We Have Housing!

We have moved into our housing!

We are very excited and will hopefully have all of our stuff out of storage soon.

We are in a quiet neighborhood (for the most part) on a somewhat secluded portion of the post, at the end of a street. I really do not know if I could have asked for a better placement. In fact, it is really close to my office. The only thing that is quite a ways away is the high school. However, I think we can work with that.

Things are coming along. I am still figuring out how this job/ministry actually works. There is PT (physical training) every morning and I try to participate with different groups of Soldiers so I can get to know them, and they can get to know me.

Then there are meetings for training, scheduling, and general command issues, plus chaplain specific meetings.

Then I have counseling sessions with Soldiers for a variety of issues. I also have suicide prevention training that I actually conduct, and marriage/relationship training or retreats that I try to plan and organize.

So, needless to say, life is pretty busy and I do not yet have a chaplain’s assistant. So that means that at this stage, with my government PCs not working quite right, I am trying to do all of that on my own. Not complaining, just recognizing that I might be a little busier than I will be when I get some help. That just makes me appreciate chaplain assistants even more. Those folks do a lot that goes unseen.

We’re going to be doing some traveling for the holiday and block leave coming up. I will try to keep you posted. Hopefully we will be visiting my brother (and maybe my nephew) soon. Should be fun.

Please remember the real reason behind Memorial Day and take time to actually remember.

Blessings.