Happy Thanksgiving

For whoever reads this, Happy Thanksgiving. Hope your day was filled with laughter and love, friends and food, and football. I miss everyone.

Life here is pretty much the same. We get an attack everyonce in a while. Work just keeps pluggin along.

Please pray I don't get Malaria, I wasn't taking my malaria medication and there are mosquitoes in the gym.

Hope everyone is well.

Ben

symphonic refrain: An Old Favorite: Scars

symphonic refrain: An Old Favorite: Scars: Over the years, as Ben has recorded tunes I've had the privilege of listening to some of his songs pre-release. Scars was one of those. Pe...

Prayer.

So I'm starting to look really pale and feel kinda sick/tired all the time.
Because I haven't seen the sun in a long time.

Please pray that the vitamins would help replenish the lack of sun. It's hard cuz I am an outdoors guy and I don't get to see daylight at all. But I'll survive. Just could use the prayers. Thanks :)

Ben

Nov 14. 2011

Just had an IDF attack (indirect fire)...and then the normal, every day prayer call sounded for the afghans. so it was kinda spooky haha.

was in the gym when it hit. fun times.

ben

OH.

I also am usually on skype for about an hour or so every day mostly, so if you'd like to chat me...my skype name is benhinders, and I'm usually on talkin to my family from about 9:45 pm to 11 pm Eastern US time.
It'd be good to hear from folks.

Oh, and I'll try and post pictures sometime, but we actually moved our working/living locations to a cleared area that doesn't allow pictures of any kind. But i'll give it my best.

benjamin

Whatever post this is.

So it's been a while.

Now I know what everyone was talking about when they said you have permanent damage to your lungs from being out here. After almost 2 months here, my lungs feel heavy all the time, and it's just like you have a cough but aren't coughing. Hard to describe, hard to live with haha. Working out is twice as hard honestly, especially running. So that's no fun. I definitely miss the clean air of the US.

Also missing lots of US food now, the chow halls are pretty diabolical after eating there so much ha.
we mix it up, and thank you to everyone who has sent me things :):) Means the world to me.

For those that don't know, (ha, I don't even know who reads this thing) I'm on the night shift, so another setback is that I'm probably not sleeping as good, cuz I work from 6 pm to 6 am, also, I don't get any sun, and your body needs some of that stuff ha, we get a lot of vitamins from the sun, somebody medical back me up please...

Other than that, we had another attack on base, at about 3 am, like a week ago. Nothing scary. Keeps the place exciting honestly. I don't want anyone to get hurt, but 12 on 12 off, no days off (not even Christmas!...) is starting to get to me.

Hope everyone is well. Trying to forget that I can't do anything for problems back home. Cya.
Ben

10th Post, Sorry It's Been a While

So yea, it's been a while.

We've been busy. We moved out of our living and working quarters, and are now firmly situated in a new location. It's nicer living quarters, but it's a dicey area sometimes, due to militants coming up to the wall to fire rockets. Yay. Saw that the other day, that was fun.

Work is good, but boring sometimes. Have worked on some pretty cool stuff that I wish I could tell you about.

Weather here is so lame sometimes. It rained a whole ton today, and it'll dry up, and then do it again. Usually it rains at night, and I'm on night shift, so, yeaaa....

Definitely missing VA and the USA in general...halloween came and went and I didn't really notice.

The Redskins suck, what else is new. But it's less painful out here cuz I can't really watch. Oh well.

Hoping everyone is well, will try to post more regularly, with more interesting stuff.