Little Pieces of Gold

I honestly did not expect to hear all that much from Frederick, at least not until he becomes an upper classmen in 5-6 weeks. I was thrilled to receive a text message that first night! And then again the second night!

Fred asked me not to expect things from him, that he would try his best to keep in touch but that it might be that he is just so busy that I only hear from him once a week or so. I really did not like it, but I accepted it. And thinking it through, it makes sense. When you (ahem, myself) expects things then they do not happen, I tend to get upset. I feel jipped and like I do not mean as much to him as I think I should. Stupid? .... looking back on things, (sigh) pretty much. So these next three months, I have a goal to trust God to make things work or not work, whatever He wants.

But again, I received two text messages in two days! And last night, I was not so much expecting a text message, but I sure was hoping for one. I went to bed shortly after 9pm. I heard my phone go off, so I grabbed my phone only to realize that it was a phone call! I was able to speak to him for 4, nearly 5 minutes. It was not long, but it was more than enough! (He had also texted me before he called as well! Double whammy!)

What I got from him:
*  He was doing okay. The last few days have been long ones.
*  He told me that he reached the point yesterday that he was questioning, "Do I really want to go through this indoctrination process?" But he said he the drill leaders were asking them the same thing. I didn't get details on what they were making him do, but I can only imagine it was severely physical.
*  He said that it was slightly getting easier.
*  He told me that he has not begun the book/classroom portion of OTS yet, but he was told that they will basically be cramming four years of information down his throat in 90 days. Yuck! Pray for him.
*  He does have a roommate. I wasn't clear on the name (again, I just woke up from and was still groggy), but I think his last name was Mecun. Fred said that he was previously an enlisted man.
*  He's been waking up around 4:45am.

Before I knew it,  he was telling me that he still had to take a shower before all the lights go out at 11pm. It was so short but purely golden! Hmm, I love his voice too. Good stuff. I hope, but am not expecting, that this communication continues!