post from John!

hey everybody!
this is John, sorry it's taken me so long to write in here again, but i've had alot of trouble getting signed in and our internet speed here is not quite blazing, so it's been an exercise of patience, but i'm finally here, so here's an update on my life.
I've had a double ear infection for about a week, but i'm finally starting to feel a bit better today, which is good because our commander promised the governor that we could deliver Humanitarian Assistance for 600 people by tomorrow morning, which has led to a scrambled and eventful evening, but we got everything ready to go in the morning, and hopefully we can get there and get it handed out without any major problems.
we continue to work hard, and if you guys are interested, the PRT has recently made a blog and facebook page where the public relations guys are posting stories about what we're doing, and pictures of our missions, i just found out about it today, and it looks pretty cool, so feel free to check it out at www.prt-kunar.blogspot.com!
to those of you i havent talked to lately, let me say how happy i was to receive the package from home with all the letters from Mom, Dad, Bex and Rach. they were the highlight of my week, actually, pretty much the highlight of my entire 2 and a half months here, so thank you very much. also, i would like to apologize for not being able to call home as much as i would like--it's been a very busy couple of weeks, and very active for the Taliban/Insurgents in the area, and whenever someone is seriously hurt or killed they shut down all outside communications, and, well, we've spent more time with comms shut down these past few weeks than before.
well, i dont know what else to say, but i love you all, please dont stop praying for me--i need all the prayers i can get!
love,
john
ps--i think i mentioned a few weeks/months ago that i might get promoted, but then totally forgot to say if it happened or not. well, it did, i am now a Specialist, promoted 6 months early for exceptional service!