Vandenberg chapel women’s appreciation luncheon combats isolation, fosters camaraderie

The Vandenberg Chapel staff recently worked in tandem with Stonecroft Ministries to provide an opportunity for Team V females to find fellowship and camaraderie.

Sandee Lester, the spouse of a retired Air Force Pilot and the event guest speaker, candidly relayed the trials and tribulations of being an Air Force spouse.

“Sandy spoke honestly about what it was like growing up and marrying an Air Force pilot,” said Capt. Kyle Roehrig, acting 30th Space Wing deputy chaplain. “No matter what she did there was always someone else taking away the excitement in their marriage…she said that her husband had a mistress and her name was the United States Air Force. She spoke about needing that spiritual contact and how she found it through a church they got involved with in Germany. That’s where she started playing the piano again, something she had given up through the course of their marriage. The church members helped her to find community and through their faith
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