Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Support the Troops

I know I've mentioned this before, but I have a retired Army soldier for a cousin and his two sons have served/are serving in Iraq. As a family, we are super proud of them. The younger of the two just returned from almost a year of service in Baghdad and he suggested the site www.anysoldier.com as a good way to offer support. Many soldiers serving do not receive support from home and he mentioned they regularly use that particular website for requests.

Whether or not you agree with the war on terror, I would encourage everyone to find some way to express your gratitude to men and women who choose to serve our country and defend our freedom in whatever way they are called. Their sacrifice, as well as their family's, is worth our small effort to encourage them and provide in some small way for their comfort. Please don't forget these men as we become more and more war weary back here in the comfort of warm homes with friends and family. You can't imagine what it does for the morale of soldier's to know that people back home remember them and pray for them, especially when they do not even know them.

Last year, T and I organized care packages twice to soldier's in our church who were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's amazing to realize what these servicepeople are living through by the things that we were sending. I think I'm a bit more drawn to this mode of encouragement than T - he's not very interested at all! But I can assure you the effort was appreciated. If you have a minute, check out that site and the people who are registered on it. It's really a great opportunity to give back a little to a few deserving soldiers.

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