A new sense of relief from having a plan that will minimize causalities and have us returning to a home instead of ashes made me excited and more determined than ever. It's been a week since we decided to wait rather than attacking Felix and Max's plan is working better than expected. Our soldiers went from not knowing how to properly load their guns to hitting targets, they also went from being able to do a push-up to full-on hand-to-hand combat. "I don't want to go. Can't I stay a little longer?" Lucas pleads as he attempts to unpack the suitcase I am preparing for him. "I don't want you to leave either but it's about to get really dangerous and you have to help us take care of our people," I say but that doesn't stop him from pouting. "Don't you want to meet your wife?" Max says teas

