To deploy or not..

In the military things change just as quick as the weather.  Which is why you regard everything said as a rumor until it's written down.  Brad might be going to Japan for 11 months.  We can't bet on it because, well, it's the military.  He signed up for this MEU thinking that he wouldn't get the call because he has little experience.  I was so upset with him when he told me he signed up for it.  He told me, "This will be the safest deployment that I could ever get.  I probably won't even get a call to go."  One month later, his Sgt. called, asking if he still wanted to go on this MEU.  He told him he would give him a call at the end of the day.  We fasted and prayed, asking Heavenly Father if he should go or not.  Our answer, either way we will be fine.  Don't you just hate those kind of answers!  So Brad and I both talked about it more.  The pros and the cons of staying and leaving.  How hard it would be for both of us.  How we would be able to talk while he is away.  I felt calm about it I prayed again by myself.  I felt that he would be safe.  That I wouldn't be alone in this and this time would be alot different then the first.  I also felt that I should trust my husband's judgement and his priesthood. So in one month we will either know for sure if he is going or not.  I know that us doing this would benefit us so much more than if he stayed.  Yes, I know it's a full year of not seeing him, not holding his hand, but it's what we have decided.  On the whole baby thing..we are going to keep trying until we know for sure if he goes or not.