It was one year ago when Peter first told me that he was joining the Air Force. I have to be honest when I say that when he first told me I cried. I knew that him joining the Air Force opened up a whole new world of challenges and that scared me. In February he took the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) and officially enlisted. From there is was a waiting game until the job he wanted became available. We found out in July that his job became available and his leave date for BMT (Basic Military Training) was November 9th. And yes, I cried that day. The next few months he spent preparing to leave and wrapping up his current life. In October he spent a couple weeks with me and then went home and moved in with his parents for the last few weeks before leaving.
November came quickly and I took a week off from school to spend the last few days with him before he left. Those were some really hard days. LOTS of tears. Watching him leave with his dad, when his dad took him to MEPS, was incredibly heartbreaking. We knew that him joining the Air Force was 100% the right thing to do. We both knew that it was what God was calling him to do. But having to let him go, handing him over to the military was miserable. That day, as scary as it was I had to trust God that He would protect Peter in the next 8 1/2 weeks.
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