It's 1 a.m. and I just talked to Ross on FB Chat. It is so exciting when I look to see who is online and his name is there. Sometimes, he's not still there, but he was tonight. They are going on 50 days without a shower OR flushing toilets! We are just now realizing he isn't actually at Ft. Boris but out in a makeshift camp. They are sleeping in shipping containers on plywood bunks. He said they are preparing to leave and go back to Boris in a week. They are so anxious. There will be many more "amenities " there - hot showers, hot meals, flushing toilets to name a few! Only his platoon is with him right now, but there will be 150 or so men at Boris. He said it does not get fired on so it is safer. They went into a village recently to build some rapport with the people. He said the doors of the tiny dwellings are only 4 ft. tall. He would have a hard time getting in and out. They gave the children candy! You won't hear about that on the mainstream news. Anyway,he sounded good - very homesick. He is counting the days until June when he has been told he will get to come home for two weeks. I also talked to one of his buddies - the one who had posted the picture of Ross I put up a few days ago. I think I'll be a Platoon Mother. I would rather be Room Mother in Kindergarten, but I guess those days are gone and this is my new role. I'm sending lots of homemade cookies so they will have some when they get to the Ft. I'm too tired to write much more, but please pray for all of our men and women who are protecting our freedoms - most of us enjoyed worshipping without fear today! Thank you, God! Kyle is out of town for a few days and I watched a WWII movie tonight. Of course, I've been crying ever since! Freedom is so precious and so easily and quickly lost. We must never forget. May God have mercy on us.