Day 34 - Aug 4

Today was more of a relaxing day than most. :)

Jake had his first formation today with all the wounded warriors, other soldiers, and the commanders.  It was interesting to watch.  There were many with wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, and canes.  It was humbling to see all of these warriors and realize the great sacrifices they have made for all of us.  As the national anthem was sung, I noticed a wounded warrior in front of me break down in tears.  My heart was extremely touched and it brought tears to my eyes.  I am so grateful to each of these men and women.

After formation, Jake had an orientation meeting.  At this meeting, people representing the different services offered with the WTB talked to us.  A few of the wounded soldiers were worn out and kept falling asleep during this meeting.  Jake came close to being one of them! :(  I felt so bad for these soldiers.  Most of them were recently discharged and with all the paperwork and visits they have to make for their inprocessing, they are just completely drained.  After the meeting, Jake wanted to come back to the room to rest.  He was just beat.  While he rested, I went to get my flight arranged to go home this Saturday. 

This afternoon we went over to the hospital to try to get more signatures on his inprocessing sheet.  We were very successful today in getting the whole paper filled except for two signatures!  What an accomplishment!!!  We were told that it could take up to a couple of weeks to get it all done, but Jake has done his within a couple of days.  He is very motivated!!

During one of these visits for signatures, he was able to get his mailbox!  YEAH!!!  Here is his new address:

Spc Sessions, Jacob
Abrams Hall, Box 4053
6900 Georgia Ave. NW
Washington, DC  20307

This evening we went back over to the hospital so that he could visit one of his buddies who arrived at Walter Reed on Sunday.  I met this fine young man and then left the two of them alone so that they could talk.  Jake came strolling down the hallway with a smile on his face. :)  After the visit, he decided to go back to the ward he was on (which is on the same floor that his friend is on) to say hi to the nurses and techs that have taken care of him the past month.  They were happy to see him again.  I'm sure that we will be making a few visits back and forth to the hospital to see them and to see his buddies. :)

When we returned to our room, we were greeted by a surprise. :)  Mail that was delivered to the hospital made it over to the Mologne House.  He received get well cards from family members, friends, and from church members.  These cards put a huge smile on his face and in his heart. :)  We express our thanks and gratitude to everyone for their packages, their cards, their letters, their love, and their prayers.