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Best Decade Ever!

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It was great to see Cameron and April were able to join us in the elevator after church last Sunday! (Special thanks to our photo editing experts, Megan and Caleb). Best Decade Ever! (Started 25 October 2019, completed 22 April 2023) I started writing this story as I returned home from my deployment to Iraq. This week on my travels to/from Ecuador I finally finished it… Towards the end of my deployment I finished an Air War College course in which the final project consisted of an 8-page paper outlining my Professional Developmentt Plan. This plan outlined my  personal and professional short, mid, and long-term goals. Then as I waited for the airport shuttle to begin my long trip home someone asked me if I accomplished all my deployment goals. All this left me thinking a lot about goals. My Grandpa Nielsen was an avid goal goal setter. I remember him telling me that when he turned 70 years old, he decided to make the next ten years the best years of his life. As a youngster I thou...