Yikesss!!!! 06 October 2011

YIKES!! So since it's been a quarter since I've updated this last, maybe now would be a good time to post an update...

So upon our return from leave in July '11, Emilee had her gallbladder removed.. she has since recuperated and began to work out.

On 11 Sept 2011, we hit a reallllly rough spot in the road in our marriage.  We decided to take a break from the praise and worship team at the chapel to focus on our marriage and trying to get it back on the right path for God.  We had 2 dear friends of ours (Joe and Michelle) here at Osan who bought the Love Dare Day By Day devotional for us and we've been doing it every day since.

One of the activities in the book (particularly Day 2's "Go Deeper") had us read 1 Corinthians 13, then go back and read verses 4 thru 7, removing "Love" and "It" and replacing these words with our name... and it hurt... it reflected to us both what neither of us had been for the other. 

So now we are trying to change our thought processes from being selfish to being selfless for each other and pursuing each other first.  Seems to be working so far and our prayer is that God would keep blessing our marriage through this daily devotional, our Bible readings, Emilee's Bible studies with PWOC, and through our renewed intimacy. 

In the midst of all of this, I am now currently in Week 14 of Physics w/ Lab online and Week 10 of Calculus 2 online, AND not to mention, I just started ALS today which will last 25 days.  So here's what I look forward to EVERY day right now:

~Love Dare daily devotional and reflection
~ALS/reading and homework
~Calculus 2 lectures and exercises
~Physics w/ Lab homework, final Lab, final Discussion Board, final assignment, and final exam
~Bible reading (5 chapters per day)
~helping Riley do her homework OR washing one of the kids
~helping to clean up the house
~working out with Emilee
~Applying for AECP and OTS commissioning programs

Lots of good, but lots of stressful too.  Another good thing is that, upon graduating from my ALS course on 09 Nov, I will also be getting my CCAF degree immediately after. 

Please keep us in your prayers.  Being in ALS is only a 25 day course, but it means more homework to add to my already-existing homework, plus housework, plus time with Emilee and the kids, plus still trying to heal with Emilee from the bump in the road in September.

We love and miss you all. Looking SO forward to getting back to the states, but hoping to get there via a commissioning program instead of normal PCS!