Rick went to the St Robert Fire Dept today to volunteer. He knows a couple guys that drive an ambulance on post and are volunteer fire fighter/ paramedics for St Robert. So he went up there today and talked to them and was basically hired on the spot. He'll get paid (a little) for each call he responds to. And they will put him through all of the training to be a nationally certified firefighter. The whole reason Rick joined the Army was to get his EMT license so he could find a fire dept to hire him on and send him through the Acadamey. The Fire Acadamey is way too expensive for us to even consider paying on our own. His dad is a (retired) fire fighter and that has always been his dream, too. Then the Army Bug bit him and he started going his own route.
So... he's looking at volunteering with St Robert until he leaves for Iraq. And then by the time he gets home from Iraq, they're wanting to be a fully paid fire dept and told him that since he's already a volunteer, he'd be first pick to hire on full time. And he can re-up and continue being an army reservist. I don't know what the long-term big picture looks like for us right now. Fire fighter? Soldier? Both? I don't know and I really don't care. I just want to be together as a family and together, to be in God's will.
I'm not saying that it will DEFINITELY happen this way. But such an amazing peace AND excitement rushed over me. The Army told us that Rick would be here for 3-6 months MAX... and here we are looking at making this long term!
It's an exciting twist and turn in the saga of our lives!
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