First let me start with an update. Preparing for deployment, Aaron and I have met with several ACS staff to fill out paperwork. Questions like, "If you are killed in action, do you want a military burial, or a civilian funeral?" " Do you want to be cremated?" "Do you want to up your life insurance?" Questions that I assume to be "adult" decisions. Sometimes I don't feel 24.5 years old...My parents are supposed to talk about wills and insurances and those things. I'm a newlywed. It's scary being a military family sometimes. The interesting part to these questions being asked was the time frame in which we needed to answer them as well - aaron was given 30 minutes. We had to come up with a living will, life insurance, funeral arrangements, finances, etc. in 30 minutes. How can you characterize your life in 30 minutes? How do you put a price tag on your life insurance? I'd rather have my husband here with me for the next 60 years, than the money...
So God's been working in our lives. Aside from not being able to find a job (no openings), I have been perfecting the role of house wife. Which I must admit can be very boring at times. Other wives struggle with this as well, and it is very common in the military home. I have been doing devotions every day and trying to increase my prayer life. It has been a struggle, a constant fight, to choose to be content here. It's very exciting to live overseas, until you actually move there and live there for several months - away from your safety bubble and things that make your life more comfortable. Not to mention the cost of everything in Europe....right now the US dollar is 1$ = .60 cents Euro. So we struggle financially. Aside from this, contentment has hit me like a Hawaiian wave...God has showed me that to everything there is a season, and this part of my life is learning contentment. I know He has a plan for my life and I know why I am here. Remaining focused on that is hard too - there is a lot of drama in being an army wife. Watch the tv show and you'll understand.
God is so good though. And we have truly been blessed. I'd give anything for my husband to stay home and not deploy to somewhere that is insanely unsafe and anything goes...but I know God's got it under control and He's gonna show me how to deal and how to cope.
So that's it for August. I'm going on Thursday for my drivers test - so maybe next blog I can check that off the Bucket List.
As always folks, thanks for reading...even if it is just my humble ramblings.
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