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Resurrection

4/17/2017

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For those who've noticed my absence, I'm finally back on Facebook. I shut it off at the start of March because I was preparing to go through some intense Navy training (SERE school, for those who are familiar) which required a certain amount of anonymity. After I graduated, lent had already begun, so I figured I'd just give up social media as an appropriate self-denial until Easter.

Now that I've been off of social media for over six weeks, it surprises me just how much time I was wasting on scrolling through my news feed.

During these past six weeks, I also had another opportunity to deploy for a very short time. This is of special note to me, because about a year ago I was essentially told that my deployment days were over. Due to circumstances I'd prefer not to elaborate on, my career had essentially been sidelined by the higher ups at work, so to be given even this short chance to get out and do operations again was a very welcome surprise.

I also crammed for a ham radio license exam and got my license right before I left. That was pretty exciting, considering I had almost no interest in ham radio up until a few weeks ago when I bought some nice walkie-talkies which it turns out I couldn't operate without a license. After just a couple days of intense study, I took and passed the 35-question exam on my first try (I got 34 right, no big deal).

As you can also see, I have once again taken the time to sit down and write something on my badly-neglected blog. I've spent so much time doing random things with my free time that I almost forgot what it was like to be intentional about sitting down to write, even when you have virtually nothing to say.

One thing I can say is this, after spending Holy Week in a very austere environment where I had a lot of time to read the Word and focus on God, it seems appropriate that I use the occasion of Christ's resurrection to celebrate some personal resurrections in my own life, most notably my operational career. Though I have firmly decided that the Navy is not for me anymore, I am still grateful for every opportunity to get out there and do some work that may hopefully result in a little more security for our nation. If nothing else, I got to travel to some cool places and meet some interesting people.

That's all for now. If you missed my updated pictures, be sure to check out the splash page on this blog for a few updated photos from my most recent trip abroad.

Hope to be blogging again someday soon, with God's continued inspiration and grace.
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Uncle Thom link
4/18/2017 03:06:26 pm

I do not say much but I do read your posts... I do recall the day yu called me from Recruiter Office in El Cajon and I yelled into phone DO NOT SIGN ANY PAPERS! A comment from Down Under and Over then; a few weeks ago I was in ChCh and sitting at very excellent bar and noticed a pack of USN and went over to be friendly. They were on flight mission to South Pole and headed back home and I asked Master Chief 'and may I buy 1 round for all on my in honor of a navy man dear to me" and Master smiled and said yes but just one... reminded me of Dubai when I bought 2 drinks for all the Navy sitting at Irish Village and then looking up at the sky I smiled and raised my glass knowing you were looking down.

Best wishes... I hope for you an excellent life while I am running amuck trying to help country bumpkins get buildings built. Locals doing quite badly at it...

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