have a class on it tomorrow....chaplains don't decide, but they do advise commanders on this matter. It's 9PM and I just realized I have to bring in an assignment for tomorrow. sigh...fortunately it's not very big...
Stupid me gorged on barbecue tonight and I have to run hard tomorrow. I'm hurting right now. Tomorrow around 6:40 I will be hurting way worse. I knew what I was doing.......
Keri and kids are leaving on Thursday. It will be weird for them to go. It will signify an end of sorts to our time in the Lehigh Valley. I'm tempted to wax poetic but I need to do devos with the kids on Skype.
Please join us in prayer that we sell the house SOON!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
the homestretch
Much to catch up on. It has been a while. I spent most of this week "in the field" at a simulated Iraqui army base, so I wasn't here to type anything. I've got some time this morning so I'll try to catch up.
First of all, we are beginning to finish things here. I've got family wellness seminars and a seminar in "How to Choose the right mate" the next two weeks, after that I am done. A short time ago, we went through a healthy marriage seminar called "Prep". This is a very popular and effective retreat-style seminar. The focus was....as you can imagine....communication. It was very well put together and I am now licensed to conduct the seminars. One thing that greatly encouraged me was that much of the material we went over was stuff that I do in my pre-marital counseling sessions. Nice to know that Phds and researchers confirm the stuff I taught. Those who I married: go back and look at your yellow book!
Another thing about the PREP seminar: it further confirmed that God is calling me to become a family life chaplain. Senior chaplains can have a few areas of emphasis: world religions, ethics, adminstration, hospital, family life. I want Family life...with prison as my second choice. Prison ministry, that is, not like me going to prison :).
The three days in the field were tiring but cool. It was hot! We did a lot of stuff the chaplain would do. Ministry to wounded and dying, memorial services, briefing commander, putting together a plan of action, counseling soldiers. And a lot of walking around......
Really, a lot of my job is simply gonna be walking around......making contact with soldiers...being at the mess hall for lunch, at the motor pool, the barracks...creating contacts.
It was good to see many of you last week at Solid Rock. I surprized Keri on friday night. She was shocked! Herbie drove me from the airport to my house and I went in my garage and called Keri from there. I asked her to check on something in the garage and was there when she came out. She screamed.
Sunday night, on the way home, we arrived at the airport and checked in for my flight a 645pm. They told me the flight was delayed and now leaving at 820pm. OK, thats fine, I would still be able to make my connecting flight. So I called Keri, she turned the van around and we had a dinner at the Bethlehem diner. I got back to the airport at 730 (for the 820 flight), and they told me that the plane was gone, that they left earlier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And...there were no other flights going out that night. I had a full Army day that Monday and now I wasn't gonna get there until 3PM. I was only a little upset. :) So I called Keri once again and she had to turn around once again and pick me up. Yes, it was another night with the family, but I was too stressed to enjoy it!
Thats enough for now...I want to write an email for USair and see what I can get for my greif. I also gotta start thinking about church.
I promise to write more this afternoon!!!!!
pjim
First of all, we are beginning to finish things here. I've got family wellness seminars and a seminar in "How to Choose the right mate" the next two weeks, after that I am done. A short time ago, we went through a healthy marriage seminar called "Prep". This is a very popular and effective retreat-style seminar. The focus was....as you can imagine....communication. It was very well put together and I am now licensed to conduct the seminars. One thing that greatly encouraged me was that much of the material we went over was stuff that I do in my pre-marital counseling sessions. Nice to know that Phds and researchers confirm the stuff I taught. Those who I married: go back and look at your yellow book!
Another thing about the PREP seminar: it further confirmed that God is calling me to become a family life chaplain. Senior chaplains can have a few areas of emphasis: world religions, ethics, adminstration, hospital, family life. I want Family life...with prison as my second choice. Prison ministry, that is, not like me going to prison :).
The three days in the field were tiring but cool. It was hot! We did a lot of stuff the chaplain would do. Ministry to wounded and dying, memorial services, briefing commander, putting together a plan of action, counseling soldiers. And a lot of walking around......
Really, a lot of my job is simply gonna be walking around......making contact with soldiers...being at the mess hall for lunch, at the motor pool, the barracks...creating contacts.
It was good to see many of you last week at Solid Rock. I surprized Keri on friday night. She was shocked! Herbie drove me from the airport to my house and I went in my garage and called Keri from there. I asked her to check on something in the garage and was there when she came out. She screamed.
Sunday night, on the way home, we arrived at the airport and checked in for my flight a 645pm. They told me the flight was delayed and now leaving at 820pm. OK, thats fine, I would still be able to make my connecting flight. So I called Keri, she turned the van around and we had a dinner at the Bethlehem diner. I got back to the airport at 730 (for the 820 flight), and they told me that the plane was gone, that they left earlier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And...there were no other flights going out that night. I had a full Army day that Monday and now I wasn't gonna get there until 3PM. I was only a little upset. :) So I called Keri once again and she had to turn around once again and pick me up. Yes, it was another night with the family, but I was too stressed to enjoy it!
Thats enough for now...I want to write an email for USair and see what I can get for my greif. I also gotta start thinking about church.
I promise to write more this afternoon!!!!!
pjim
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