Prayers and Ft. Knox

Blake is at Ft. Knox in Kentucky. As much as we dreaded him leaving again with no return date in sight, I can say that I'm thrilled that he left a little over a week ago and arrived safely there. What a shock to learn what had happened on Ft. Hood where Blake has spent the majority of his time in the US. We got dozens of calls and messages from friends wondering if Blake had left yet, and it was so good to say that he had indeed left Ft. Hood before any of that happened.

He loves it in Kentucky. The trees in fall have colors he has never seen on trees in life. He says it's a beautiful base and the people there are very kind and cooperative. The only downside that we've heard so far is he thinks that his deployment rotation may have been moved up a bit, but it's still in the distant future.

We thought when he arrived in Kentucky that he would be working in his field, but it doesn't sound like that's been the case so far. He says that the computers are still in the middle east so he thought they would be pulling details until they arrived stateside. He really can't complain though; he's had it pretty easy so far since he arrived back from his deployment. Go to work at 6:30 and off by 7:30 till the next day. Life in the Army is tough!

More good news is he's been promoted. He's a Specialist 4 now. More rank, more responsibilities, and a little more pay.

Please keep the soldiers and their families in your prayers. Especially the families of the soldiers who were lost at Ft. Hood this past week in the terrorist attack. And yes, it was a terrorist attack.

Well, more info as we learn more.