Call from the Desert

Hey everyone. I had a nice surprise this morning. My brother called me from Kuwait. He tried twice and left me a voice mail. I was so upset that I missed him. Thank goodness he called a third time. It was so nice to hear his voice. He asked a lot of questions about Maddie. He was very impressed that she can say "Iraq" if you ask her where her uncle Jame is. He also wanted to know when I was going to find out if I was having a boy. I told him it would be sometime in June. (I think he thought I should know by now.) He will be leaving for Baghdad on Wednesday. I asked him if he was going to a very dangerous place. He said, "yeah it is pretty bad...but it will be OK...these are some good guys that I am with." Good thing he knows how to talk to his sister...any other answer could have sent me into a panic attack. He broke his hand again but is keeping it quiet...don't ask me how he is doing that. He says he can still use his trigger finger so I guess that is all he is worried about. It was so nice to talk to him. We even were able to laugh a little...if you know Jame then you know he can make you laugh at the drop of a hat. He said he hoped to call me again before he left. I sure hope so. I find myself missing him all the time.
Please continue to pray for him...for his safety and for his mind that it will not be jaded by what he sees.