Packages have FINALLY arrived!

Yeah, I got to speak with Mike this morning and he said that they have received about 22 packages so far. As expected - the packages came in and he told his Marines to open them, pull out letters for him and to pass out whatever is in the boxes amongst themselves. So much for trying to send Michael anything but letters! He said THANK YOU, the packages were a HUGE morale boost for his Marines. He said when he got to the boxes all was gone. I guess we are taking care of his needs if we meet the needs of his platoon. To everyone that has helped and is continuing to help in the care package project - it is working :-)

Mike said they went through a sand storm. His analogy was like watching a large rain storm heading your way, you watch it with anticipation - the rain coming to cool the Florida heat and to wash away the dirt - but - the sand storm doesn't cool, the sand storm doesn't clean - the sand storm just brings more sand! He said that he had been out on a mission for a few weeks and he thought the sand was everywhere you don't want it, until the sand storm, and then he found out there are even more places the sand can get in that you don't want it to! He said his sleeping bag just looks like the sand, can't tell any difference between it and the ground.