What can I say other than the fact that I have the best wife EVER! What justification do I need other than the fact that she is my wife. I love when people ask me randomly, "don't you think that girl is hot!?" and I have the vast privilege of telling them, "eh, she's not my wife." Sarah is such a beautiful person and her beauty goes way beyond her physical beauty. She has such a passion for people, but more than that, a passion to serve Christ. It even goes a step beyond that though, she has a passion for my heart for Christ. Last night I received a package from her, It was the computer I left behind so I could fit all the goodies she got me into my backpack before I deployed. On the computer she replaced my wallpaper to have a picture of us laughing at each other. Within my Itunes was an updated playlist that included some of her favorite songs that she wanted me to listen to and in a way enjoy with her. And then there were sermons that she spent a good amount of time uploading to my computer so I could spend time each day in worship and hearing God's word. I have the best wife ever.

When days are hard and I am losing my mind, she motivates. When I'm mad, she understands, when I sin, she corrects, when I'm down she encourages, when my mind is racing like a mad man, and I can't stop rambling she listens. I have the best wife ever.

We may be half way around the world from each other, but our love is still very real and we are very close to each other. I absolutely cannot wait for the day I come home and we look each other in the eye and finally embrace again. One fear I have is that the time we will have spent apart will have been more time than we've actually been together.The fear though, is that we will have changed and become different people away from each other. I guess this is all fine though because it'll be like we're dating again, and my plan from the start was to continue dating this young lady for the rest of our lives.


I can't wait to have dinner over candlelit dinners with Sarah when we get back followed by eating desserts and playing board games that she kicks my butt at.... I can't wait to be with my wife again!

Brian Frausto Ver. 2.0

A few days ago I decided I would take a stand against my natural reaction to things. I am generally timid and hate speaking in front of people and don't typically like to take the lead...which as some may or may not know, is not good for an officer. To break this pattern I made a commitment to be excited when new opportunities come up and try my best to be excited about talking in front of people. I will now take the opportunities and own them as mine to make the best out of. these are my products and it's what people perceive of me. I will be the best Brian Frausto that I can. Just a couple days ago I had the chance to take our BN Co (a really important guy) around our base and talk to him about the operation that I'll run soon. This terrified me at first, but after thinking about the mission and everything I'll be doing I knew that I could handle this. The walk around went very well and I got a couple emails saying to keep up the good work and that I did a good job.
I honestly feel it will be rough at first for our guys, just with not having much time to adjust, but soon enough we will rock this. The challenge will be to get our guys working together and them understanding their jobs will overlap so in turn they'll have to actually do some things that aren't exactly their job. I know they're going to have a rough time doing this because who actually likes doing things when they feel it's someone else's job? The fact is though, if these guys don't work together to accomplish each mission, we're going to have a very long 9 months. My Personal challenge will be to convey this to our guys and taking them to the next level. I say next level because that's exactly what this task calls them to be. Instead of turning the wrench they need to oversee the wrench turning, instead of fueling the truck, they need to oversee all the fuel distributing. Our guys leaders in our team have to become managers and oversee their individual teams. They've got this and We've got this. Now to go make it happen!