LETTER!

We actually recieved our first hand written letter from Dustin at basic :) Sounds like he is doing pretty good. Here are a few sections of the letter I thought I would share.

"Hey family, Well it is the start of week two and it's ok I guess. It's not as hard as I thought it would be. But we went to the gas chambers today. That was horrible!...As soon as they told us to take off our gas masks we all fell to our knees. It burned 20 times more than a sunburn!! But the food is great. Haha and I'm not joking it really is....I can have all the orange juice I want so that makes me happy....There is one mormon in my company and we go to church every sunday. We have our M16 rifles and we get to shoot friday....You guys can write me but make sure it is only in one envelope because I have to do 10 pushups for each envelope. But I have to go so write and send pics. Love you all, Dustin"

Having a military family background I knew he was going to have to do the gas chamber. I hate that they have to do it but I understand why. It is great that he loves the food so much! Anyone who knows Dustin knows how much he loves orange juice! I'm grateful he has another mormon with him. I pray it helps strengthen him. Who knows, maybe he will become active in church again. As his mom, I can only hope! Now as far as the 10 push-ups for every envelope....hehehehe....There is an overbearing temptation to send pieces of one letter in different envelopes! Yes, we are a very sarcastic family that would do something like that to each other! We'll see! Maybe his last week he will get a whole bunch of them :) :)

We are proud of what he is doing and are keeping him in our prayers. Thanks to everyone for the support here for us as well as the support you are sending to him. I know he appreciates it!