Wish I May, Wish I Might...

About 9 hours after the last post, Josh wrote me on IM. It was so wonderful to chat with him. He seems to be doing well, but anxious to get into their permanent housing (see the quote below). He shared the following pictures, along with the following commentary... Another soldier took these and Josh is driving the truck that you see in the pictures.

"Yes, I am driving it. haha Aren't I doing a great job? You can't tell, but the roads are super tiny."

This is one of our soldiers and one the of the South Carolina soldiers.

Water for the kids . . .

Here are some different things that Josh shared when we were chatting...

In response Rich Brown's latest comment about "the mud not always being mud"... "I know what you mean, I was out and saw lots of different kinds of poop!"

In response to asking how he was doing... "There are moments when it seems all very overwhelming, but you try and go about your day as normal as possible, without thinking too much about the possibilities and you try not to think too much about the time..."

About life in Camp Phoenix... "Oh my gosh, the SC guys still have not left yet and (it is) so annoying, plus they are sleeping in what is supposed to be my bed!!" (I think there was some emphasis on "my bed".)

In one of his recent packages, I filled the remaining space with candy and I told him that he may not like the candy, but it is probably something that they could give to the children... "Oh that is so good. Oh my gosh, the kids are wild and come from everywhere when you drive by. This kid came running from a quarter mile away just to get to the side of the road in time to wave at us."

About the dirt...

Josh: no matter how hard i try my white keys (computer keyboard) are starting to get a little dingy because i am always dirty

Josh: i am excited b/c tonight is shower night
Josh: and new uniform night
Darci: when did you last shower?
Josh: four days ago at least - yuck
Darci: EWWW
Josh: lol
Darci: worse than ft bragg
Josh: i know and this place is way dirtier

Just before Josh signed off, he wrote the following... "I think about you all the time except when I am dodging donkeys and russian taxis."

Today is pretty significant as well -- the 19th!! Another month down, we are up to three!!