Sorry the blog hasn’t really been too interesting yesterday, but suffice to say that the thought of me riding in a convoy to a place far from Baghdad tomorrow kinda weighs heavy on my mind. Just because I’ve never done it before, that’s all.
Of course we all know the danger our troops face being here in Iraq, and convoys are where a large part of injuries and deaths among the troops occur, thanks to foreign insurgents placing IEDs (improvised explosive devices) in the road. But I have faith in two things:
- The Lord told me He’d keep me safe wherever I went. I have a real peace in my heart about leaving tomorrow. I really have no problem with it. I keep praying about it and God gives me peace…so if I’m not worried, there is no reason you all should be either.
The people I will ride with go out on convoys all the time and know what they’re doing. These guys are professionals and I am proud to entrust my life to them. They will do whatever it takes to ensure themselves and the people with them make it where they need to go safely.
At the risk of stealing this phrase from Uncle Johnny (but it’s so true), I covet your prayers. Please pray for not only me but everyone going on this trip (someone else from my shop and all the soldiers in the convoy). Pray that God grants us safe travel with no incidents of any sort.
So now onto some really interesting news.
Today I gained a whole new respect for Aftan, if that’s even possible. Not only did she make me a blanket and send it on down my way, but she got her digital camera and has been taking photos of random stuff and herself. The random stuff I don’t care so much about, but the photos of her…WOW. Serious. She’s just like I remember her in our good old Rainier High School days — trust me fellas, our senior year, she was pretty hot — but something really strikes me about her now, and I realized what it was today.
Even though she hates me telling her that she is the best woman I know (she hates being called a woman), just by looking at her photos you can tell there is this awesome sense of maturity about her. You can call me crazy, I don’t know how I find that in a photo but I just did. She just has this natural mature beauty that comes through in all her photos (check her MySpace profile in my links section below to see what I am talking about).
Kinda odd, because I liked her all through high school but I never told a soul. Even my mom and dad, when I told them that, just gave the standard “yeah, right” response. But it’s totally true. I met her our freshman year, back in 1998, and liked her ever since. What a wonderful woman — er, I mean girl (that correction’s for you, Aftan). Man, I can’t wait to see her in July. Four years without seeing her is four years too long. And today my desire to just spend as much time as I can with her intensified so much. AHHH MY HEART HURTS!!!!! OWWWWW.
Anyhoo….that’s it for this update. You all keep it cool and play nice out there. I will update tomorrow before I leave. God bless!!!
(…and God bless Aftan….whoo hoo.)
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