Merry Christmas

just wanted to wish everyone a merry christmas hope yall have a good one and santa brings all that you desire. most of all, enjoy each other and appreciate all that god has given all of us. so from half way across the world, you all are in my prayers and i love you all and merry christmas

December is half way gone

december is half way gone and we are almost into the new year. in all of my previous years i never would have thought that i would bring in the new year in a different country and never would have thought that country would be iraq. but we all embrace the idea and it will be something to talk about many years down the road. i feel bless in alot of ways, being here at the JVB has led me to meet some pretty cool people. this past month has been pretty exciting month. the hooter girls were here, they were nice to look at, real nice to look at, but once they opened their mouths all i wanted to do was to tell them to shut up. they were pretty anoying and that is an under statement. next we had arron tippin arrive here, though he didnt stay with us he stopped by and we got some photos with him and he had a concert which was enjoyable. that guy was pretty cool, down to earth and you could tell that his sole mission here was to be with the soilders. if yall didnt know he was an elite soilder back in his day so he new what we all are goin through. then i got to cook dinner for the WWE wrestlers and that was un-real. seein these guys on tv for most of my life then haven them right in front of me was exciting. i made them some fried rice with chicken and vegies with buddha belly's and they ate it up. vince was here and so was john cena to name a few and i got pictures with them both and they were pretty low key guys and vince seems to not like vegies, he didnt eat a single one. then kid rock came to town and put on an awsome show. i always wanted to go and see him in concert and i got to go for free and to see him here in iraq was amazing. he put on a pretty kick ass show and alot amercan patriot songs. then last weekend we had a cook off with the navy for the "army vs. navy" and i heard that the navy had the best cooks in all of the military, but that was the case till they came head to head with the guys from the oregon national guard. we wooped up on those guys, all three judges voted for our plates. so to beat the navy in a cook off has to be the highlight so far of this deployment.
every day that goes by here means that i am one day closer to gettin back to my life with erika and family and freinds. i can not wait till that day comes. though being away from loved ones for so long this in ways had tightened bonds with ones that i though couldnt be tighter and has grown my faith in God in ways i thought not possible.
i am not too sure how many people still follow my blog, i know i dont write too much too often, but for those who still do, thanks for all the support and prayers you throw our way over here and thank you