No Longer on Profile
Greetings to everyone!
Exciting news today. Because she was pregnant, Rebecca has been on a medical profile with the WY ANG. The profile prevents her from certain activities and duties. One of the items she has been exempt from is the required PT test so she can be officially recognized as a 1st Lieutenant. She has been wearing the silver bar since September, but still the PT test hung out there like a college final for which one is ill-prepared.
This weekend was Rebecca's test. Most women do not pass their PT the first time after returning from a pregnancy. The ones who do are generally the younger twenty-somethings.
Rebecca has been training for months, diligently going to the gym, hiring a personal trainer, running, joining a dieting regimen, the works. Still, as this weekend approached, she did not feel able to pass the test.
Pushups where killing her, to the point of dislodging joints which needed a chiropractor to reset. Running was also something of a challenge. Ironically, she could do situps easily enough; the very place where she was cut to deliver Xavier was where she was strongest.
Saturday at last arrived, and beginning about 09:30 she and two others took on the gauntlet set before them. We had been praying Psalm 18 over this day, particularly verses 29 through 35. It would be sometime near noon before we knew anything.
Xavier and I were on our way to Home Depot when my phone buzzed with its announcement of a new text message. I knew instantly who sent it and what it would tell us. I pulled into the parking lot and parked. Picking up the phone, I opened the text and read the humble words "I think I passed"
Yes, Rebecca did, indeed, pass, and she did so on her first try. Glory to God! She is no longer on a medical profile (once the paper work goes through).
Thank you all for your prayers. Once again, we enjoy the goodness of our God and Father!