I am still in a little bit of shock that 2016 is upon us already. I have realized that as I've gotten older, the years have become much shorter, it seems, making the difficult seasons somehow more manageable and the joyful seasons more precious. Things change so quickly, even if in the moment it seems as though our current state will last an eternity.
For the Walkers, 2015 really felt like the year of waiting - waiting for the next step in the CHP application process, waiting for the academy invite, waiting for an answer from nursing school, waiting to be called up off the waitlist for nursing school (God really wanted to humble me there!) and waiting to finally live in the same city again. For those who didn't know, K and I lived in separate cities for over half of last year. I won't go into all the details of the whys, but we trust that God had a purpose in those seven+ months of separateness, even if the waiting was hard and still is as the academy is in full swing and weekends are short. 2015 was a year of really high highs and really low lows. In a span of three months, my grandma passed away suddenly, K received his academy invite, and I was accepted to nursing school. It has been a whirlwind of emotions to say the least.
After a year marked with a constant theme of waiting, I hope and anticipate that 2016 will be a year of doing. K and I feel a strong calling on our lives to serve God in the CHP and in nursing, and after a year of waiting to see if our desires would be carried out, we are excited for a year of actively making these desires - these callings - reality. I am eager and excited to walk in the plan the Lord has for me in nursing school as my husband walks in the plan the Lord has for him in the CHP. Above all, we are excited to walk together in our marriage, and can't wait to hopefully get our own place again once K graduates at the end of April. 2016 will hold many new challenges for us both, but time is fleeting, and I don't want to waste time wishing away the challenges and miss out on the lessons God has for us throughout this journey.
I'm not a New Year's resolution kind of girl, but if I had one hope for this year it would be that K and I would dedicate all of our doings to the One who gives us the strength, desire, and ability to do.
Here's a bullet point recap of the last three weeks at the academy:
Week 8
• K didn't get any gigs this week!
• Two cadets failed out at the skid pan (part of EVOC)
• I met K on Wednesday night and we ate dinner at a grimy English pub
• Had an awesome date night on the weekend - mini golfing & Christmas lights! Plus, I beat K at mini golf which I was pretty darn proud about ;)
Week 9
• K got gigged this week for wearing his running beanie inside the gym which meant no liberty next week
• K got gigged this week for wearing his running beanie inside the gym which meant no liberty next week
• Lost four cadets in one day...one to an injury and three to EVOC
• Lost another on Friday to another injury
• K had liberty Wednesday night so I picked him up and brought him to a restaurant where we met my parents and brothers for dinner
• K had liberty Wednesday night so I picked him up and brought him to a restaurant where we met my parents and brothers for dinner
• Released around noon on Thursday, Christmas Eve and we drove straight down to the valley to spend the night with K's family. Then we drove back to Sacramento early Christmas morning to spend the holiday and the rest of the weekend with my family.
Week 10
• No liberty this Wednesday due to the beanie incident
• K got to drive a patrol car to practice responding to certain codes and using the scanner and radio system. It was him and three other cadets in the car at the same time and they took turns driving to meet the criteria they had to practice. He still won't have EVOC until February, but it was fun for him to get behind a wheel!
• Lost a cadet who quit due to family reasons; their class is down to 98 cadets
• This week felt LONG...when I picked K up it felt like I hadn't seen him in a month
• We had a fun weekend with both my brothers and their girlfriends out visiting. K studied a lot this weekend but we also went bowling with my family and went out to lunch with friends and one of the other cadets after church.
The cadets are over one-third of the way through, please continue to keep K and his classmates in your prayers!
Blessings,
D
Week 10
• No liberty this Wednesday due to the beanie incident
• K got to drive a patrol car to practice responding to certain codes and using the scanner and radio system. It was him and three other cadets in the car at the same time and they took turns driving to meet the criteria they had to practice. He still won't have EVOC until February, but it was fun for him to get behind a wheel!
• Lost a cadet who quit due to family reasons; their class is down to 98 cadets
• This week felt LONG...when I picked K up it felt like I hadn't seen him in a month
• We had a fun weekend with both my brothers and their girlfriends out visiting. K studied a lot this weekend but we also went bowling with my family and went out to lunch with friends and one of the other cadets after church.
The cadets are over one-third of the way through, please continue to keep K and his classmates in your prayers!
Blessings,
D
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