Hello friends and family! I am starting the blog again because Patrick began Ranger School on July 22nd. As before, I will keep everyone up-to-date on what he is doing and how we can pray for him.
Ranger School is one of the hardest schools offered in the Army, and possibly in the entire military. It is very common for a soldier to be "recycled," or made to repeat a portion of the school, at least once. Patrick was recycled from the July 22nd class and is now home training for his reinsertion into the August 20th class. As you can imagine from what you know about Patrick, he did not want to come home. He was disappointed that he had to leave the mud, extensive exercise drills, and battle buddies, and he is ready to go back and conquer Ranger School!
In other family news, we have just entered our third trimester with baby John Gideon. He is certainly a little wiggle worm at night, but he takes after his mom and likes to sleep through the morning. Currently, everything is progressing as normal, and we are looking forward to adding a healthy baby boy to our family on November 1st.
Prayer Requests:
- Patrick to remain motivated to train and study in this waiting period
- He will be able to absorb as much scripture and teaching as he can in this time, as he will only have church services a couple of times in the 61 days
- He will be able to encourage his friends who were also recycled to remain motivated to train so they can enter and stay together through this next cycle.
- John will continue to grow and develop according to schedule for a healthy welcome into the world.
