We made it to El Paso

So we made it to El Paso and we moved into our new apartment. Our living conditions are much better here, which is great for Danae and the girls. We will be here for 5 months while I attend Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic Course. I will be learning the technical aspects of my branch (and there are a lot of aspects!) which means there will be a ton of information shoved at us...I pray that I will be a good sponge.

The environment of this course is much different than the others I have been to. It is much more focused on the technical portion of being an officer. I'm looking forward to learning the different aspects of my career field and then moving on to the next stage of this process.

The pictures you see above were taken in Oklahoma at a pumpkin patch that we took the girls to. We tried to get us all together, but it didn't work out so well. The trip down to El Paso went pretty well as the girls were very good travelers this time. We visited with Danae's Aunts (Hazel and Carla) and Hazel and TW (her husband) let us stay in their cabin in Ruidoso, NM. It is in the mountains and it was fun for the girls to have a place they could run around in. Unpacking was not that fun, but it never really is...is it? At least we only have to do the pack and unpack thing one more time (even though we have one more stop before we get to Fort Campbell).

We live less than 4 miles from post which is great because I can come home after PT and see the girls before we all start our day. I also get to live with them full-time as opposed to what we were doing in Oklahoma.

Well that's all for now, we'll post some other pictures of our travels soon...we love and miss you guys and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Will

Just a few days left....

I would have some pictures to post of all our traveling we have done whild in OK, but we can't find our camera cords....or charger for that matter. That would be a sign we have moved to much already. I do have some pictures from my phone though of the game. But I am in the process of packing up our small apartment for our move to Ft Bliss TX. We will leave Friday morning just as soon as Will gets released. We are anxious to get out of this area.

We had a very exciting weekend though. Dru, Will's best friend flew in for the weekend, and our Sunday school teacher gave us his season tickets to the OU (Oklahoma University) football game vs Kansas. And we got wrist bands to go the the OU club tailgate party before the game and eat...or should I say pig out. It was such a fun experience.

We will post more when we get to TX and know what will be going on there. For now we have not a clue really what will be happening. But for now we miss you all back home.

Danae

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Two Weeks left of BOLC II

Hey everyone,

I'm writing this message from Tulsa, OK...where we are spending a long weekend with Levi, Shannon, and Hannah. We finished up combatives and convoy operations last week. We go out to the field on Tuesday for continuous operations with a 10 mile road march completing the week early Friday morning. We are all excited to almost be done with this phase of training and ready to move on to El Paso.

This weekend has been a blast hanging out with my girls and with Levi and Shannon...I'll save the rest of this weekend for Danae who will post something else tomorrow when we get back to Lawton.

An exciting thing for next weekend is that my best friend Dru is coming in from PA to go to the Oklahoma game with me and Danae...our Sunday School has graciously given us his tickets since he and his family will be gone...extremely nice guy!!!

I look forward to hearing from you guys soon.

In Christ,
Will

Week 4 complete with BOLC 2

Happy Friday! Sorry for not posting anything for a while...I was out in the field all this week doing a lot of urban operations training. It was pretty fun and I learned some valuable things. Danae and the girls are in Amarillo visiting family; I am headed down to see them today as soon as we get released.

We have less than 3 weeks here in Oklahoma now and we are all excited to move on to El Paso for our next adventure.

This week was particularly awesome because I was able to witness to one of my friends that I made here for quite a while. The Holy Spirit is working on his heart so please keep Steve in your prayers...I am thankful to be able to spread the Gospel to our future leaders of the Army.

We will post something more after we get back from Amarillo; I hope that you are all well...feel free to call me or email me anytime!

In Christ,
Will