Well, today was the day. Ben had to report at 10am (AK time). The night before Ben didn't want to fall asleep, he said that he just wanted to stay up with me all night so he could enjoy my company and hold me. He was so cute. We have been watching the seasons of Smallville, so we continued our quest with season 5. We brought our mattresses into our living room for a more comfortable place to watch TV. I will have to say that I only made it till 2am and he fell asleep soon there after. We woke up around 7am so we could take care of a few things before saying good-bye. We had to buy a few things from the military clothing store for his uniform before he left, we get there and they were closed for Presidents day. Kinda irritating that they were closed because Ben needed those few things before he left. I guess he'll just have to find them at a the base he'll fly into in Afghanistan. I then took Ben the squadron headquarters so he could drop off his bags and put his name on the manifest. I think the waiting for him to leave, was the hardest. We knew this day was coming and it was getting to the point where we just wanted it to be over. We both know that this deployment is something that we have to go through. We know that God is in control and He is the reason that both Ben and I have this overwhelming sense of peace. Long story short, Ben and I prayed together and then we said good-bye.
Thank you all for your prayers, God has sure been there for the both of us through this hard time. Pictures are on Ben's camera, we will post them as soon as we can. Thanks again!
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