How the Word of Wisdom prepares one for Military Service

Josh and I attended the Right Start meeting on base today.  The base offers a nice service of 20 hours of free babysitting from the AF licensed providers within 60 days of arrival.  This is why I was able to attend the meeting too.  The meeting was comprised of briefings about the area surrounding Nellis AFB.  They discussed the weather hazards (we are to expect high winds and possible earthquakes) and the crime. Historically bases are not built in high economic locations and this is true of North Las Vegas.  A police team discussed crimes of assault, robbery, and gang violence.  I do know that I lock the doors of my car when I drive my kids to the library right past the Salvation Army.  We are not in Springville, Utah anymore! 

The commander of the base discussed the five ways that he sees airmen get in trouble and get removed from the Air Force. As he talked I kept thinking that because we understand the Word of Wisdom and are striving to live it, we can avoid four of the five problems:

1. Drugs and alcohol.  The commander stated that the core values of the military are always on display and we need to be vigilant that we stay out of compromising situations.  Personal safety can be effected when impaired. CHECK thanks to the Word of Wisdom.

2. Physical Fitness Test Failures- He stated that if an airman calls himself/herself a warrior, he/she needs to work for it.  An airman should be physically fit, mentally focused, socially well adjusted, and spiritually connected.  Does that sound familiar to any of you men?  CHECK- thanks to the Scouting program values and the Word of Wisdom.

3. Safety mishaps off base- The commander discussed alcohol related fatalities.  While I cannot control the choices of others, at least I know that for us, CHECK- thanks to the Word of Wisdom again. 

4. Failing at our job- CHECK.  Many of the things that we avoid have lasting impacts on our brain functions.  “And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures.” –Doctrine and Covenants 89:19

So, just another thing that we have learned about the base and about the surrounding area.  We are slowly getting adjusted.  It is difficult to me that yoga studios and ballet studios for Bear are 30 min from us.  I am having a hard time finding places to teach yoga and take classes for my own practice.  I have to remind myself that I have only been here two weeks.  Patience is not a quality that come easily to me.  There are some great blessings though in this life we have chosen to live.  We have had dinner with Josh nightly for the past two weeks.  It has probably been six months since we have had consistent dinners together.  We are enjoying seeing more of Josh.

I finally got a replacement USB cord for my camera.  The camera cord is safely packed away in storage.  It was really hard to know what to bring to our temporary housing and the camera cord was overlooked.  Here are a bunch a pictures and from now on, there will be a picture with every blog post. 

Easter morning at our TLF.  We have beautiful trees that make me forget I am in the desert.  Bub is upset because he is in the shade and is cold. I cannot keep him happy.

Eddie Griffin came to the BX.  We love the movie Double Take so we were excited to meet him.

Hoover Dam day trip

Rope swing in our TLF huge backyard

Look at this beautiful backyard!  It does not feel like the desert.  We love this backyard.

Here is the TLF from the front.  It was former Officer quarters before the new housing was built.  We are on a quiet circle with full trees and housekeeping daily.  We put up with 6:30 revelry and no internet connections.  Bub is unhappy again because the sun is in his eyes.  Can't win!