Fast Sundays

Today is not fast Sunday, but we are fasting. Jared may have the opportunity to be assigned to a billet that would PCS us to another state by the 2nd of November--less than three weeks from today. It is a billet that would allow him to: capitalize on his interests and the ideas/concepts he has studied over the years (undergraduate and graduate degrees), deploy, work a joint-forces tasker, learn a new language, learn a new culture, strengthen our international brother's and sister's military forces and "fight the fight" as a Marine.

Fasting has three purposes. First, it provides assistance to the needy through the conrtibution of fast offerings, it is a benefit to us physically, and it is to increase humility and spirituality individually.

We are fasting today, that J will be selected, and that the selection panel will feel confidence in his credentials and impressed by his desire to serve and volunteer for such a task. We also prayed that if he is selected, we would continue to do what is right--read our scriptures, pray, etc. that we might be a good example to those around us. Finally, we prayed that I would be able to make arrangements as necessary and with ease. Today I feel that H.F. is helping me to feel at peace with the idea, mostly because it would require such a quick move and it is right in the middle of my thesis course (not to mention that J would be gone for more than 12+ months at a time, on and off for three years!). I pray that he will be selected because he has such a desire to be a part of the efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, because this job would be right up his alley and it is one at which he would excel. If you read this, say a prayer for him!