Sunday

Go Cyclones! I was able to watch the last 5 minutes of the ISU/Michigan State women's game at breakfast this morning. What a finish!

Thought I would include some pictures of the Mosque on base and the Chapel. The Mosque is here for the local nationals on base to use. They pray often throughout the day, most at lunch time. So, many of the contractors and the local nationals that work on the base go to the Mosque for prayers. There is a tent set up outside the Mosque for them to wash their feet and hands before they go for prayer. They have prayer mats and either kneel on the porch or inside. They go through several ups and downs, they stand up, kneel down, put their face to the ground and then stand up again. They repeat this many times throughout their prayers.

The Chapel is in one of the multi-purpose B-Huts. It is the only building on base with glass in the windows and they have been nicely painted to look like stained glass. The inside has been nicely trimmed out and does kind of look like a church. They provide services for most faiths, they have a contemporary service on Saturday night, traditional protestant on Sunday morning, Gospel service Sunday afternoon and Catholic mass throughout the week. There is a pretty good sized crew of chaplains, but today there was only one and he had to cover all the services for the weekend. The other chaplains were out visiting the surrounding outposts.