On to Florida!!!

Woohoo! Praise the good Lord! Dave was able to call me tonight for a few minutes (less than 10) to let me know he is moving on to Florida Phase at Eglin AFB, Florida!!! I was so excited. I'm afraid I scared some of the customers standing in line I was running around like a little school girl crying, squealing and grinning frome ear to ear. He is still sick but seemed to be in high spirits. He wanted me to thank you all for your prayers. I know we talked for 10 minutes, but I can't think of what we talked about - its all a blur. =)
He did say the training is supposed to be getting tougher this phase. If Benning/Darby Phase is a "Crawl" and Mtn. Phase is "Walk" then Florida/Swamp Phase is "Run." My personal motto is to not run unless someone is chasing me, but then again he did sign up for this crazy roller coaster of a ride. I love him so much and cannot wait to see him. I am praying he graduates December 12, 2008. Unfortunately we will not know for certain if he is graduating until the day before. If you want to know, let me know and I will send you a text/email as soon as I find out.
I'm sorry I am not very articulate this evening/morning. I just got home from work and am ready to go to sleep. I am sure I will edit this tomorrow.
THANK YOU!!! so very much for praying for my beloved husband. I cannot thank you enough. If I don't get the chance: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Know we are thankful for you!!! I pray God blesses you with a fantabulous Thanksgiving/Turkey Day!!!

Florida Phase?

I have not heard anything from Dave since the letter he sent me on my Birthday last week. I did get a letter from TriCare wanting Dave to fill out a survey based on his hospital/doctor visit from November 2, 2008. =) That means he had to see a doctor on that date while he has been in Ranger School. He did not mention it in his letter. I decided to post the Ranger School Florida Phase Calendar in hopes we can all pray over the various dates and activities. If you can't see the picture here that well you can click on the link (Ranger School) and open the Ranger School Brief power point presentation and find it there. Or I can email it to you.

Dave did not go into much detail regarding Ranger School aside from asking for prayer over being cold, tired, hungry and favor with the guys in his platoon and with the RI's (Ranger Instructors). Dave gives glory to God for allowing him to get this far...

"Please pray for me, and Jon and Charlie. Pray constantly. Please pray for warm, dry weather and for health, favor with my Ranger buddies and for favor w/the RI's. Pray especially for a "Go" in my leadership positions during my upcoming FTXs and for graduation on December 12th. It is all in the Lord's hands and in His control; because there are so many variables and the grading criteria is entirely subjective...by the way did I tell you I'm super tired and hungry. Hey, as a head's up on Tuesday the 11th we start a 4 day FTX (Field Training Exercise) then 1 day refit before going on the final 5 day FTX, then we will have an admin day until we find out that we move on to Florida Phase. Pray that the Lord helps and hastens that time. On a related note, can you please send a big care package at the end of Mtn. Phase? Possible items to include but not limited to: beef jerky, trail mix, oatmeal chocolate cookies, brownies, rice krispy bars, snickers bars, etc. Please also pray for teamwork within our squads and Platoon. Sometimes it gets a little ugly. I need the Lord to give me patience, strength, and hope while we are apart. It's getting late and I need to go to sleep (ps - please pray that He helps me in the sleep department)."

That is about all he wrote. I left all the mooshy stuff out so you don't get too sick. :) Please join me in praying he does not get recycled. I should find out either today or tomorrow if he moves on to Florida Phase (please dear Lord). His Florida Phase address will be:

Ranger David J Tyson, RN #162
6th RTB, (Squad and Platoon number inserted here)
ATTN: Class 01-09
6069 Walkers Lane
Camp James E Rudder
Eglin AFB, FL 32542

"We're Half Way There...

Whooooaaa, Livin' On A Prayer..."
Thank you Bon Jovi.
Well, I have yet to hear from Dave, which is good in a weird and twisted way. They say in Ranger School, no news is good news. His 8 hour pass at the end of Benning Phase came and went rediculously too fast. It was more like a 7 hour pass, but I will take what I can get. Since then, I have received one letter from him that was written on the bus ride to Camp Merrill, Dahlonega, GA. Click on the link provided to see a picture of about where he is camping out right now.
Lord willing, next Saturday Dave should be on a bus ride down to Eglin AFB, Florida. I am praying he gets a first time GO on all his missions during this phase and that he does not get peered out. I will let you know as soon as I know something.
I do not have much else to report. The rest of the family seems to be trucking along. Sorry I'm a slacker. Oh, and here is the video on YouTube showing what Dave is learning in Boy Scouts, I mean Ranger School. :)