Ft. Sumter & Charleston

So this week we took a bit of a road trip.

We went to Charleston AFB and Ft. Sumter.

The Air base trip was in order to see a ramp ceremony, understand a little about our Air Force and Navy chaplains, and to have lunch at the Officer club there. I highly recommend the officer club. It was REALLY good food (seems like food has become a focal point in the last few posts).

From there we drove over to Ft. Sumter. The launching point for the ferry to the fort is also where the USS Yorktown is anchored. Plus some other very cool historical ships, planes, and displays.

If you are ever in the area you may want to stop by. The folks working there did a wonderful job of helping us to understand the history of the site and its role in America.

I am posting some pictures of the trip. One cool thing is that the picture with me and the flagpole and water behind me demonstrates a first in my life. I have been all over the west coast, however, this was actually the first time that I have seen the Atlantic. Big deal for me anyway.

Today I am preaching my "sacred communications lab." Basically, we are given a scenario "down range" in Iraq and we have to put together the plan for a complete worship service there. We do up the bulletin and then we preach just the sermon. It is a little challenging to just kind of "drop yourself" into the middle of a scenario like that, but all of the students have done a great job thus far.

We're all looking forward to the weekend, mostly in order to catch up, or get ahead on some of the assignments. The papers and readings are beginning to come at us pretty fast and furious. Of course in the midst of it all we are still figuring out household and family moves. Hectic days.

But God has been good, and so far, other than "death by PowerPoint and memos" we are all doing well.

Thank you for your continued prayers, mail, and care packages.

Let me just add that the mail and care packages are VERY MUCH appreciated. It is like Christmas when they call out your name.

Blessings,
Corey