Day 35: Better Living

Today marks the halfway point of this whole training experience. Living in the same room with 40 other people is starting to take its toll on some of us. It has "wielded its ugly head" in the form of increased irritability, fatigue, and apathy to the training mission. This is to be expected as we are all away from our families and for most us...out of the "comfort zone" of our respective permanent duty stations and individual job descriptions. But, we have done things to keep life here a positive one...

We all scream for...

Team Barbecue with Sr. Chief Manla, Petty Officer Thompson
Chief Pornan, Chief Fickens, and Chief Ciapponi
(I took the picture and had tofu for dinner!)

Similar to my pre-deployment experience, I have found that my Christian walk has seen it's difficult times. There have been times when my journey has been impeded by doubt, complacency, apathy, and being just plain busy. What I have found is that when these obstacles have "wielded their ugly head", it has been during those times when I have lost focus on the One who is the giver and sustainer of life...a better life. My prayer for today is that we all continually seek and live that better life that only Christ can give.

"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

John 10:10 NKJV