Saturday, July 10, 2010

Isaac Update!!

Hey everyone,
I finally have an update on Isaac, I just received a phone call from him. He said he had to wait 2 hours for his turn to use the phone, crazy huh.... Well, he went from Shannon(spelling?), Ireland to Camp Buehling, Kuwait, where he said he should be until Tuesday. They are going through training there at Camp Buehling before they head over to Iraq. He said it is a melting 125 degrees over there and it is miserable, but luckily they have huge cases of water constantly being shipped in. They all went the whole trip until around 6am Kuwait time, before they were able to go to sleep. He said it isn't the most comfortable thing sleeping during the day in that kind of heat, but they were exhausted, so they didn't complain. Get this, they have a tent set up serving as an LDS Chapel, so he will be attending Church Services tomorrow! He was really excited for that. I think it is awesome! Isaac is in such great spirits, somehow he seems wiser already. He is such a great example to me. He didn't have one negative thing to say, other then his skin felt like it was burning off..... but thats more of a fact, right haha. Well, his phone calls in Kuwait are only allowed to be 20 mins long, and thats per day, so until he gets to Iraq, we will continue updating everyone this way. He is in hopes that once he gets there, his schedule will be a little clearer and he can set up times for communication. Alot of that will be through the Internet, so everyone get their Skype downloaded :) Also, I am aching to start sending letters and care packages, so I asked him to give me suggestions of what we are and aren't allowed to send... here are the things we can't send: Anything having to do with Religion :(, anything Pork, so no bacon haha..., and of course, Guns, alcohol, tobacco etc., he didn't think we would have a problem with those last few :) As for what he would like to receive: Beef Jerky, or any snack that provides energy that won't melt and will fit in his pockets, Letters, phone cards, and sunflower seeds. I'm sure he will think of more things as time goes by. As soon as he gets his permanent address, I will be getting that to everyone. He loves you all!! Thank you for all of your support!!

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