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Sunday – 10 JAN

I was excited to get to Ft. Jackson and report to Chaplain school early Sunday morning. I arrived around 9am only to find out that we were not allowed to check in until after 2pm. Even though we were told to check in early, many students could not check into rooms. Several had to stay in hotels the night before. Needless to say, clothing & sales was full of chaplains when the door opened at 10am. We are the first class that had to report in full ACU uniform. C & S was not ready for the storm. Our first session was at 1:45. The meeting was pretty basic, with introductions and basic expectations of our time in CH-BOLC. At the end of the session, we participated in our first class unity excercise. The proper method of counting off military push-ups!! There was plenty of sweating and grunting!!!

After the session, many of us had to check into our rooms. I was a little disappointed that I had to stay in Kennedy dorm and not Dozier. Dozier has kitchenttes and are like hotel rooms. Kennedy is not as nice. Having a good attitude was stressed in our session, so I began to practice that immediately. My outlook–It could be worse, I could be staying in barracks. That’s basically it for the first day. It was good meeting fellow classmates.  There will be good friendships made during our time here and I’m excited about how the Lord will work to prepare us for our new ministry to soldiers. My goal is simple, to become stronger physically, mentally, and spiritually.