Prayers of Thanksgiving! I know, it’s just crazy how awesmoe technology is! Hubby doesn’t call me on the phone—we use Skype for everything. I bought a Droid for this deployment and I find it surreal that my husband can call me through my phone using Skype. He mentioned the lockdown to me as well. He told me not to expect to hear from him for a few days. How can I comlain about that when sometimes I hear from him two times a day? How did families ever get through wartime with out Skype?
God bless our service members and contractors!
Even when our son was deployed to Baghdad in 2008, we didn't have Skype, so we love it now. We did talk on the phone at least every couple of weeks, so it wasn't so bad.
I think a lot about families who had loved ones in the Pacific theatre in WWII and would go months without hearing from them, or even knowing where they were.
Technology helps out with the anxiety a lot. However, it also lets you know faster when there's danger, and that's not always a good thing. Sigh.....
My son is in the Stan right now too. He does not have internet at his COP. I have Skyped with him once over the past 4 months while he was visiting a FOB. I am jealous ;)
He does have a Haji phone that works while standing on top of the outside wall of the COP or standing in the middle of the Latrine, when the stars align, there is just the right wind, etc....needless to say, they take their chances on the wall. A few times he has taken fire while talking to me, I can hear the shots. Needless to say, my nerve threshold is at off the chart!
You and your husband will be in my prayers!