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June 20, 2007
Sweet Relief!
oh sweet relief! jensen FINALLY called. you have no idea how weak it makes me feel that it bothered me so much that i hadn't heard from him. but it's the truth. and if i have to be weak, at least it's because i care.
by the way, to you all, he says "hi." :)
he's super tired. he said the first week was really, really hard. a weed-out week. which none of them was expecting. he said they really did send someone home for high blood pressure, so thank you for all your prayers that his would go down!
he's made lots of friends. there are a few guys there from puerto rico so that was nice for him. he's already had one round of leadership so that's probably one of the reasons he's especially tired (they take turns having cadets do rounds of being in charge during each phase).
and he's met yet another person from the famous blackhawk down incident. one of his drill instructors was an air traffic controller in somalia during the whole ordeal. i'm sure this will become one of his favorite stories to tell from LTC :)
personally, i was just excited to see God's hand even in this short phone conversation. first of all, he called while i was taking a nap. it has been SO hard for me to rest since he's been gone. i've had to daily, hourly, give up my expectations about him calling. when i finally do, if even for a few moments of rest, he calls. i love how God does that. and i had some concerns that i hadn't addressed in any letters i've sent and that i wasn't going to bring up on the phone, but jensen addressed them (without my prompting). i know God didn't have to give me peace about those things, but he chose to unburden my heart. and lastly, just the circumstances under which jensen called--it was after lights out and he had firewatch (getting up at 3:30 to do guard duty and then staying up through the next day's training). he gave up a portion of the little sleep he gets to call me. now that makes a girl feel loved.
anyway, please keep praying for us both. pray for his success and for the strength he needs on a daily basis. pray for his relationships with other cadets. pray for God to continue to stretch me and grow me through this process.
Posted by Autumn at June 20, 2007 08:50 AM