Almost Done!

So tomorrow is it!

We have our graduation ceremony tomorrow morning. It should be a fairly short event, all things considered. I will not go into detail just yet, but we are very excited about our guest speaker.

The big thing is that we will be leaving Ft. Jackson for now and heading to Ft. Campbell, KY. We're excited to get to the post, get settled, and get to the ministry to which God has called us.

It has been a long, and quick 13 weeks. Long in the sense that the end of December 2008 seems like it was a long time ago. And short in that I still remember many of the folks who left us at the end of the first portion of training.

Family Wellness Retreat

We are down to the final days of CH-BOLC.

We just returned home from our Family Wellness Retreat/Training (yes, I think that is an oxymoron). The point of the retreat was to teach us on how to organize and lead a Family Wellness Retreat for our Soldiers. The training was very good and I know that I am excited to put one together.

One of our NCOs shared on the planning and preparing side and gave us all some great instruction in this area. I have been told that I may be without a chaplain assistant when I first get to my post and so this may be administrative work that I will have to handle completely on my own.

The retreat center was called Kanuga and it was a beautiful area. It rained for the first two days, but it was still warm and we were in classes for most of it anyway. It let up just in time for some free time that was planned and so many of us were able to get some exercise in for the weekend.

The staff was great and I really enjoyed the food (maybe too much). If you are looking for a retreat center in the Carolinas I would strongly recommend Kanuga. It was quiet and had a lot of facility options, however, one caveat, there is not much cellphone service. In fact, Verizon was the only service that worked. This can be a good thing, or add some unwanted stress. I suppose it all depends on your goals.

I'll try to blog again soon, but the family gets in tomorrow for the final week of training!