Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Shaun has officially left now. I took him to the Pocatello airport Monday at 6am where he flew to Salt Lake and then to Boise. We found out later I could have driven him to Boise which would have been much better but there's no need to fret because there's nothing we can do about it now. :) He stayed in a hotel the rest of the day. He had his tests Tuesday morning. We were really worried about one of them. He had to get taped because they can't be over a certain body fat percentage. That's the part he didn't pass the last time he tried to go to basic. We all worried over that. As I was talking to him he told me that the first time he was tested they taped him at 27% and the requirement is 26% so he couldn't go. Three weeks later they tried again and said he was 24%. The sergeant told him that wasn't possible so they realized the person taping him had made a mistake. Well that was back in November. If he had passed that test he would have left for basic then. So I realized that mistake must have been planned by our Heavenly Father because if I hadn't met him in November, I would have left my grandparents' to go to school in BYU-I and we never would have met. We are definitely grateful that we did. His tests yesterday went remarkably well. He was taped at 22% body fat so he passed with flying colors. He just hung out at the hotel the rest of Tuesday, this morning he got on his flight to Denver, and then got on the plane to Oklahoma 2 hours later. He texted me about a minute ago saying he has safely landed. Things are going great. I have been able to talk to him both through texting and on the phone several times so far. I had my last phone conversation with him this afternoon but I will get a one minute call sometime soon after he gets to his destination. After the first three weeks he'll get to call me every Sunday for sure. I'm really looking forward to that already. We are so blessed that everything went well. I'll be back in his arms in 17 weeks!!!
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I'm so glad that you set this up! I'll be checking back frequently to get updates on Sean and YOU. Love you lots!!
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