Tuesday, August 8, 2006

T-37, day 50

36 days until family day.

The response to a prayer vigil for the upcoming Crucible has been amazing. As best as I can tell the crucible will be August 29, 30 and 31. The recruits day will begin around 2:00 am on Tuesday the 29th and conclude at 8:00am on Thursday the 31st. They will cover 40 miles in exhausting circumstances, very limited sleep and only 3 meals. At the conlcusion will be the famed "warriors breakfast".

I cannot emphasize the importance of praying NOW for the preparation of each of these recruits. Their training and ultimately their fitness both physically and mentally will be key to their success during this event. So to wait until the crucible to pray would be like worrying about cows already loose. Fences need maintenance in order to keep cows corraled. Our recruits need maintenance prayer in order to sustain the trials that come their way.

It has become the "norm" to get letters on Thursday exactly 4 days from sundays and the most opportunity the recruits have for writting. I did send Tim a "form" letter last week. Hopefully he will fill it out and send it back soon.

Just keep praying, praying, praying.