane to Baltimore (the one from Baltimore will take me to Kuwait, then I go to Baghdad).  I just need to realize that God has everything under control and he will not let any evil harm His children.

Tomorrow I will post again, but that’s it for now.  I must rest for awhile…long couple of days ahead.  God Bless.

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