Day 10.

Here are some photos from Stuarts first mission to Germany.  They got to stay an extra day so he was also able to do a little sightseeing!

Stu has been keeping a journal and he said I could share some excerpts here... This is from a few days ago

That afternoon we were alerted that a patient required transport within Afghanistan from Jalalabad to Bagram. Emotions overcame me as we would potentially be starting our mission off with a bang and moving patients. Although it wasn't our team up, we had the option of going with the other team as a training ride in order to help gain experience with the system. Around 4 PM local time we started getting everything ready in terms of drugs to take with us and start formulating a plan for transport. Supposedly the individual had a severe brain injury and needed neurosurgery intervention. As it was an intratheater mission we went to the armory and gathered our weapons, a 9mm Berreta Pistol. It is very strange carrying a firearm at all times on your hip or around your shoulders. It does provide a sense of security around all the local nationals on base but I fear shooting myself more than anything else. After taking care of all the minor details, we found out that the patient was being transported already by the Army Dustoff team, a helicopter evacuation crew. In fact, while at the hospital for the second time, the patient arrived in the ER and we were able to follow up on exactly what happened. As it turns out, he would need transport with CCATT the next day.

I'm so glad that he was able to relax and enjoy himself a little this weekend =)

Here on the home front we had a play date today =)  Through my good friend Kara, we were able to meet another military family who recently went through deployment. The kids had a good time!

We (Jackson and Hadley included!) were able to face time with Stu today.  He heads back to Bagram tomorrow so who knows when we will see his pretty face again.

Please pray for a smooth trip back to Afghanistan for Stuart tomorrow.