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Our men and women of the
military give their time, their energy, their very lives to protect your way
and my way of life. They are hero’s,
they give for us and yet Georgene witnessed and event that shows how tough life
in the military can be.
“Yesterday, I went to a memorial service of a 22 year old
soldier who went to Iraq,
then returned to Ft.
Hood only to be beaten to
death in a bar, while others watched. (Nicholas Peters, Harker Hights, TX.) There
were hundreds of soldiers at the memorial. I have never been to any thing
like that. The looks on the faces of these young men were so sober and
stunned.
I sat in the back and begged God to reveal Himself to these
men. I prayed that God would show them that their days are numbered and there
is a time to die, and after that the judgment. I kept thinking, “How does
a family send their son off to Iraq
and then know that he died like that.
The time is here to train the teams of those who will be
ministering to the 5 (military base) schools who are committed to hold After
School Good News Clubs. In the last 48 hours, most of my plans have
fallen apart and I have been driven to my knees on behalf of this
ministry. One leader’s husband was killed yesterday in Iraq. One other
wife of a deployed soldier called me in tears about her child’s behavior in
school, another military wife’s husband has emergency medical treatment 100’s
of miles out of town and her team from her church backed out of their
commitment to adopt a school. There have been other issues develop within the
last 48 hours!
However, I know this in my soul; this is God’s harvest field
NOT MINE. He will tear apart what I have planned and put it back together
the way HE wants, and I get to watch!”
What can we do for our
hero’s! They are hurting and their children, the ones they leave behind to
fight for us, are also hurting. Georgene also writes,
“On Ft.
Hood alone there are 7 elementary schools. These numbers are from last year. Almost 5,000
children, 5th grade and below, attend these schools.
As soon as the parental permission slips for the After
School GNC, went home, the phone calls from parents began. Within the same hour I received back to back
calls. One mom was crying. “I can’t believe this! Last night I was on my
knees asking God to help me and my children. Today I opened my child’s take
home packet and here is this program.”
The next phone call was from a mom who told me: “I grew up on a military
base. My father was an atheist. I was
not allowed to learn about God. I don’t
want my son growing up like I did. I want my son in your program.”
Both of those calls were from moms with children at Vennable
Village Elementary. Because of the lack
of laborers, 47 phone calls were made to parents telling them that we could not
offer an After School Good News Club.
Those two moms received such a call.”
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