Alright, I am going to try to keep this short since I need to go to bed. But since I am due for another update, here it is. I have been in Afghanistan almost a month now, and I am honestly enjoying it. As much as I worried about not being able to (or maybe just not wanting to) find joy and peace away from my husband, I can honestly say that I have. I love Kevin as much now as I ever have and I hope that we can continue to find ways to connect.
A lot of people have been asking how they can pray for me while I am here and I guess the biggest things to pray about are: that God would bless my marriage over the distance, and for safety as I should start traveling out on missions very soon. But don't worry too much, my commander is only allowing me to go out on the ones that he deems as safe. But, by the end of the month, I should have already traveled at least once to a closing base.
So here are my updates in my four goals format:
Physical- I have continued doing Crossfit 3 nights a week and I really have been enjoying it. This week will be my last week of beginners classes and once I am done, I intend to diversify my workouts with cross fit, gym time, running and yoga. I am actually hoping to suppliment my Crossfit workouts this week with some yoga too. The biggest challenge for me doing crossfit right now is my lack of flexibility, especially when it comes to my hamstrings and quadriceps. And if I can work on stretching more and increasing my flexibility, it should make my form better, and the workouts more beneficial.
Spiritual- I have had a solid week of prayer journaling! I feel bad that this is the accomplishment it is, but prayer is definitely something I have a hard time with. I have also been going to church on Sunday, bible study on Tuesday and tomorrow I will even get to attend a prayer breakfast. I feel really blessed by the chaplain services here and am grateful for them. The down side is I am still not in good reading habits. I wake up intending to read the bible, but once I go to conduct personal hygiene and get back to my room, I have forgotten or just gotten distracted. This is definitely something I need to work on. My husband is in the process of getting us a couple of books that we can read through parts of the bible together (my small group back home just did this where we read through the new testament in 8 weeks and I loved the format and was really encouraged to read it without chapters and verses). So hopefully that will help. I am also thinking I need to just read at night before praying. I think the mornings would be more beneficial, but I would get the most benefit out of just reading the bible period, so I need to work on that.
Emotional- I feel like Kevin and I are connecting well and talking frequently, but I am not sure how good of a wife I have been this past week. It is hard for me to come up with ways to be a better wife to my husband. I pray for him daily but I want something more. I want him to feel loved, appreciated, cherished and respected even when I am on the opposite side of the world, and I am honestly not sure how to do that. I am open to suggestions if anyone has them. Most people just think of sending gifts home, and though that is nice every now and again, my husband and I tend neither to love nor feel loved by giving gifts and spending money. And given that Kevin's love languages are probably physical touch and quality time, I am not sure how to love him best from here. I think I need to find new ways to make him feel loved based on what I can do, like words of affirmation and small gifts, instead of trying to be the same wife I would be back in the U.S.
Mental- So, I have been listening a little bit to my real estate lectures (law and practice- blech!) but I haven't written it into my schedule very much. I am still kind of waiting to find out if I will get to do a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt project, because I want to do that and it might be better for me in the long run. And if I take up what is left of my free time doing that, then I am going to have a huge break in my real estate classes and I will probably want to start over from the beginning since I haven't gotten that far anyway. That way, the material is also the freshest in my mind when I get home and want to take the exam.
A lot of people have been asking how they can pray for me while I am here and I guess the biggest things to pray about are: that God would bless my marriage over the distance, and for safety as I should start traveling out on missions very soon. But don't worry too much, my commander is only allowing me to go out on the ones that he deems as safe. But, by the end of the month, I should have already traveled at least once to a closing base.
So here are my updates in my four goals format:
Spiritual- I have had a solid week of prayer journaling! I feel bad that this is the accomplishment it is, but prayer is definitely something I have a hard time with. I have also been going to church on Sunday, bible study on Tuesday and tomorrow I will even get to attend a prayer breakfast. I feel really blessed by the chaplain services here and am grateful for them. The down side is I am still not in good reading habits. I wake up intending to read the bible, but once I go to conduct personal hygiene and get back to my room, I have forgotten or just gotten distracted. This is definitely something I need to work on. My husband is in the process of getting us a couple of books that we can read through parts of the bible together (my small group back home just did this where we read through the new testament in 8 weeks and I loved the format and was really encouraged to read it without chapters and verses). So hopefully that will help. I am also thinking I need to just read at night before praying. I think the mornings would be more beneficial, but I would get the most benefit out of just reading the bible period, so I need to work on that.
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| For those of you who aren't on facebook/ didn't see, I had my roommate cut off my pony tail so I can donate my hair to locks of love. |
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| After pic of me with my new hair cut. |
Mental- So, I have been listening a little bit to my real estate lectures (law and practice- blech!) but I haven't written it into my schedule very much. I am still kind of waiting to find out if I will get to do a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt project, because I want to do that and it might be better for me in the long run. And if I take up what is left of my free time doing that, then I am going to have a huge break in my real estate classes and I will probably want to start over from the beginning since I haven't gotten that far anyway. That way, the material is also the freshest in my mind when I get home and want to take the exam.
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